Category: Enterprise Apps

September 6 may go down as a defining date in Kmart chief executive Chuck Conaway’s effort to turn around the one-time king of discount stores

Did you know that: Supply chain software relies on modules that can be assembled into “templates” serving particular industries? But all templates are not created

A Fading Star As economic events of the past year abruptly put the tech market into a nosedive, i2 Technologies was among the previous high

Home Depot is becoming an ostrich about the penguin. Just two years ago, the $46 billion home improvement giant became an outspoken proponent of Linux,

The first Kmart store opened in 1962, in Garden City, Mich. Sam Walton opened his first Wal-mart Discount City, in Rogers, Ark., the same year.

Company: KmartHeadquarters: 3100 West Big Beaver Road, Troy, Mich.Phone Number: (248) 463-1000Business: Discount retailer of clothes, pharmaceuticals, general merchandiseFinancials: $37 billion in sales, net loss

Charles C. ConawayChairman and CEORole: Conaway is the driving force behind Kmart’s initiatives to overhaul its supply chain, improve customer service, and market more effectively.

Terry Lay knew that bringing a common enterprise resource planning system to every part of VF Corp. would be a tough job, but he didn’t