Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company, has just published a new study benchmarked the supply chain application priorities and strategies of over 150 enterprises in October and November of 2010. The report, Enabling Supply Chain Visibility and Collaboration in the Cloud, reveals that top performing companies have experienced significant improvement when it comes to collaborative processes. However filtering the results based on those companies that have implemented Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for collaboration, reveals that these subset of companies have greater collaboration capabilities than lower performing companies. 

"Companies using SaaS are able to more effectively collaborate with customers. This ensures that they will continue moving towards integrated demand-supply networks. This trend is bolstered by the rising importance of this process for succeeding in the multi-enterprise supply chain, especially in difficult economic times. Integrating trading partner data is not an easy task -- it requires a foundation of electronic connectivity with the partners. Early adopters of visibility and collaboration technologies have been able to use these systems to gather and manage the supply chain partner data," explained Nari Viswanathan, Vice President and Principal Analyst of Supply Chain Management at Aberdeen.

Even though SaaS has been proven to provide companies with a competitive advantage in areas that require multi-enterprise collaboration, like B2B integration and customer/supplier collaboration, there is room for SaaS usage to grow. In fact, only 42% of top companies indicate that their supply chain organizations have a commitment towards outsourcing an application. Specifically only 30% of top companies indicate that their supply chain organization supports SaaS based solutions. This indicates that the resistance towards the adoption of SaaS solutions is still the case across the marketplace.

A complimentary copy of this report is made available due in part by the following underwriters: E2open, Kinaxis, SEEBURGER and Sterling Commerce. To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182&cid=6680&camp=2.

Los Angeles, CA, May 20, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Selects Supply Chain Management On–Demand from Less Software as Best Supply Chain Solution

Less Software’s On-Demand, Software as a Service application helps customers Acquire, Manage, and Sell their products more efficiently.

Less Software Inc. (www.lesssoftware.com) today announced that their Supply Chain On-Demand Application was selected by the SIIA as best Supply Chain Solution for 2010.

"The CODiE Awards represent excellence in the software and digital information industries. By providing recognition of the best new technology products and services, SIIA proudly advances the important role participating companies play in the digital economy," noted SIIA President Ken Wasch. "CODiE Award winners are a testament to the power of technology to deliver innovative solutions to businesses and consumers. SIIA warmly congratulates all of the winners and nominees of the CODiE Awards, whose innovation is essential for continuing America's leadership in the global knowledge economy," Wasch continued.

For more information about the CODiE Awards, visit www.siia.net/codies.
“Less Software is very proud to be part of the best of the best that represents the achievement of a CODiE award for our products” said Mike Flanagan, CEO of Less Software, adding, “this is a fabulous validation of our innovative approach for building easy to use but yet sophisticated enterprise applications.”

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to 500 leading software and information companies. For more information, visit www.siia.net
Less Software provides sophisticated supply chain management solutions for businesses delivered in the Software as a Service subscription model, and can be accessed from anywhere via a browser and Internet connection. From supplier management to inventory management to order fulfillment, Less Software’s supply chain management applications save customers time and money while delivering a completely streamlined end-to-end solution.

For more information about Less Software’s supply chain management applications, please contact Mike Flanagan at 866.603.1454 or via email at mike.flanagan@lesssoftware.com. Visit Less Software online at www.lesssoftware.com.

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Telogis, Inc., the platform for location intelligence, announces the new release of Telogis Route, the Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for multi-vehicle optimization and planning. Telogis Route now bundles routing and dispatching functionality from Telogis GeoBase and Telogis Fleet into a single application for strategic and dynamic planning. Telogis Route combines routing and scheduling capabilities from Telogis products into a single offering and incorporates relevant constraints and cost factors to optimize fleet schedules. Business rules such as delivery windows, driver skill set and specialty vehicle equipment are modeled along with costing factors such as fuel economy, driver rate and job revenue to calculate optimal schedules. By automating the process through a sophisticated modeling program, companies can generate operational savings of greater than 20 percent over manual route planning.

Telogis Route leverages the power of Telogis GeoBase, the leading enterprise geospatial platform. This provides it with detailed mapping data, providing essential information for accurate route planning. As a result, Telogis Route supports commercial vehicle restrictions such as bridge height and weight, historic and real-time traffic and custom routing rules such as avoiding left-hand turns.