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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype of electronic exchanges in the 2000-2003 period. On March 26, 2015, I nsight Venture Partners (“Insight”) purchased E2open for $8.60 Taking the company private, the investment by Insights gives E2open capital to purchase companies.

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How do we Drive Invention to Innovation in Planning?

Supply Chain Shaman

In my role as an industry analyst, I have been lucky to attend many great conferences and hear wonderful speakers. One of my favorite speeches, over this fifteen year tenure, was listening to Alan Greenspan at the AMR Research IT conference in November 2006. It requires the early adopter and visionary. Reflections. I was a skeptic.

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Do Supply Chain Planning systems generate any value?

Kinaxis

They have piloted the process in Excel and know that they need an enterprise level solution for a global roll-out of S&OP. The best planning systems are implemented carefully based on conference room pilots and focus on modeling the business. However, excellence in corporate planning matters.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

The allocation of the right SKUs and volumes to different fulfillment centers has proven to be an excellent opportunity to apply AI. Patiently, she explained that it was technically illegal to buy steel, or much else, from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which we had yet to recognize. I asked in all innocence.