Collaborative effort: Today’s supply chains
include a vast spectrum of critical participants—
from industry giants to mom-and-pop shops in
various geographies. Increasing flexibility is a
key to enabling increased collaboration across
that spectrum.
E2open, a provider of cloud-based supply
chain management solutions, offers a new set of
features and functionalities specifically designed
to enable end-to-end business network collaboration for seamless process management. This
latest release of the E2open solution now delivers native Excel integration capabilities, sophisticated self-service tools, and enhanced business
intelligence features, the company says. These
enhancements are designed to improve any
organization’s ability to successfully manage the
increasing complexity within its supply chain.
(E2open, www.e2open.com)
Scan the Man: Cognex
Corp. offers the DataMan
8000 Series, its next-generation industrial ID
scanner. The rugged unit
offers advanced code-reading technology for
reading 1D and 2D codes, regardless of size,
quality, printing method, or surface. The
DataMan 8000 Series also offers two new innovations for an industrial handhelds code reader:
modular communications (including ethernet)
and liquid lens variable focus technology.
In addition to its powerful code-reading
capability and rugged design, the new scanner
communicates easily with factory networks and
ERP systems for real-time traceability. (Cognex
Corp., www.cognex.com)
A new voice: Voxware, a developer of software
for voice picking and other warehouse operations, has announced that version 4.0 of its
Voxware 3 product is now available. Version
4.0 includes an expansion of the Enterprise
Voice Manager, which is part of the Voxware
Adaptive Voice Framework.
The enhanced system enables customers to
deploy and manage voice picking applications
from a single version of the software in a central data center, across many warehouses, even
when warehouse layouts vary and voice workflows differ in each facility. As a result, customers can keep the same Voxware systems in
place even if they decide to move back and
forth between centralized and decentralized
management of their voice solution.
In addition to the Enterprise Voice Manager,
version 4.0 includes many functional enhancements to order picking, replenishment, and put-away applications. (Voxware, www.voxware.com)
Reaching new heights: Container and Pooling Solutions (CAPS) has moved its proprietary container tracking software, CAPS-Trac, to the cloud. The cloud, also referred
to as cloud computing, is an Internet-based hosting environment that allows information, resources, and software to be shared among computers. The new environment
offers more flexible capabilities, allowing CAPS to customize and optimize its proprietary container tracking software to individual customers’ requirements.
With the transition of CAPS-Trac to the cloud, CAPS can now efficiently manage an
unlimited amount of customer data while still maintaining superior performance.
(CAPS, www.UseCAPS.com) ;
