For the first time in years, earth-shattering acquisitions weren’t the biggest news in CRM this year, but the market for CRM technology remained an active and tumultuous place in 2006. We break down the top 10 stories of the year.

Read the rest of this eLog »

A new RFID (radio frequency identification) Technology center is the result of a joint effort between RedPrairie and Babush Material Handling Systems.

Read the rest of this eLog »

Two recent US reports provide a snapshot view on the state of investment in logistics and supply chain information technology systems.

Read the rest of this eLog »

RedPrairie Corporation?s recent acquisition of ALTA A/S, a leading provider of Manufacturing Event Management solutions for automotive suppliers, has proven to be beneficial to automotive OEMs and suppliers with the combined suite of supply chain tools for build-to-order processing, warehouse management, and logistics.

Read the rest of this eLog »

The market for supply chain management (SCM) is rebounding, posting a 3 percent gain in 2005, with forecasted spending of 7 percent in 2006, and 5 percent in 2007, according to the latest report by AMR Research, a Boston-based advisory firm focused on supply chain, enterprise applications.

Read the rest of this eLog »

The warehouse management system (WMS) market has matured with analyst firms such as AMR Research and ARC showing slower growth rates. As the market enters into this new phase, new patterns and trends are developing.

Read the rest of this eLog »

An AMR Research study shows that supply chain planning (SCP) tools have matured over the past 20 years, while organizations using those tools still tend to be new at deploying the technology.

Warehouse management systems (WMS) vendor, Manhattan Associates, came out on top of an assessment of WMS providers against 191 criteria that included looking at the impact of service-based architecture, RFID, and integrated supply chain capabilities.

Read the rest of this eLog »

Companies that do business overseas are under pressure to better manage regulatory compliance and increasingly complex supply chains. That’s why many of them are turning to technology for help.

Read the rest of this eLog »

Supply chain technology provider, Manhattan Associates, Inc. has topped the list in a recent Forrester Research report evaluating warehouse management systems. The report, assessing the warehouse management systems products available to retail supply chains, found that best-of-breed providers dominate the category.

Read the rest of this eLog »