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E2open Acquires Steelwedge. Impact on Market?

Supply Chain Shaman

The focus was on automating procurement. 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. Investors moaned. SAS’s acquisition of MarketMax in 2003 is an exception.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Mary Kay @MaryKay Mary Kay has a long history of supply chain innovation, earning accolades as far back as 2004 and 2005. In 2017, Smith & Nephew expanded its use of business network and cloud-based applications to support a centralized, efficient procurement process for managing spending from end to end.