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 The best laid plans
Earlier this month, Manhattan Associates agreed to pay $50 million to acquire Evant, a provider of supply chain planning and replenishment systems.
That the leading best-of-breed provider of supply chain execution (SCE) solutions, like warehouse (WMS) and transportation management (TMS) systems, is jumping into supply chain planning says something about how the world of supply chain management is changing.  Read More
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Supply chain software: from operations to IT
Purchasing software was once an operations or departmental decision. The folks who would actually use the solution had a STRONG say in defining the functionality required to get the job done along with selecting the vendor.
With operations and functionality driving the process, the result was often a point solution with deep functionality from a best-of-breed provider. IT would then be handed the job of integrating that solution into a company’s system. Read More
Supply chain software at Frontline Solutions
Software plays a bigger role than ever in supply chain management. Processes from order fulfillment to transportation to automatic data collection are all enabled and enhanced by supply chain software.
Along with automatic data capture technologies, supply chain software will be on display at Frontline Solutions Conference and Expo, the annual industry forum focused on the application of Auto-ID and information management technologies and solutions.
Held at Chicago's Navy Pier, educational conferences will be offered from September 26 through 28. The expo will run from September 27 through 29. Read More
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What it takes to be a real-time leader
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Look in the right places, and it's apparent that certain companies are already on the path to the next level of real-time operations. And as different as they may be in some regards, they all have certain characteristics that have made them successful operating in real time.
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How real time is changing operations
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Real time is raising the performance bar in the plant and warehouse. It was once enough to be able to release an order to the floor, build or pick it immediately and then put it on a conveyor that feeds sortation and shipping. True real time goes to a different level.
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