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Mass.-based Optiant Inc. They are marketing the improved and broadened technology, PowerChain, as a means by which companies can design their supply chains for optimal profitability and market agility. What they say makes PowerChain distinctive is it allows companies to design supply chains for maximum efficiency and not simply manage an existing system. It does this by using sophisticated algorithms that the software acts upon to evaluate inventory levels at locations, product life cycles, and increased service to customers. Considering that his budget as an entrepreneur called for lawn furniture rather than office desks and chairs, it was a bold move. But Godlewski had been working on a high-tech tracking system for the trucking industry, and it had given him an exciting idea.