Stories about: SynQuest

The old legacy systems at HON Industries were unable to accurately measure the capacity of the manufacturer's warehouses. That lack of understanding led to errors like sending more products to a particular facility than it could store. To address the problem, a new system was designed to be more flexible and to take into account more variables, such as the size of the trucks and warehouse dock schedules.

Synquest next week is poised to roll out a new suite of its flagship collaborative supply chain planning software to allow customers to boost profits and customer satisfaction.

As the need for businesses to cut costs intensifies, technologies that shed light on the inner workings of supply chains have been fast-tracked as the weaponry of choice against the slowing economy.

Bad financial news last week from leading b-to-b vendors served as an industry wake-up call, signaling a sharp shift toward private business-to-business marketplaces and tentative corporate spending on IT.

As the supply-chain management market continues to heat up, enterprises are beginning to move beyond simple applications for balancing supply and demand to technology that quickly analyzes the impact of various decisions to help boost product margins and lower costs.

Maybe the Olympics created such a feel-good atmosphere that everyone decided to give the boss another go, or perhaps with their heads glued to their TV sets the malcontents couldn't be bothered resigning. Whatever the reason, fewer local job changes came to The Rust Report's attention this week than is normal, although there were plenty of noteworthy moves abroad

IBM Corp. announced a flurry of supply-chain management product bundles and service initiatives today, aimed mostly at the industrial and distribution industries.