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PeopleSoft Upgrades Connection for
Electronic Procurement
PeopleSoft Inc. has enhanced its supplier-relationship
management (SRM) system by offering direct connectivity to its
eProcurement software through the Perfect Commerce Open
Supplier Network (OSN). The service builds on an existing
partnership with Perfect Commerce, creating the Perfect
Commerce OSN Connect for PeopleSoft. According to the vendor,
customers gain rapid access to suppliers, reduced transaction
and material costs, and simplified supplier enablement. They
can connect to suppliers that have limited technical ability,
automate the source-to-settle process with one comprehensive
system, and reduce purchasing transaction costs. Users obtain
unlimited access to the Perfect Commerce OSN for a wide range
of transactions, without having to pay ongoing subscription
and transaction fees. The Perfect Commerce OSN Connect for
PeopleSoft will be available in the third quarter of this
year.
http://www.peoplesoft.com/
BridgePoint Ties Document Transfer to
Orders and Shipments
BridgePoint Inc. is now offering iPlex Doc Attach as
part of its iPlex Transport Process Management Software. Users
can upload and download documents and relate them to specific
orders and shipments. As a result, orders can be processed
faster, saving financing charges and courier fees, and
eliminating the need for hard copies and a multi-step
acceptance process. iPlex Doc Attach also offers buyers and
suppliers the ability to share manufacturing specifications
for items within an order. Logistics service providers and
carriers can upload scanned signatures on manifests and
receive documents as proof of delivery. Country-of-origin
documents become more readily available in order to better
meet import and export regulations. Other document attachment
functions include security, with access restricted based on
the assignments of various users; alerts for both orders and
shipments, to inform designated users of new and updated
attachments; and events, whereby the uploading of documents
can be set on a schedule within the application as an expected
event.
http://www.bridge-point.com/
FedEx Express Opens $50m Global Trade
Hub in Miami
FedEx Express has opened a gateway hub in Miami, Fla.
The new $50m facility is intended to serve the growing South
Florida market, as well as customers in Latin America and the
Caribbean. The hub can sort up to 6,000 packages per hour, or
40,000 packages per day. Consisting of 145,000 square feet of
warehouse and office space, it covers 23 acres of land at the
Miami International Airport. It will harbor refrigerated
storage space for agricultural products, such as produce and
flowers, with a 1,000-square-foot cooler system. Also included
is a bonded warehouse with onsite Customs clearance agents.
FedEx's integrated air-ground network will serve the South
Florida, Latin American and Caribbean markets with four daily
inbound and outbound flights through Miami.
http://www.fedex.com/
Bank of England List
Added to Restricted Party Screening
TradePoint Systems has added the Bank of England Consolidated
List to its ECS application for international restricted-party
screening. The Bank of England is the central bank of the
United Kingdom. It provides a consolidated list of targets
that have been listed by the United Nations, European Union
and U.K. under legislation relating to Afghanistan, Myanmar,
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia, Irag, Zimbabwe
and prevention of terrorism. ECS is an online system which
provides real-time, exception-based compliance screening to
public and private organizations. It performs mandated government
screening for restricted parties, embargoed countries and
export license determination. ECS also checks for "red-flag"
indicators to screen end use as well as end users. It can
be accessed manually through an internet browser for low-volume
users, or can be integrated with legacy or enterprise resource
planning systems for high-volume users.
http://www.tradepointsystems.com/
3M Touch Systems Unveils New Line of
Touch-Screen Controllers
3M Touch Systems has made available its new MicroTouch
SC Series of touch-screen controllers. The equipment supports
3M's full range of resistive touch screens for liquid crystal
displays (LCDs), the company said. The new series provides
support for both serial communications interface with
plug-and-play capability and universal serial bus (USB)
interface. The controllers are compliant with the USB-Human
Interface Device (HID) driver standard. The SC series of
resistive controllers maintains the same form and fit as 3M's
newest MicroTouch EX II controllers. Available in a compact 1"
X 2" format, and supporting four, five and eight-wire
resistive touch screens as well as specialty resistive
products, the controllers are designed for easy integration
onto LCD panels. They take advantage of an enhanced
voltage-detection method utilizing state-of-the-art design
components, 3M said.
