Six Members Choose Premier’s SpendAdvisor

from businesswire.com
Six additional integrated delivery systems representing a wide range of healthcare services have chosen SpendAdvisor, Premier’s groundbreaking spend management decision-support tool. SpendAdvisor helps health systems reduce supply chain expenses, thereby benefiting patients and communities by applying innovative solutions to keep healthcare affordable.

Business school adds new major

from kansan.com

The School of Business began offering a new undergraduate major in supply chain management this fall.

An introductory class will be offered this semester, with follow-up classes beginning in the spring.

“A lot of businesses in this region have a very high demand for people who have these skills,” said Doug Houston, director of finance, economics and decision sciences at the business school. “If we can produce students with experience in this field, the business community will be happy, and students will be happy.”

Clarkson University in Top Tier of National Universities

from clarkson.edu

U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2008″ has placed Clarkson University in the top tier of national universities, with a ranking of 124. Its School of Business Supply Chain Management program is ranked 11th in the nation. The undergraduate engineering program is recognized as one of the “Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs” whose highest degree is a doctorate, with a ranking of 85.

Fashion company s.Oliver succeeds with TXT

from logisticsit.com

Expanded partnership between s.Oliver and TXT: budgeting and assortment planning project extended to a further 1500 stores and new deployment of TXT solutions for forecasting and replenishment.

TXT e-solutions, European leader in Demand & Supply Chain Management and s.Oliver Bernd Freier, one of the largest fashion and lifestyle companies in Europe with the product lines s.Oliver Selection, Anastacia by s.Oliver, s.Oliver Casual, QS by s.Oliver and the separate brand comma, announced that s.Oliver has strengthened its collaboration with TXT.

The 8 Reasons Companies Are Buying SCM Software

from scdigest.com

By Dan Gilmore - Editor-in-Chief

As we first discussed last week, these are very good times for supply chain software providers, and that means companies like yours must be buying. Gartner’s Andrew White shared some thoughts at what companies were doing through a filter of process automation versus process innovation – interesting comments.

RedPrairie Is the First Supply Chain Technology Company with SmartWay Transport Partnership

from arcweb.com

RedPrairie Corporation, a leading consumer driven optimization company, has been accepted as an Affiliate member of the United States EPA’s SmartWay Transport Partnership.  RedPrairie is the first supply chain technology company to become a SmartWay Affiliate.  The partnership was established to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and improve the efficiency of ground freight transportation.  RedPrairie, with its E2e solutions, will help its clients achieve their fuel and energy conservation goals.

British Telecom, Samsung and Office Depot added to industry-leading Ethical Supply Chain conference

from ethicalcorp.com

Seven new experts have been added to the agenda for October’s Ethical Supply Chain Summit. Taking place in Amsterdam on the 29th and 30th October, the conference now has a speaker roster of over 30 industry leaders discussing the future of ethical supply chain management.

Product Information Management (PIM) and the 21st Century Supply Chain

from informationweek.com

(White paper) Some companies are waiting for the 21st century supply-chain to come to them. Others are creating it. Product Information Management (PIM) software has become a key enabler to efficient supply chains at many leading companies and it is bringing them more than a competitive advantage. It is giving them quantifiable results.

Most companies continue to struggle with collecting, completing, harmonizing and synchronizing product data. The reason for this is that product data is the foundation to eliminating inefficiencies in the supply chain.

Major supply chain event in October

from retail-digital.com

World experts to probe supply chain, inventory and emission issues at free forum

Keynote presentations by recognised leaders in supply chain modelling and management as well as first viewings of a major new tool combining network optimisation and inventory flow modelling into what’s poised to become the most powerful product of its kind, are highlights of Barloworld Optimus’ free, day-long forum ‘Mastering Complexities in the Supply Chain’ being held near Warwick in October.

Demand for Supply Chain Solutions From Manhattan Associates

from cnn.com

Global demand for supply chain solutions from Manhattan Associates (Nasdaq:MANH) operating on the Microsoft computing platform continues to build. These solutions are well suited to the needs of industry-leading companies with complex supply chains, multinational operations and robust computing requirements.