o9, a leading enterprise AI software platform provider for transforming planning and decision-making, today announced that Envu, an environmental science company providing innovations that protect and enhance the health of environments around the world, has selected o9’s future-proof Digital Brain platform to transform its supply chain planning capabilities.

Achieve Partners today announced an investment in RiseNow, a boutique advisory and strategy firm focused on procurement and supply chain.

In a rapidly evolving supply chain landscape, businesses in warehousing, fulfillment, and reverse logistics need more than just quick fixes when it comes to staffing. 

Planview, the leading end-to-end platform for Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) and Digital Product Development (DPD), today announced the latest innovations to Planview Hub – while these are designed to address the increasing complexity of digital supply chains for all industries, they are especially relevant and vital for the automotive industry.

Molex, a global electronics leader and connectivity innovator, today announced a highly successful collaboration with SAP to unite a global community of suppliers and buyers as part of Molex's multi-year, intelligent digital supply chain transformation strategy.

Supply chain disruptions happen. From something as isolated and simple as a missed order or lost cargo to the global disruption that has been caused by COVID-19. Now that supply chains are stretched thin under the weight of the pandemic, their inherent weaknesses are showing. End-to-end visibility provided by supply chain integration is more crucial than ever if companies are to deliver the best customer experience possible, regardless of market circumstances. How can companies that want to be best equipped to face adversity and opportunity feel secure in the fact that they have mastered supply chain integration?

Most people seldom think about supply chains – unless they’re a part of them, such as in the IT industry where distributors, vendors and solutions providers all participate and contribute unique value. However, in recent months the awareness of and dependencies on supply chains has been a central focus worldwide.

Creating sustainable supply chains is no longer a choice. It’s necessary in today’s world, where climate change, environmental disruptions, and human rights issues are real risks to smooth (and ethical) supply chain management. Waste must be reduced and, in most cases, it must be reduced significantly.

There is no software in the world that is 100% defect-free. Developers spend a significant amount of time tracking bugs to ensure a high-quality product. Programming bugs can be annoying and make defect management difficult across the various lines of codes. The question is, should developers spend so much time on defect management? There are tons of defect management tools out there, many of them are free of cost which mostly suits smaller teams for fixing bugs on schedule without requiring a huge investment. Larger QA teams, however, may prefer paid options since they have more robust solutions to offer.

Performance testing is a type of software testing that focuses on how the system runs under certain circumstances. It determines the speed, responsiveness, and stability of a computer, network, software program or device under a workload. A performance testing company can help identify the nature or location of a software-related performance problem by highlighting where an application might fail or lag. Performance testing can also verify that a system meets the specifications claimed by its manufacturer or vendor. The process can be used to compare two or more devices or programs.

There’s no prescriptive approach to establishing true, seamless, anychannel retail commerce, but experts agree on four imperatives to the equation.

Increased online sales volume pushed a Midwestern appliance retailer to find a way to connect its e-commerce platform to ERP software, streamlining the ordering process and decreasing shipping times.

Mobile POS races to the bottom, customer service apps reign supreme, and BYOD begins to make perfect sense.

Take a look at some of the leading companies helping retailers with fulfillment and order management in today’s rapidly changing retail environment.