Supply Chain

HP and EDS sign a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase EDS at a price of $25.00 per share, or an enterprise value of approximately $13.9 billion. The deal will better position HP to rival IBM in the global IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing markets. Read on to find out the details of the acquisition, plus find out what industry analysts from AMR Research have to say about it.

In 2007, the Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled 447 products for safety concerns. In 2008, the incidence of recalls doesn't seem to be slowing down. A company's ability to react quickly and effectively in the unfortunate event of a recall has a profound impact on its ability to rebuild brand trust. So, CGT picked the brains of industry experts on everything from avoiding the primary causes of product recalls to preparing a company's supply chain to react if and when a recall hits.

Dreyer's makes executive changes, including: Tony Sarsam is named executive vice president of sales and operations, and Rhonda Ramlo is named executive vice president of marketing, replacing Tyler Johnston who will be retiring this summer after 20 years with the company.

New RedPrairie supply chain release aims to provide synchronized flow of goods, tighter integration between WMS and TMS, advanced recall capabilities and embedded parcel manifesting functionality.

Perry Ellis International merges its two newly acquired brands, C&C California and Laundry by Design, into its Jesta IS ERP solution.

Terra Technology CEO Robert F. Byrne will present "State of the Art Forecasting Techniques" at the University of Tennessee Sales Forecasting Management conference.

The move toward demand-driven strategies has initiated a more strategic approach towards demand data and has precipitated the need for Demand Signal Repositories designed to manage, cleanse, normalize, aggregate, and analyze demand data to make it actionable.

With a focus on helping companies make the best decisions for their supply chains, i2 Technologies introduces i2 Total Channel Management.