Order Management Software

HighJump Software, a 3M company, a global provider of supply chain execution solutions, recently announced Flowers Foods is generating strong results from its recent implementation of HighJump warehouse, transportation and yard management systems. With $1.9B in 2006 sales, Flowers Foods is a leading producer and marketer of fresh and frozen bakery goods, including top brands like Nature's Own, Cobblestone Mill, Sunbeam, Blue Bird, and Mrs. Freshley's. The company has leveraged its HighJump solutions to increase order fulfillment accuracy to above 99 percent without adding to its labor force.

The company operates under a lean inventory model and utilizes its HighJump warehouse management system (WMS) in its Crossville, Tenn., facility to perform advanced functions like cross docking and high-speed replenishment.

ISA Completes Successful Implementation of Sage MAS 500 Fashion Matrix for Cambio America

Fashion Matrix add-on for MAS 500 delivers apparel and footwear-specific functionality that provides Cambio America with an end-to-end software solution that reduced overhead labor by $80,000 annually.

The ISA Fashion Matrix is a comprehensive sales order entry, inventory, and warehouse management solution for the apparel and footwear industry and designed exclusively for Sage MAS 500 - a market-leading accounting application developed by Sage Software, Inc.

CHECKBOX 4.3 Enables Business Intelligence for Small and Medium Business

The Checkbox 4.3 Developer Kit adds new web services to allow developers to integrate existing applications (CRM, HR, BI) with a powerful user, form, and survey management system in order to create a customized business intelligence system for organizations of all sizes.

"This announcement really highlights the uniqueness between our system and other, lower-end players in the industry," says John Craven, President of Prezza Technologies.

Electronic Commerce, Inc. Enhances Supply Chain Services With Order Fulfillment Partnership

Electronic Commerce, Inc., one of Silicon Valley's most prominent consulting firms specializing in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), has announced a partnership with e-SupplyLink of Traverse City, Michigan. E-SupplyLink specializes in supply chain, order fulfillment software.

According to Susan Stecklair, president of San Jose-based Electronic Commerce, Inc., "This new relationship with e-SupplyLink will broaden our offerings to our client base in California and the West Coast. e-SupplyLink's order fulfillment product works on multiple platforms, offers a cost-effective, and best-of-breed solution for the management of order fulfillment, warehousing, shipping, and labeling. ComplyLink(TM), e-SupplyLink's premier product, contains Advanced Ship Notice (ASN) kits specifically designed to address the unique labeling and messaging requirements of many prominent retail, automotive, and pharmaceutical companies.

Good software asset management launched

MANILA -- The Business Software Alliance (BSA), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world, last week launched Follow SAM, an educational campaign, which aims to encourage the adoption of proper software asset management (SAM) among companies.

"The Follow SAM campaign is a call for companies to adopt a model software asset management practice in their organization in order to fully maximize their IT resources and avoid the use of unlicensed software," said Ronald Chua, Chair of the BSA Philippines Committee.

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The campaign is endorsed by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT).