Software Alert!
-- Modern Materials Handling, 9/27/2005
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September 27, 2005 | Volume 2, Issue 9 |
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 Sun synchronizes its supply chain
In today's marketplace, manufacturing is truly a global affair. A manufacturer is likely to use a combination of internal factories, low-cost suppliers in China and Malaysia, third-party logistics providers for both transportation and distribution as well as company-managed distribution facilities.
To do all of that at the lowest possible cost while still meeting customer service requirements, Sun Microsystems recently revamped its supply chain processes. The project included the development of an internal supply chain management and execution software system. The system synchronizes all of the activities required across the supply chain to manufacture, customize and deliver a product to a customer.  Read More
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Transportation management on the move
Last Monday, September 19, Charles Phillips, president of Oracle was asked about the company's plans for supply chain management during Oracle OpenWorld, the software providers annual user conference in San Francisco.
The next day, Phillips made good on that prediction when Oracle announced plans to acquire G-Log, a privately held provider of logistics and transportation management systems and one of the leaders in the TMS space. Read More
TMS: the supply chain bridge
Not so long ago, transportation management systems (TMS) scheduled, procured and paid for shipments of product, usually by truck.
As supply chains go global, however, the role of the TMS is evolving into a bridge between all the nodes in the supply chain. That opens up opportunities to apply TMS to new problems. Read More
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Voxware introduces voice-enabled browser for Windows CE-based devices
With the introduction of VoxBrowser, a voice-enabled XML browser, Voxware, Inc. is attempting to change the dynamics of the market for voice-driven logistics solutions. Read More
EPCglobal Ratifies First Software Standard for EPC/RFID
EPCglobal Inc, a subsidiary of GS1, a not-for-profit standards organization entrusted with driving the global adoption of Electronic Product Code (EPC) technology and the EPCglobal Network, announced the ratification of a new software standard for using EPC technology in the supply chain. Read More
SAP Promotes Policymaker Dialogue on RFID Technology
SAP AG announced a recent round of informal discussions involving the U.S. Department of Commerce, European Union (EU) officials and other public and private leaders on the opportunities presented by radio frequency identification (RFID) technology -- as well as concerns that may hinder its widespread adoption. Read More
Controversy About RFID Shifts from 'Can It Work?' to 'How Can It Work?'
The hype about RFID that gave birth to the TRUTH IN TECHNOLOGIES 2004 forum now has given rise to TRUTH IN TECHNOLOGIES 2005: Supply Chain RFID - Meeting The Lofty RFID Goals Is More Difficult Than Setting Them. It will be held at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, on October 27, 2005. Read More
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