Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Seventh Generation Inc., a brand of nontoxic, environmentally safe household and personal care products, has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years, generated by distribution and consumer demand for its "green" products.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an indirect subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc., is the latest addition to a growing list of consumer goods companies, which are outsourcing non-core operations to third party providers in order to strengthen leadership in their respective industries.

Duane Reade adds a workforce management application from Red Prairie. The system, which includes forecasting/scheduling and time and attendance models, aligns the drug store's customer traffic with employee scheduling.

To help expand its online business for its growing product lines, Spanx, a women's hosiery and shapewear company, signs a multiyear agreement with GSI Commerce for a full-service, integrated e-commerce solution.

JDA Software Group Inc. announces the delivery of its latest version of JDA Enterprise Architecture v7.4 software on HP Integrity servers and HP StorageWorks enterprise disk arrays.

As the largest chain store in the United States with close to 5,500 franchised and company-operated stores, 7-Eleven Inc. faces similar pricing and product availability challenges as other retailers.

Planalytics Inc. adds two new Decision Tools to its Business Weather Intelligence Platform. Planalytics Planner with Planalytics Allocation and Planalytics WeatherAudit join a family of Decision Tools that helop to transform weather data into actionable information presented within specific business contexts.

Avon Products Inc. announces the final initiatives of the restructuring program under its turnaround plan, begun in late 2005.