http://www.3m.com/
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Menlo Worldwide,
TradePoint Transmit Monthly Statements
Menlo Worldwide Trade Services and TradePoint Systems
have jointly conducted the first successful transmission
of an entry summary for periodic monthly statement. PMS
is part of the pilot test program of U.S. Customs' Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE). The test program involves
34 importers and 17 customs brokers participating in ACE
Release 3 Periodic Monthly Statements. Approximately 350
Customs & Border Protection (CBP) personnel and trade
community representatives are involved in the three-month
ACE pilot test. They include employees from the CBP National
Finance Center, as well as import and entry specialists,
account managers and client representatives. TradePoint
currently has five customers receiving training from CBP
on the periodic monthly statement process.
http://www.tradepointsystems.com/
http://tradeservices.menloworldwide.com/mwts/mwtsWeb/
Dassault Inks Partnership for Open Standard
Based on XML
Dassault Systemes and Lattice Technology have formed
a long-term partnership, allowing Dassault to utilize Lattice's
systems for creation of a universal 3D extensible markup
language (XML) open format for product lifecycle management
(PLM). Lattice becomes a Software Community Program partner
of Dassault, developing and selling a suite of technical
publication applications based on Dassault's CAA V5 (Component
Application Architecture Version 5), enhanced with the new
open format. As a result, users will be able to generate
3D manuals, parts lists, marketing brochures, assembly instructions
and parts databases. The system will help to create 3D interactive
Web pages or office documents enabling users to combine
3D data, 2D images, structured data, text and graphics together
in a single lightweight document. The applications will
work either connected with Dassault's SMARTEAM or ENOVIA
databases, or in local mode. 3D XML for PLM will let users
create and share live 3D V5 data quickly and easily in a
lightweight XML format, the partners said.
http://www.3ds.com/ (Dassault)
http://www.xvl3d.com/en/index.html
(Lattice)
Apriso Joins IBM Program to Support
Smaller Businesses
Apriso Corp. has joined IBM's ISV Advantage Initiative,
a program intended to help independent software vendors
meet the needs of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
Apriso said it has developed a new type of software which
focuses on the execution of supply, production and distribution
processes. Dubbed FlexNet, the software provides real-time,
event-driven applications for companies launching major
business initiatives, such as lean supply, Six Sigma, portable
processes, in-line production sequencing, real-time inventory
management, and demand pull. As a participant in the ISV
Advantage Initiative, Apriso will offer its FlexNet applications
suite on IBM WebSphere internet infrastructure software,
and other relevant IBM technologies. FlexNet can be used
to define, optimize and operate a business's manufacturing
or supply execution processes, both in conjunction with
existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems or on
a standalone basis.
http://www.apriso.com/ (Apriso)
http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld
(IBM)
Cimmetry Ships Autovue 18 With New EDA
Features, Formats
Cimmetry Systems has shipped AutoVue 18, the latest version
of its software suite to aid in computer-assisted design
(CAD) for the architecture, engineering and construction
(AEC); manufacturing; engineering and electronics markets.
AutoVue 18 features new visualization and collaboration
functionality, including digital mockup (DMU) and design
validation. As a result, engineering teams can run different
CAD systems in multiple geographical locations. They can
combine multi-source electronics and mechanical parts, components
and assemblies in a DMU environment, and perform analysis
of such elements as clash detection. Any number of native
CAD files, regardless of file format, can be imported and
combined to create a virtual assembly, including such systems
as CATIA, Pro/E, UG, SolidWorks, Inventory, JT and Solid
Edge. AutoVue 18 also includes many new electronic design
automation (EDA) features, including the ability to verify
designs for manufacturability, cross-probe 3D PCBs, and
create and save user-defined layer sets, Cimmetry said.
http://www.cimmetry.com/
DSC Logistics Teams With IMS Worldwide
in Chicago FTZ
DSC Logistics has partnered with IMS Worldwide, Inc.
to obtain foreign trade zone (FTZ) status at DSC's new logistics
center near Joliet, Ill. The Chicago-area facility will
offer customers such FTZ benefits as lower inventory costs;
duty exemption on re-exports; duty elimination on waste,
scrap and yield loss; merchandise processing fee savings;
and duty deferral. DSC is a provider of outsourced supply-chain
services, while IMS is a consulting firm which specializes
in FTZ operations, industrial park development, and security
measures.
http://www.dsclogistics.com/
http://www.imsw.com/
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