Bringing Clarity to your Supply Chain Decisions
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Bringing Clarity to your Supply Chain Decisions - Part One
Software vendors often market their applications using a wide array of buzzwords and acronyms. Even in a relatively focused area such as Supply Chain Management (SCM), there are literally dozens of terms used to describe an application without really helping a potential customer understand what it does. Part One of this featured guest article from Randy Marble of Blue Sky Logistics

SSA Global Acquires Provia Software
SSA Global Technologies Inc., a global provider of extended enterprise solutions and services, today announced the acquisition of Provia Software Inc., an order-to-delivery supply chain execution (SCE) solutions provider.

Pharmaceuticals Slow to Meet Drug-Tracking Laws
Pfizer Inc. last week unveiled plans to begin shipping its first drug product equipped with radio frequency identification tags to thwart theft and counterfeiting

SAP merges North and South American sales
Business application vendor SAP AG is merging its North American and Latin American business operations into one organization in a move aimed at increasing sales and market share.

Microsoft Partner Rolls Out .Net SCM for SMBs
Microsoft partner ODS Software on Monday rolled out a .Net Framework-enabled supply chain application first created for Fortune 100 customer Weyerhaeuser Inc. as a commercial product for small and midsize businesses.

Vendors Unveil New Supply Chain Software
Oracle Corp., Lawson Software Inc. and i2 Technologies Inc. all have either shipped an updated supply chain management (SCM) system or plan to ship one over the next month.

RFID and Supply Chain Visibility
AutoID Labs, the successor to the Auto-ID Center, centered at MIT and other locations worldwide, works to create a global system for tracking goods using a single numbering system called the Electronic Product Code. The project is supported by many major cpg and retail companies, along with technology providers.

Starting a Trucking Company
One of the most popular types of logistics company to start is a trucking company. The first decision is really about scale, do you want to be a single owner operator with your own rig? Or do you want to set up a larger operation where you organize a number of owner operators into a larger trucking firm?

Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Logistics Gains Prominence Logistics became a topic for discussion in the Business World in the 1960's and 1970's and rose to prominence in the 1980's. It was truly in the 1990' s; however, that Logistics began to garner the appreciation it deserved. In the twenty-first century and beyond, the creation of a sleek, flexible and effective supply and value chains will no less than define the success or failure of organizations and perhaps even entire business types