SUPPLY CHAIN HIGHLIGHTS

Supply chain leadership matters for business success
AMR Research Inc. has released its annual listing of the Top 25 performers among public Global 500 companies. As in previous years, the Top 25 supply chains have outperformed the market with an average total return of 17.89 percent among them, compared with returns of 6.4 percent for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and 3.53 percent for the S&P 500. [ more ]

WMS taking larger role in chemical warehouses
ARC Advisory Group has released a report that indicates that chemical industry companies are starting to deploy warehouse management systems (WMS) to help enforce environmental health and safety (EHS) regulations. [ more ]

TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS

Logistics best practices become more important
According to a report from AMR Research Inc., improved logistics performance and practices will help drive revenue, improve service levels, reduce costs and improve working capital. [ more ]

HighJump launches advanced billing for logistics
HighJump Software Inc., a 3M company, has announced the release of HighJump Billing Management, a software program designed to improve billing accuracy and capture charges on a client-by-client basis. [ more ]

Guide to SaaS for TMS
ARC Advisory Group has identified the most common questions associated with software as a service (SaaS) when it’s applied to transportation management system tools. [ more ]

RFID NEWS

Tagsys and Sirit partner for RFID solution
Tagsys, a provider of item-level RFID infrastructure systems, has forged a technology partnership with Sirit Inc., a provider of RFID reader technologies. [ more ]

Winning RFID strategies for 2008
In a recent report, Aberdeen Group outlined winning success strategies for RFID deployment in 2008. The firm points to business process visibility, improvement and optimization as critical factors for success in RFID projects. [ more ]

RFID continues to boom in China
According to a report from Venture Development Corp. (VDC), companies and governmental bodies in China deployed 475 million RFID transponders in 2007. [ more ]

INDUSTRY UPDATE

JDA partners with Management Dynamics for global trade management
JDA Software Group, a supply chain revenue management provider, has formed an alliance with Management Dynamics, Inc., a provider of global trade management solutions, to deliver supply chain software and information services to help companies with global strategies. [ more ]

Trade Technologies acquires Xtreme Docs
Trade Technologies, a company that focuses on tool for exporters, has acquired Xtreme Docs and international documentation firm. [ more ]