ON THE MAP: LOCATION TECHNOLOGY GOES MAINSTREAM By Joe Francica, Directions Magazine Location technology is poised to integrate with mainstream enterprise computing and the range of benefits for business are just beginning to emerge.
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BUILDING THE FOUNDATION FOR THE GLOBAL RFID ECOSYSTEM For over 35 years, Intel Corporation has developed technology that has changed the world. Intel’s chips, boards, systems and software support the most advanced servers, networking and communications products. Today, Intel is accelerating the maturity of RFID and sensor- based solutions through our substantial R&D efforts; intensive collaboration with the broader IT ecosystem; and by providing the essential technology on which the best RFID solutions are built.

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Building the Foundation for The Global RFID Ecosystem

IRI Brings Next Generation of Analytics for CPG
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SUPPLY CHAIN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE   ClearMomentum is your resource for Supply Chain Business solutions. Companies that compete in Distribution, Service and Manufacturing industries can rely on ClearMomentum to help improve free cash flow and profit. ClearMomentum delivers cutting edge strategies that uncover value, and, create more profit without necessarily going to the bank or shareholders for additional capital.

Finding Value in RFID-Enabled Trading Partner Networks
RFID-enabled visibility across trading partnerships is the inevitable future for the supply chain. Organizations should begin to plan strategies, policies and procedures today to prepare for increasing collaborative data sharing.

Interview: Oracle senior vice president Sonny Singh foresees an open-link, high-visibility supply chain network revolution.
Sonny Singh, Oracle Corporation

First Industrial Case Study: Longs Drugs
Seeking to move a distribution center off its balance sheet yet maintain operations until a replacement facility was built, this leading West Coast pharmacy chain found a sale leaseback to be just what the doctor ordered.

SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION FOR RETAILERS AND SUPPLIERS   4R Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of software tools, analytical models and information services that help retailers and manufacturers significantly increase profits by optimizing their inventory and related supply chain decisions.

May 18, 2006 - Kinaxis has announced a new Web-based, on-demand service for its RapidResponse product line. In partnership with IBM Global Services, Kinaxis will offer software as a service (SaaS) to address some of the critical supply chain challenges facing OEMs, manufacturers and distributors that source and sell their products globally. The new offering securely connects RapidResponse to supply chain data residing in disparate systems, enabling an aggregated, multiple-enterprise view of the brand owner’s business. Ventana Research thinks Kinaxis is pursuing the right strategy in evolving its software into a package that easily integrates supply and demand data in real time from multiple tiers of the supply chain. However, the company needs to continue to differentiate its software and demonstrate its value in the growing market for sales and operations planning (S&OP) software applications.
Kinaxis On-Demand Solution Spans Enterprises

Supply Chain Strategy Supply chain strategies, including optimization, integration, automation, and implementation.
Planning and Forecasting Understanding customer buying patterns and developing aggregate, collaborative forecasts. Demand planning feeds into the supply planning process, and subsequently the demand fulfillment process. Long-term, intermediate-term and short-term time horizons are considered in the demand planning process.
Logistics Logistic functions.

Producing Value from Information and Market Data
Collaborative supply chains will have to integrate data streams into business processes and enterprise software in order to make their information assets directly actionable, and thereby valuable.
ASCET - Supply ChainVolume 3, 4/15/2001