Coles has finally made some progress on installing an automated ordering system in its stores, hoping to roll-out the system to just under a third of its supermarkets by the end of the year.
Amcom Telecommunications has put itself into a trading halt on the Australian Stock Exchange pending an announcement to be made on a proposed transaction.
Harris Farm's 25-year-old in-store integrated retailing system was "creaking at the joints", it said this week, prompting the grocery chain to modernise, moving to a newer Microsoft platform to manage its whole supply chain.
Fresh produce logistics outfit, Costa Logistics, has committed to a $4 million upgrade of its warehouse management systems.
Woolworths has implemented its custom in-store inventory management system AutoStockR in the supply chain systems of its Big W and Dick Smith franchises.
Telstra director Peter Willcox has stood down from the Telstra board three months early due to his involvement in the James Hardie asbestos law suit.
Macquarie Bank has teamed up with finance news aggregator Wotnews to deliver a new retail online trading platform.
Coles parent Wesfarmers has again downplayed the idea of investing in the back-office technology systems of the retail giant, saying most of the necessary expenditure had already been outlaid before its late 2007 acquisition.
Chief executive of telecommunications provider M2 Vaughan Bowen today said the company shed 15 to 20 per cent of People Telecom's staff following its acquisition, but it also took on 140 of Commander's call centre staff.
The National Broadband Network fibre request for tender issued last week by Tasmanian state-owned energy company Aurora is for an estimated $3 million purchase, new tender documents revealed this week.
Powercor and CitiPower have announced UXC and Bilfinger Berger Services as field installation partners for their $400 million smart meter roll-out to over a million homes.
The chief executive of Aussie contracting group Service Stream has stepped down, following what he described as a "very disappointing" period for the company financially.
Vodafone and Hutchison yesterday completed the 50-50 joint venture to create VHA Pty Limited.
Telstra's new chief executive David Thodey will receive a fixed annual remuneration of $2 million or $1 million less than his predecessor, compensated by a significant boost to incentive payments that could see him take home up to $6.8 million a year.
The Department of Defence intends to inject $708 million into its ICT systems over the next 10 years as part of its strategic reform program, according to a document released today.
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