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Logistics and supply chain professionals have joined the college crowd on social networking sites. But they're not there to share photos or swap movie recommendations; they're looking to get advice, snag a job, or seal a deal.

For years, cost and technical issues have kept many smaller companies out of the warehouse management systems market. But the emergence of hosted warehouse systems could change all that.

Vendors of global trade management software have been venturing into new territory. Here's where they're going—and why.

Programming advances may soon allow you to borrow bits and pieces of different systems to develop a custom supply chain application, all at a modest cost.

Sophisticated global trade software can track goods to the ends of the earth and much more. But it's what you do with the data that matters.

Plagued by high costs and sluggish revenues, IBM unified its fragmented global supply chain operations, saving billions in the process.

Some companies manage their global supply chains with dazzling efficiency; others seem to stumble at every juncture. The secret's in the automation.

Some see gold in those tiny data-rich RFID tags. Others worry that RFID is just another over-hyped technology.

America's sclerotic transportation network is already creating delays and backups during peak shipping periods. So what will happen when the rising tide of low-cost Asian imports hits our shores?