Supply Chain Consultants Wins APICS Technology Partnership Award of Excellence

from themanufacturer.com

WILMINGTON, DE – Kudos to Supply Chain Consultants, designer and supplier of the Zemeter Suite of supply chain management (SCM) software products, which has won the APICS (The Association for Operations Management) Technology Partnership Award of Excellence.

The joint award, which also honors Mother Parkers Tea and Coffee, Inc., recognizes a partnership between a technology solutions provider and a corporate customer where a product implementation achieved optimal results and increased overall success of the company. Supply Chain Consultants’ (SCC) solution for Mother Parkers enabled the company to better meet customer demands and reduce inventory. The award was presented this morning at the annual APICS International Conference and Exposition in Orlando, Fla.

Oracle Enables Customers to Better Manage Risk

from irishdev.com

Oracle today announced the availability of Oracle® Production Scheduling and Oracle Strategic Network Optimisation. By integrating capabilities from Oracle’s JD Edwards and PeopleSoft Supply Chain Planning suite with Oracle’s Supply Chain Management applications, manufacturing companies can optimise supply and distribution networks, mitigate risk, maximise shop floor throughput and dramatically reduce supply chain costs.

Nissan To Use RFID Enabled RTLS To Automate Supply Chain

from industryweek.com

Nov. 28, 2006 – As part of a continuous improvement initiative at its 4-million-square-foot assembly plant in Canton, Miss., Nissan North America Inc. is deploying the standards-based WhereNet active RFID real-time locating system (RTLS) technology to help automate its inbound supply chain and outbound delivery chain.

“As one of the most efficient vehicle manufacturers in North America — according to the 2006 Harbour Report — Nissan is setting the standard for manufacturing by embracing new technologies like WhereNet to continuously improve processes,” said Tom Bacon, vice president of the automotive division for Santa Clara, Calif. -based WhereNet.

Sterling Commerce to Acquire E-Commerce Firm Comergent

from ecommercetimes.com

By Andrew K. Burger
E-Commerce Times
11/27/06 9:17 AM PT

Both Sterling Commerce and Comergent have built complementary SOA-based systems, which should ease their system and staff integration efforts. However, “the challenge will be which application foundation pieces — like order-brokering engines, configurators and catalogs — remain, and what that convergence strategy will look like,” said Forrester Research Principal Analyst Ray Wang.

Aldata G.O.L.D. Updates Retail Supply Chain Suite

from businesswire.com

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aldata Solution, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for the retail industry, today announced a series of enhancements to the Aldata G.O.L.D. Core Retail Suite that include the addition of product information management (PIM) capabilities to its Item and Price Management Module that help buyers bring items into their supply chain more quickly as well as local management of items, sites and vendors. An additional upgrade to its new service oriented architecture (SOA) modules include extensions to G.O.L.D. Mobile, Aldata’s in-store mobile operations solution. Aldata also continues to enhance its distribution center capacity planning capabilities.