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IBM tries to enhance ILOG's S&OP capabilities Title: IBM tries to enhance ILOG's S&OP capabilities
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on February 14, 2009

At the end, the acquisition of ILOG by IBM is a bit stabilized and Even though the new parent company is known more for supplying IT infrastructure products, ILOG says it will not abandon users of its...

 

IBM's strategy for the future of ILOG supply chain solution Title: IBM's strategy for the future of ILOG supply chain solution
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on January 9, 2009

As you might remember, IBM completed the acquisition of the supply chain optimization company ILOG last July and at the time I was wondering what IBM wants to do with ILOG in the future. Apparently ...

 

Ryder System makes a new logistics acquisition Title: Ryder System makes a new logistics acquisition
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on December 27, 2008

Ryder System, Inc., a supply chain, warehousing and transportation management solutions provider, announced last week that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of substantially all th...

 

JDA and i2 merger won't happen Title: JDA and i2 merger won't happen
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on December 13, 2008

It seems that the long-time negotiated deal between i2 and JDA regarding acquisition of i2 won't happen at least in the near future. The negotiations began in August and the companies were soon ...

 

Ocean cargo company makes a new acquisition Title: Ocean cargo company makes a new acquisition
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on September 4, 2008

Matson Integrated Logistics (MIL) has announced recently that made a new acquisition which will enable the company to offer highly competitive logistics services. According to Logistics Management Ma...

 

DHL buys out remaining share of Sinotrans-Exel JV in China Title: DHL buys out remaining share of Sinotrans-Exel JV in China
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on December 22, 2007

Express service and logistics provider DHL said last week that it has officially completed an arrangement with with Sinotrans (Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co Ltd) for its parent company D...

 

Oracle continues round of acquisitions with the bid for BEA Title: Oracle continues round of acquisitions with the bid for BEA
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on November 2, 2007

You may have read my earlier post on the overview of the market for enterprise software and applications and the role of Oracle. As I mentioned there, Oracle´s strategy for growth is based acquisition...

 

CDC Software Agrees to Acquire Catalyst International Title: CDC Software Agrees to Acquire Catalyst International
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on September 10, 2007

In the merger and acquisition news from last week, the interesting one was about CDC Software's agreement to buy Catalyst International. CDC Software, provider of industry-specific ERP applicati...

 

MedAssets Acquires MD-X Solutions to Further Expand Revenue Cycle Offering Title: MedAssets Acquires MD-X Solutions to Further Expand Revenue Cycle Offering
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on July 13, 2007

MedAssets Inc. has recently announced the acquisition of MD-X Solutions, Inc, a leading provider of revenue cycle technology and services to the healthcare industry. The acquisition expands the revenu...

 

ClearOrbit to Become a Division of TAKE Solutions Title: ClearOrbit to Become a Division of TAKE Solutions
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on June 26, 2007

TAKE Solutions, Inc. and ClearOrbit, Inc. yesterday jointly announced that TAKE Solutions has acquired ClearOrbit, a leading supply chain execution and reverse logistics solutions provider. The acquis...

 

ESYNC to Merge with TranSystems, Fueling New Business Growth Title: ESYNC to Merge with TranSystems, Fueling New Business Growth
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on May 13, 2007

TranSystems, a full-service transportation infrastructure and Management consulting company, and ESYNC, a leading strategic supply chain consulting firm, announce the definitive agreement for a merger...

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Sterling Commerce Acquires Nistevo Title: Sterling Commerce Acquires Nistevo
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on April 20, 2007

Sterling Commerce, the multi-enterprise collaboration company and a subsidiary of AT&T Inc., announced recently it has agreed to acquire Nistevo, a leading provider of on-demand transportation man...

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Avantcé Software completes acquisition of Radcliffe Inc. Title: Avantcé Software completes acquisition of Radcliffe Inc.
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on March 11, 2007

Another acquisition news: Avantcé Software announced last week that it has completed the acquisition of Radcliffe, Inc., a provider of Warehouse Management Solutions that optimize and enable supply ch...

 

ILOG Enters into Agreement to Acquire Supply Chain Vendor LogicTools Title: ILOG Enters into Agreement to Acquire Supply Chain Vendor LogicTools
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on February 14, 2007

In a move aimed at strengthening its presence in the supply chain applications market, ILOG, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire LogicTools, a Chicago-based provider of st...

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Siemens to acquire UGS Title: Siemens to acquire UGS
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on January 28, 2007

As I mentioned before, SCM market witnessed two major acquisitions last week, with Zebra Technologies completing its previously announced takeover of WhereNet, and German conglomerate Siemens completi...

 

Zebra Technologies completes its previously announced takeover of WhereNet Title: Zebra Technologies completes its previously announced takeover of WhereNet
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on January 28, 2007

Last week, two important acquisitions happened in supply chain area. Here is the first one according to SDCE: Zebra Technologies announced last week that it had completed the acquisition of WhereNet...

