Technology

Checkpoint Systems Inc., a supplier of technology solutions for retail security, has been invited to become a Strategic Partner of the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas.

James E. Harris will be joining Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated as senior vice president, chief financial officer, effective January 25, 2008.

Bossini Enterprises Ltd., a clothing retailer in the Asia-Pacific region with more than 1,000 stores worldwide, implements the webMethods ESB from Software AG. With enhanced, company-wide access to real-time, synchronized data, Bossini can now more closely monitor and manage business performance as it strives to more quickly and accurately meet business expectations.

South Korean electronics conglomerate LG Electronics (LGE) will implement Dassault Systemes' ENOVIA PLM suite to streamline product design processes and promote innovation across 40 global R&D centers and 36 manufacturing facilities.

Unilever forms a five-year agreement with IBM to transform and manage strategic sourcing and procurement operations for the company's Latin American operations.

A 15-store California-based supermarket chain deploys POS software and hardware from NCR.

To drive increased visibility into global sales and distribution channels and gain critical business insight to boost brand leadership, The Timberland Company will implement an enterprise data warehouse from Teradata.

Zebra Technologies Corporation recently launched www.zebrasupplychain.com ' a new Web site dedicated to providing manufacturing companies and systems integrators with educational resources and advanced printing solutions designed to help them improve virtually all of their production and supply chain-related processes.