IDII News - New Website Features

• NEW! Looking for MORE Knowledge? Check out "Recommended Newsletters & Magazines" Some of these educational publications are free! If your favorite educational magazine or newsletter is -not- listed - tell us the name of the publication, the URL link, and we will check it out. We will list publications that have an educational thrust!
  
  
• NEW! CRM Books added to our book catalog! SAP Books & Peoplesoft Books are also listed in our book catalog! In our last issue, MRP Books have been added to our book catalog.
  
  
• WMS & SCE Discussion - Ask a question! - Share your knowledge! - Discuss trends & frustrations!
  
  

• New White Papers
• New - Warehouse Management System Technologies - Very Good
• New - VMI - What is Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)? - Very Good
• New - WMS Software: The Importance of Testing - Excellent
• New - Going Online Brought Smooth Sailing to World Of Ocean Shipping - Great
• New - Vendor Managed Inventory - Promising Value for the Truck Parts Industry - Excellent
• New - XML - Web Services Choreography Interface (WSCI) Spec version 1.0 (PDF) More Information at http://wwws.sun.com/software/xml/developers/wsci/index.html
  
  
• In the last newsletter, IDII announced these white papers:
  
• Last Issue - New - Cross Enterprise Trade, Sigma Six, SCPM
• Last Issue - New - Technology Corner: Building A Superstructure - Great Article
• Last Issue - New - Tools for Maximizing Warehouse Operations
  

Software Company News

• 2002 OPERATIONS & FULFILLMENT benchmark reports on material handling and contact centers are now available for $299 each! To purchase either of these exclusive reports, call (952) 851-4644 or send an e-mail to lbuschmann@primediabusiness.com. To see more detail about this report go to http://opsandfulfillment.com/ar/fulfillment_material_handling_benchmarks/index.htm
  
  
• Delfour (WMS, Java) Announces E-Vista 1.2 Visibility Product Release.

• NxTrend Technology Inc.(ERP, WMS, Wholesale) acquires CorpDNA (CRM). CorpDNA is a provider of web-enabled CRM and SFA applications and services. CorpDNA provides it's solutions as an Application Service Provider (ASP).
  

• Manugistics Group, Inc. (TMS, APS, Nasdaq: MANU ) unveiled Manugistics 7 and shared the future of the company's Enterprise Profit Optimization solutions. Key capabilities of Manugistics 7 include:
  • Global visibility into real-time operations. An integrated operational layer within Manugistics 7 resides over legacy and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, giving decision-makers visibility into relevant data from within an organization and across its extended trading community. In addition, business process synchronization and control allows truly integrated operations. Manugistics' adaptive planning and execution capabilities can allow clients to more quickly respond to events that occur within their operations, and in the marketplace.
    
  • Flexible portal framework and superior business process workflow. Configurable application workbenches are designed to adapt to each end-user's unique requirements and responsibilities, enhancing productivity and empowering users to view and react in real time to unique marketplace events. The Web-native architecture allows global access to planning and execution solutions, combined with immediate visibility into operations, alerts and analysis tools. The Manugistics 7 portal framework incorporates an imbedded business process workflow engine, facilitating collaboration and intelligently resolving user defined exceptions.
    
  • Industry-specific features add efficiency and cost savings. Manugistics 7 draws on over 20 years of experience in vertical markets to offer unique configurations and templates, enhancing the immediate value of the solutions. Manugistics 7 encompasses the best practices, unique business processes, and other specific industry market requirements to help drive significant gains in financial performance and operational effectiveness.
    
  • Open Architecture and Web Services Support. Manugistics 7 is built on an open architecture that supports multiple platforms, open Application Interfaces (APIs), and leading application server and portal standards. Manugistics 7 uses Web Services technology extensively for intra- and inter-company system integration, and provides support for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Description Language (WSDL), and eXtensible Mark-up Language (XML) to ease the aggregation and analysis of data from disparate sources within an organization, and among organizations.
    
    
• Valdero Corporation announced the release of Valdero 2.0, the newest version of its flagship application suite. Valdero 2.0 dramatically improves supply chain execution by providing real-time visibility and control over changes in collaborative supply chains.
  
  
• WOLIN DESIGN GROUP announced the release of version 2.0 of the da Vinci Supply Chain Business Suite. This latest release adds many enhancements and features - such as:

  Carriers Expanded - schedule, print labels, and track shipments for many major carriers all from within da Vinci. Da Vinci's new Integration model adds support for UPS, UPS International, Airborne Express, BAX Global, DHL Carrier, Emery Worldwide, FedEx Book, FedEx Powership, FedEx Ground, and USPS.

  Have PocketPC™, will travel - da Vinci adds support for viewing facility workflows from any PocketPC™ PDA with wireless 802.11b support. Monitor your facility with an off-the-shelf, inexpensive PDA.

  Enhanced Units of Measure - the object model for "units of measure" was reworked and enhanced to allow a more intuitive user interface. This new model allows managers to view the default received UOM, shipped UOM, and item UOM all from within the W32Portal client application.

  User Scheduling was added to improve manager-user communications and user accountability tied to specific tasks. This feature allows users to be assigned to specific tasks for better accountability. The list of users varies based on calendar schedules and shifts. In addition, da Vinci may be configured to page, email, or phone a user if a task has not been accepted by the user within a prescribed time period.
  

  Enhanced Workflow improve efficiency and communications. Version 2.0 adds a current user list to the workflow screen. A manager can always see the status of any user in the warehouse from the workflow. If a order is unattended, the color will turn red. Simply select a user from the list and drag-drop the user onto the order. This will automatically send instructions to the user's portable data terminal. Once the order is accepted by the user, the color will change indicating the new status.
  

Quotes to Ponder - List of Quotes to Ponder from prior issues.

• "To Understand And To Be Understood"
  --Melinda Obal
  

• "Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, and a talkative man be acquited?"
  - Job 11:2
  

• Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS) web site located at http://www.agvsystems.com/.
  This site is intended to be a reference site for AGVS. It is full of unbiased information relating to the history of AGVS, types of systems, how to concept and prepare bid specs, how to evaluate AGV suppliers, etc. In addition, there are tools for estimating the AGV fleet size for a give application along with a significant library of pictures and video clips.



• BarCode - 2D - Symbology. The Quadrus-EZ.com web site contains product specifications and a wide variety of Applications, Video Tutorials, Reference Materials, Interactive Demos and Presentations to help you better understand 2D symbologies.
  

Online Book Catalog - Intuitive Categories

Books on Shipping, Warehousing, Distribution, Operations, WMS, ERP, MRP, CRM, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Logistics, Facility Layout & Design, Metrics & Measurements, and books on software solution providers SAP, Peoplesoft.

"Warehouse & Logistics Software Directory" Order From Amazon or IDII

"Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems" Order From Amazon

"ADVANCED WMS RFI Search Bundle" Available from IDII only
Obal, Philip	Advanced Version is available only from IDII

Valuable Future Events - List Your Event or Convention

Frontline Solutions' Supply - September 23 - 26, 2002 - McCormick Pace, Chicago, IL. 250 technology & service providers, and over 100 conference sessions help you understand and compare the latest generation of data-capture, mobile computing, warehousing, and collaborative technology. Visit http://www.frontlinexpo.com or call 1-800-331-5706.