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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

Founded in 2000, Steelwedge was an innovator in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and was an early provider of cloud solutions for supply chain. The company was one of a handful of exchanges to survive the market hype of electronic exchanges in the 2000-2003 period. Aggregator versus Innovator? 2X that of Kinaxis.

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S&OP, a vision for the future. The expert interview series #6

Supply Chain Trend

The S&OP Pulse Check 2015 suggests S&OP practitioners are left behind in confusion: 62% of respondents think there is not enough innovation in S&OP systems. 64% think there is not enough coordinated innovation in S&OP processes. Based in the UK he has consulted in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.

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Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt Receives Sustainability Award at Clean50 Summit in Toronto

Freightera

Eric Beckwitt was born in California but had to flee with the family in 2003 to save his son, who suffered severe asthma in the Sierra Nevada foothills where the Beckwitt family lived. The first success came after Freightera covered North America with the first billion less than truckload (LTL) lanes. ” About Freightera.