Jacqueline Emigh

IBMs soon-to-be unveiled GMM (Global Movement Management) supply-chain security framework will introduce a multi-engine backbone security architecture, to be known as GMSA (Global Movement Security Architecture), geared to handling everything from certifying people, data and product shipments to managing “enforcement and alerts.” First mentioned publicly last month, during a press conference held to announce IBM […]

Throughout Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the State of Louisiana has used E Team Inc.s emergency management software, together with Business Objects Inc.s reporting tools, for managing a barrage of requests for rescue teams, foods supplies, shelter, transportation and other resources. In some ways, E Teams system provides similar functionality to the inventory tracking, demand-side […]

In its recent rollout of a pact with Patni Computer Systems Ltd., i2 Technologies Inc. is proceeding to build an “ecosphere of partners” around its master data management middleware, aiming the new initiative at systems integrators with vertical market expertise outside the supply chain vendors traditional realms. “We are looking for partners for MDM,” Samir […]

Supermarket supply chain specialist Prescient Applied Intelligence is starting to use technology and customers gained through a ViaLink acquisition to work its way into scan-based trading, expanded vertical markets and converged online environments for retailers and product makers and distributors. “The vision is to be able to offer a continuum of services for retailers and […]

One of the earliest participants in Best Buys RFID initiative, iRiver America, is currently doing pre-pilot testing of OATSystems Inc.s RFID framework, with plans to launch a full-fledged pilot two weeks from now, and to move from there to item-level tagging of its $200-and-up portable music devices in February. The consumer electronics product manufacturer and […]

Edge Dynamics, a supply chain management vendor specializing in the pharmaceutical space, on Monday launched Channel Commerce Management 3.0, a new edition of its software for regulatory compliance and transaction management among manufacturers, distributors, retailers and other trading partners. First rolled out in 2003, CCM began as a tool for custom order entry, John McGrory, […]

In dealing with disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, government should take cues from private industry about using SCM (supply chain management) systems for managing inventory and predicting demand, according to a top official of the Fritz Institute. The San Francisco-based think tank recently released research findings about post-disaster management. Officials of the institute are calling […]

Over the next few weeks, IBM is expected to unveil a bundling, co-development and co-marketing deal around the resale of Symantecs storage and cluster software on IBMs Intel-based xSeries hardware. Slated for some time in October or November, IBM Corp.s upcoming announcement will actually represent a “reannouncement” of a pact formed between IBM and Veritas […]

With hurricanes and transit bombings top-of-mind, vendors at this weeks Maritime Security Conference talked up supply chain security technologies, while customers pointed to implementation hurdles that include costs, complexities, and the still emerging status of industry standards and regulations. As Hurricane Rita geared up to strike the Texas shoreline, speakers at the show in New […]

IBM and ocean shipper Maersk Logistics have jointly launched Intelligent Trade Lane, a new wireless supply chain security platform that will serve as the first plank of the soon-to-be-announced Global Movement Management, a wider supply chain security initiative now under development at IBM. IBM and Maersk, a division of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, have already […]