According to Supply and Demand Chain Executive, Scenic Technology Corporation, a provider of supply chain execution systems on a service model, is partnering with Optricity Corporation, a developer of supply chain Optimization engines, to collaborate on providing enhanced technology solutions for their mutual customers.

Based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Optricity offers optimization engines that help enterprises solve supply chain problems not addressed by mainstream systems such as warehouse and transportation management or enterprise resource planning. Optricity said its engines were designed to optimize least cost solutions based on competing goals and constraints of multiple functions (data and systems) coming together at merge points or junctures.

Scenic Technology's sce-Star suite is comprised of business applications and connectivity tools designed to help companies better manage their warehouses and distribution centers. The addition of Optricity's slotting and supply chain optimization capabilities will allow Scenic to offer customers a beefed-up solution, Scenic said.

"The synergies of bringing supply chain execution and optimization together will provide distributors with improved performance via better labor management and slotting efficiency, effectively doubling the value of their investment," said Bruce E. Welty, CEO of Scenic Technology Corporation. "This works to the customer's advantage, allowing them to be more competitive in their marketplace."

"We position our technology at merge points or 'in the cracks' between mainstream systems where our Juncture Optimization techniques can be used to achieve a more globally optimal solution to supply chain problems," said Dan Basmajian, president of Optricity. "By working with Scenic Technology, we will be able to take our work one step further by combining optimization techniques with supply chain execution to provide companies with added tools to help them maximize value within their operating and supply channels."