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The Co-operative’s food business has recently overhauled its distribution network with the help of Manhattan Associates’ Warehouse Management Solution for Open Systems.

Pharmaceutical company Teva UK Limited has selected RedPrairie’s Warehouse Management and Workforce Management systems to help increase efficiency and improve customer service at its newly built logistics centre.

Manhattan Associate’s Distributed Order Management system now features certified integration with WebSphere Commerce from IBM to help retailers boost their cross-channel selling and promotional efforts.

As the economy flounders and margins become increasingly tight, companies are turning to their supply chain to save some extra pennies and there seems to be no better solution for improving efficiency than implementing a supply chain execution system.

Kraft Foods, Nestlé, The Procter & Gamble Company, along with retailer Metro Group, have extended their use of the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) to synchronise item data in Russia.

MBI, a division of Danbury Mint UK which holds licences for several big football brands, has implemented a variety of TallyGenicom’s Line Matrix Printers to produce invoices, statements of production dispatch and notes for outbound goods.

Businesses will need to be more creative to survive in 2009, by using auto ID technology in smarter, more innovative ways in order to cut unnecessary overheads and optimise supply chain processes, according to Zetes.