 

RoadLink USA acquires Transus Intermodal Title: RoadLink USA acquires Transus Intermodal
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on January 20, 2007

Intermodal trucking and logistics services provider RoadLink USA said earlier this week it has acquired Transus Intermodal LLC, an Atlanta-based provider of intermodal trucking services to the souther...

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RedPrairie to Acquire StorePerform Title: RedPrairie to Acquire StorePerform
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on December 28, 2006

And as one of the highlights of December 2006 look at this: RedPrairie Corporation and StorePerform Technologies, Inc. announced two weeks ago that they have signed a definitive agreement, whereby Red...

 

Park-Ohio unit buys supply chain management company Title: Park-Ohio unit buys supply chain management company
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on October 22, 2006

A business unit of Park-Ohio Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Park-Ohio Holding Corp. of Cleveland, has acquired for $21 million all the capital stock outstanding of NABS Inc., a Manhattan-based suppl...

 

FedEx completes purchase of Watkins Motor Lines Title: FedEx completes purchase of Watkins Motor Lines
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on September 11, 2006

FedEx Corp. announced it has completed the $780 million cash purchase of the less-than-truckload (LTL) operations of Lakeland, Fla.-based Watkins Motor Lines and certain affiliates. According to Logi...

 

TransCore Acquires IntelliTrans, an International Rail Logistics and Supply Chain Tracking Company Title: TransCore Acquires IntelliTrans, an International Rail Logistics and Supply Chain Tracking Company
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on August 1, 2006

TransCore, the largest global manufacturer of transportation-based radio frequency identification (RFID) products, completes the acquisition of IntelliTrans, a pre-eminent track and trace software pla...

 

HighJump Strengthens Customers' Ability to Meet Global Supply Chain Demands; Acquires Pinnacle Title: HighJump Strengthens Customers' Ability to Meet Global Supply Chain Demands; Acquires Pinnacle
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on July 8, 2006

HighJump Software, a 3M company, announced that it has acquired Pinnacle Distribution Concepts Inc., according to Arc Advisory Group. HighJump Software is a global Provider of adaptable supply chain e...

 

Oracle to buy demand-driven planning applications company Title: Oracle to buy demand-driven planning applications company
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on June 11, 2006

Oracle will expand its supply chain planning applications with the acquisition of Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Demantra, a provider of demand-driven planning solutions, according to Industry Week. De...

 

Oracle acquires Demantra to expand its supply chain planning applications Title: Oracle acquires Demantra to expand its supply chain planning applications
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on June 5, 2006

Business software maker Oracle Corp. has agreed to buy Demantra, a provider of demand-driven planning solutions, to expand its supply chain planning applications, SDA Asia reported. Financial details ...

 

Home Depot buys a bank to improve its value chain Title: Home Depot buys a bank to improve its value chain
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on May 25, 2006

Bank Watch reported that Home Depot has recently bought a bank: Yes, that's true and the company has a reason for that. This purchase is directly tied to facilitate the value chain for their cus...

 

Supply Chain Manufacturing & Logistics Magazine and Chief Supply Chain Officer were bought by Retail Systems B2B Title: Supply Chain Manufacturing & Logistics Magazine and Chief Supply Chain Officer were bought by Retail Systems B2B
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on March 23, 2006

Another acquisition news but not in SCM market but in our business: SCM publication! Actually I was nearly shocked when I heard about it. The thing is that Retail Systems B2B LLC has acquired two su...

 

Intuitive buys supply chain firm Title: Intuitive buys supply chain firm
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on March 17, 2006

I think I have mentioned before about the current diversification trend among mid-size ERP solution providers into SCM area. The motivation to do this is customers' preference to have few complete...

 

MedAssets Supply Chain Systems Acquires Shared Services Healthcare Title: MedAssets Supply Chain Systems Acquires Shared Services Healthcare
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on March 2, 2006

MedAssets Supply Chain Systems announced today it has acquired Shared Services Healthcare (SSH), based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1974, SSH is the nation's largest regional group purchasing ...

 

I2 Acquires RiverOne, Highlighting On-Going Supply Chain Software Trends Title: I2 Acquires RiverOne, Highlighting On-Going Supply Chain Software Trends
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on February 25, 2006

As the software market matures, larger companies look to gain customers through acquisition, and smaller companies have trouble getting critical mass, as the spate of deals in the last 18 months indi...

 

IBM Acquires Supply-Chain Vendor Viacore Title: IBM Acquires Supply-Chain Vendor Viacore
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Filed in archive merger and acquisition by ehsan on February 10, 2006

According to Information Week, IBM on Wednesday said it has acquired privately held Viacore Inc., a provider of supply chain software and services, for an undisclosed sum. IBM officials said the acqu...


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