Although many people recognize technology terms such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) or supply chain management (SCM), RMM and MMS are acronyms that lack such widespread awareness. Moreover, the terms retail merchandise management system (RMM) and merchandise management system (MMS) likely have little more market recognition than their acronyms. Despite their relative anonymity, these systems, also known as retail ERP systems, are the enterprise back-office software solutions upon which the majority of retailers rely to manage and to support their daily tasks.

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RedPrairie and Voxware announced the strategic integration of Voxware’s voice solution with RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management System (WMS). RedPrairie will resell Voxware’s open voice software product for the supply chain, which is built on recognized standards such as SOA and VoiceXML, thus providing unprecedented flexibility for RedPrairie and its customers.

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Considering the challenging domestic transportation environment shippers are facing, compounded by the race to stretch their supply chains around the global, we were hardly surprised to find that respondents to the Logistics Management’s 5th Annual Software Users Survey are realizing operational value in software investment. In turn, shippers report that they’re planning to purchase or upgrade this year in order to improve inventory visibility, order management, and collaboration with vendors and suppliers.

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Some call it the weakest link in the supply chain, while others see it as an opportunity to save money and work smarter, better, and faster. Either way you look at it, transportation management has come to the forefront for shippers that are looking for more efficiencies, and it has pulled the Transportation Management Systems (TMS) sector right along with it.

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Selecting the right warehouse management system (WMS) for your unique business is critical to your company’s future success. WMS solutions lacking robust functionality will negatively impact customer relationships and severely limit your ROI.

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The most recent release of SAP’s supply chain management (SCM) module has many logistics and distribution managers confused. Few SAP customers understand what SAP’s warehouse management system (WM) options are and what the future development strategy is. To clarify, SAP’s traditional WM product comes as a part of the Logistics Execution System (LES) within its well-known ERP system. It does not require any additional modules to operate, and SAP says this WM product will live on with all future versions of ERP.

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RedPrairie has completed its acquisition of GEOCOMtms. The combined company, operating under the name RedPrairie Corporation, will integrate and support all products and services from both organizations within RedPrairie’s end-to-end (E2eTM) suite.

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JDA Software Group, Inc., a developer of supply-chain optimization software, completed its final integration initiatives related to its July 2006 acquisition of Manugistics. The Company adopts Manugistics? open and scalable architecture platform, and lays off 100 employees from its product development team.

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RedPrairie Corp. acquired StorePerform Technologies, Inc. , a provider of store execution management software. StorePerform will become part of RedPrairie?s Retail Productivity Solutions division (formerly BlueCube Software). With this acquisition, RedPrairie will reportedly offer an integrated workforce management solution that combines store execution management solutions with optimized labor scheduling, time and attendance, and training management.

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According to Aberdeen almost two-thirds of companies use some sort of global supply chain visibility technology, though many of these systems provide just simple ?where is my shipment? status information and often are homegrown or department based. However, commercial software is making inroads.

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