ARC Sees Logistics Visibility and Control Market Growing Briskly.

DEDHAM, Mass. -- Based on growth since 2000, the Logistics Visibility and Control market has been the fastest growing market for logistics software. It has grown far faster than both the Warehouse Management and Transportation Management markets.

According to Steve Banker, Service Director for Supply Chain Management at ARC and the author of this study, "The historical Cumulative Average Growth Rate (CAGR) for the years 2000-2003 is 29.0 percent, which was surprising to me. At one time there were more than 20 Supply Chain Event Management start-ups funded by at least $100 million in Venture Capital (VC). Most of those companies have disappeared and VC investments in this area have been a bust. Because of the disappearance of so many of the start-ups, I assumed the market had not had great growth. While there have been many exits, the market leaders have had strong growth in this area."

SCEM Focuses on Specific Processes

Logistics Visibility and Control (LV&C) is a variety of Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) focused specifically on logistics processes. Event Management solutions have become much more focused on specific processes with supporting decision support, workflows, and even analytics.

Just as LV&C represents SCEM specifically focused on logistics processes, the LV&C market is, in turn, made up of solutions for even more specific logistics processes. ARC has split the LV&C solutions into four categories: supply side, demand side, international visibility, and reverse and service logistics. The market has moved a long way from the general purpose solutions of a few years ago.

Additional information on this market study can be found at: www.arcweb.com/res/lvc.

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