Jacqueline Emigh

Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina took most of the Gulf region—and the nation—practically by surprise, companies that have moved beyond shocked silence are arriving at “lessons learned” around how to do a better job of minimizing the impact of a disaster on the bottom line of a business. Solid supply chain and logistical planning are […]

Beyond the snarl of road shutdowns and traffic tie-ups in the Gulf region, Hurricane Katrina is spurring nationwide business snares over product availability, pricing and warehouse storage, now that the once bustling Port of New Orleans is closed for the foreseeable future. As of this week, Procter & Gamble is still assessing the damage to […]

In a flurry of recent activity by supply chain outsourcers, India-based start-up Aegis InterWorld has acquired technology from a couple of different software vendors: Modus Operandi Inc. and InterWorld Holdings Inc. Along with the supply chain software and services technology, Aegis has also obtained access to two blue-chip customer rosters, said Aegis CEO Mark Skoda, […]

More than a week after Hurricane Katrina whipped through the Gulf region, many roads, production plants and warehouses in New Orleans and surrounding areas remain shut, forcing businesses to reroute product shipments elsewhere, either with or without support from high-tech tools. As of this Tuesday afternoon, all roads into New Orleans were still closed, according […]

With major oil refineries in the Gulf region incapacitated by Hurricane Katrina, businesses in other areas of the U.S. are struggling to contain already high fuel and shipping costs, often turning to specialized software for help. Gas prices surged beyond $3 per gallon at some gas stations in the U.S., as New Orleans—a port that […]

In an effort to bolster supply chain security for big retail and government customers, software developer Columbitech has added RFID support to its wireless virtual private network suite and software development kits. “If youre going to secure a network, you need to secure all of it. So were broadening our support,” said Tobias England, Columbitechs […]

i2 this week launched a solution aimed at catapulting S&OM (sales and operations management) to the “next generation,” where software and services will help customers make better and faster decisions in response to todays rapidly changing and increasingly complex business problems. The first prospects for i2 Technologies Inc.s new S&OM Solution will consist of companies […]

A multibillion-dollar corporation is about to start testing FoxFetch, a recently patented PDA-based technology that brings together Bluetooth and radio frequency wireless capabilities with an embedded SQL Server database in an effort to cut order management costs. Running on the Intermec 650 and other PocketPC devices, FoxFetch is now under development by WMS (warehouse management […]

“Inventory is king,” said Andy Hrasky, controller of Victor Manufacturing, a midrange enterprise that has doubled in size over the past few years with the use of “supply-chain intensive” ERP software from CMS Software Inc., choosing the solution over ERP products from SAP AG, Microsoft Corp. and other competitors. Since adopting CMSs product in the […]

LAS VEGAS—At its annual users forum here this week, The SCO Group Inc. quietly rolled out the SCO Office Appliance Program—one reflection of the companys push to lure new customers. The program for resellers and their business customers revolves around a new device for quickly installing an OS, a mail server and backup capabilities. SCO […]