Honeywell

Blackstone, the world's largest private equity firm, is offering a financing plan to help debt-stricken JDA Software in a move that challenges Honeywell's potential $3 billion takeover deal.

Honeywell International Inc is in talks to acquire JDA Software Group Inc, in a deal that could value the U.S. supply chain management software company at around $3 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

Honeywell International agreed to buy warehouse automation systems and logistics company Intelligrated for $1.5 billion from a company backed by the Permira funds, beating Japan’s Toyota Industries who was competing against Honeywell for Intelligrated.

Starting at the Universal Product Code, bar code technology is now used in IDs, hospitals, human bodies - What's Next?

Zebra gains instant access to complimentary technologies. But first, it needs to integrate a former partner that is 2-1/2 times its size.

Report highlights executives' focus on direct store delivery processes.

Consolidated facility reduces overhead costs, expedites repairs and doubles storage space.

MODEX 2014 reflected the industry’s commitment to the next generation of the supply chain, warehousing, logistics and distribution workforce.

Honeywell announced the debut of the Captuvo SL62 enterprise sled, an encasement that transforms an Apple® iPad mini into a customer engagement tool for retail, hospitality and field service associates, at the NRF 2014 Expo.

Last year, the global market for automatic data capture solutions (ADC) used in factories, warehouses and logistics applications reached $11.264 billion in sales, according to VDC Research Group. The ADC market includes handheld and stationary bar code scanning and imaging devices, bar code printers, RFID solutions for the supply chain and ruggedized mobile computing solutions for the factory and warehouse.

Using mobile applications on smart phones and tablets, today’s consumers are able to compare prices and read product reviews while on the move. To service this new omni-channel consumer, retailers are stepping up and flowing product information across multiple channels to capture customers’ attention and make the sale.

Analysts are pointing to 2012 as the year in which warehousing was finally recognized as a competitive weapon for multichannel online businesses. Progressive companies like Amazon.com are rapidly advancing the art and science of one of the supply chain’s most important—and most customer-facing—functions.

Mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common web access device worldwide by the end of 2013.

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The mission of an order fulfillment center is the efficient assembly and timely shipment of the perfect order. Product, labor, equipment and operating systems must all come together in support of this mission. As customer demands increase, however, managers find themselves challenged by a number of issues.