Global Supply Chain

HighJump Software’s 12.0 version of its Supply Chain Advantage product suite features lot tracing enhancements, embedded voice upgrades and a new interface with streamlined navigation to allow customers to leverage data and advanced applications more easily.  The application server and web server components will run on 64-bit versions of Windows servers, allowing customers to handle significantly larger amounts of information while improving performance and setting the stage for greater scalability....More

The overall economy declined slightly (at a -0.1 percent annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2012, offsetting an above-average pace of growth in the previous quarter. Spending for inventories, government defense, and net exports all fell—reversing the growth in the third quarter—and offset the positive gains in consumer spending, nonresidential investment, and residential investment. However, this does not portend another recession, according to a report from the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI)....More

TranSolutions Inc.’s MyEZClaim is an online service providing freight claim management capabilities. The system provides an automated central repository on all carrier loss and damage claim activities. The centralized system allows multiple users to work in the system at once, with no need to email multiple copies of files back and forth. Users keep all data for each claim within one system, including photographs, invoices, packing slips or other documentation....More

Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.3 percent in May over the same month last year but growth could trickle to a standstill by the end of the summer, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates....More