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.

Del Monte Foods Company appoints William-Sonoma executive Sharon L. McCollam to its Board of Directors.

Nagel Beverage significantly reduced costs and improved operations using a suite of direct store delivery (DSD) solutions from HighJump Software, a 3M company.

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.