Archive for Logistics Software Vendors
Goodbye July, hello August. Here is the news that caught our attention this week:
- May 2010 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 39.5 Percent from May 2009
- SAP Reports 16% Growth in Software and Software-Related Service Revenues for the Second Quarter
- JDA Software Announces Second Quarter 2010 Results
- C.H. Robinson Reports Second Quarter Results
- New Schneider Logistics’ Service
Here’s what caught our attention this week in the world of supply chain and logistics:
- Manhattan Associates Reports Strong Second Quarter Earnings Per Share
- UPS 2Q Earnings Soar 71 Percent on 13 Percent Revenue Growth
- Ryder Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results
- LeanLogistics Releases On-Demand TMS® v.10.2.0
- Sterling Commerce Expands Mobile App Portfolio with Industry’s First Mobile B2B Integration as-a-Service
Monday was a holiday here in the U.S., so this week went by fairly quickly. Here is the news that caught our attention this week:
- Descartes Reports Fiscal 2011 First Quarter Financial Results
- Descartes Unveils Mobile Resource Management 2.0 Initiative and Solutions
- March 2010 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 37.0 Percent from March 2009
- National Mediation Board Declines to
Takeaways from JDA User Conference
· CommentsI attended the JDA user conference last week, FOCUS 2010 , which took place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. JDA completed its acquisition of i2 Technologies at the end of January, and what was most interesting to me was to see how the merger was proceeding.
Historically, i2 and JDA have had very different cultures. i2 tackled some of the most complex supply chain problems from… Continue reading
IBM announced yesterday that it will acquire Sterling Commerce from AT&T for $1.4 billion in cash. According to the analyst call yesterday, IBM was the catalyst for the deal, approaching AT&T with the opportunity. IBM views this acquisition as a path to growing its WebSphere business. After the acquisition is finalized, Sterling Commerce’s approximately 2,500 employees will be integrated into the WebSphere organization within IBM’s Software Group, managed by… Continue reading
RedPrairie, an ARC client, held its annual user conference, RedShift 2010, in Orlando last week. It was the company’s largest user conference ever. The two biggest news items from the event were the CEO’s explanation for why RedPrairie was acquired earlier this year by New Mountain Group and RedPrairie’s acquisition of SmartTurn, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) multitenant WMS solution.
RedPrairie had been owned by Francisco Partners, a… Continue reading
I’m just back from Manhattan Associates’ Momentum 2010 User Conference. The theme this year was “Platform Thinking.” Manhattan, an ARC client, has been on a four to five year journey to bring its applications onto a common supply chain platform. Its warehouse management system (WMS) application was just added to the platform this year. The only applications not fully on the platform today are demand planning and inventory optimization… Continue reading
Without delay, the news of the week:
- SAP Reports Double-Digit Growth in Software and Software-Related Service Revenues for the First Quarter 2010
- JDA Software Announces Record First Quarter 2010 Results
- HighJump Software Expands Transportation Management (TMS) Capabilities Through Partnership with MercuryGate
- RedPrairie enhances Transportation Management solution with multi-compartment planning
- February 2010 North American Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico
