Supply Chain Software and Technology: The Status and the Future

One Network can do both planning and execution: Shippers are embracing the trend by Bridgette McCrea, Supply Chain Software and Technology This article examines the software and solutions that vendors are developing, and the technology that they’re using to make those systems better, faster and cheaper. Historically, supply chain software has been divided into two broad categories: supply chain execution …

One’s Not the Loneliest Number… If You Have a 2,800 Member Network

Bruce Richardson, AMR Research (Gartner) If you attended our recent Supply Chain Executive Conference last June, I hope you remember the fireside chat I conducted with Dave Allen, senior vice president, operations and supply chain, of Del Monte Foods Company. During our chat, Mr. Allen described how he was moving critical, collaborative business processes for retailer planning and fulfillment to …