SCM

Deals/Contracts/Partnerships

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  Imperial Brands Selects Blue Yonder to Digitally Transform Its Supply Chain

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2023

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  Pick n Pay Selects Blue Yonder to Deliver Localized Planning

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2023

• 3

  Nestl? Purina Petcare Takes Category Management Strategy Into the Metaverse With Blue Yonder and 3DVR Solutions

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2023

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  Arcadia Cold Selects Blue Yonder to Digitally Transform U.S. Cold Chain

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2023

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  In New Drive for Growth, UK Grocer Asda Selects Dassault Syst?mes? Planning and Optimization Solutions to Transform its Transport Operations

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2022

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  Dassault Aviation and Capgemini have announced the successful deployment and commissioning of a new software foundation leveraging SAP solutions at all of the aircraft manufacturer?s French industrial sites. The aim i to monitor each stage of manufacturing process (purchase of components, production support and supply chain management), while enabling accelerated production rates for both military and civil programs.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Mount Franklin Foods Selects Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage Solution to Meet its Appetite for Business Growth & Digital Transformation

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Capital Energy incorporates JAGGAER technology in its procurement and renewable projects

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

• 9

  Hero MotoCorp Selects Accenture for Supply Chain Transformation

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Delta Galil Industries Ltd, a global leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of intimates and activewear, has adopted the Infor Nexus supply chain platform. The technology will help Delta Galil improve visibility of inventory, enhancing collaboration with suppliers and customers, automating the vital plan-to-ship process, and accelerating the onboarding of new suppliers and partners.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Confluent Medical Technologies Selects Kinaxis For Supply Chain Planning

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Coflex, Leading Plumbing Manufacturing Company in Mexico, Selects Infor WMS to Boost Competitiveness

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

• 13

  Kinaxis Selected by Global Tea Leader, ekaterra, to Digitally Transform its Supply Chain

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  LTTS has been identified to support an American conglomerate to alleviate their global supply chain challenges. LTTS shall be working closely with the tier-1 and tier-2 suppliers of the customer and help identify and resolve supply chain bottlenecks.

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  FEV has signed a development agreement with El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company (NASCO) in Egypt. The scope of services includes supplier negotiations, the establishment of a local supplier network, and vehicle development for the sedan with a purely battery-electric drive system.

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Persistent is transforming traditional supply chain into a modern network powered by patient demand for a multinational pharmaceutical company

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Colombian Pet Food Specialist Italcol Selects Infor CloudSuite WMS to Improve Inventory Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Hilti Transforms Supply Chain Planning with Blue Yonder

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Marelli Uses JAGGAER for Procurement Worldwide

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Castrol, a BP Company, Gains Global View of its Supply Chain by Selecting Kinaxis

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  HappyFresh Digitally Transforms Warehouse Capabilities with Blue Yonder

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Asda Selects Blue Yonder?s Order Management to Accelerate its Omni-Channel Transformation

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Castolin Eutectic Utilizing Kinaxis to Digitally Transform its Supply Chain

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Infineum selects Kinaxis for Concurrent Supply Chain Planning Solutions

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  TK Elevator Standardizes Procurement Processes with JAGGAER

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  A multi-year arrangement in which Belcan will provide Sierra Space with broad-based engineering capabilities and solutions, supporting Sierra Space’s next generation of space transportation systems and in-space infrastructures and destinations for low-Earth orbit (LEO) commercialization. The new agreement includes design, analysis, systems engineering, software engineering, program management, manufacturing engineering, and supply chain solutions.

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  Lenovo To Digitally Transform Supply Planning and S&OP Capabilities with Blue Yonder

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  Comau Selects JAGGAER as Partner to Give New Impetus on the Path to Digitalized Procurement

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  AKKA to drive decarbonization of European ports as member of PIONEERS International Consortium

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Asda Accelerates Multi-Channel Transformation Strategy with Blue Yonder

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Kingspan Light + Air will use GEP SMART’s spend analysis software to analyze and better identify savings opportunities to drive greater value and gain insights about the costs and opportunities across both direct and indirect spend categories.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Ricardo and Lightning eMotors sign strategic partnership to provide commercial electric vehicles to UK customers. Ricardo will provide supply chain and certification of roadworthiness support, as well as powertrain installation and integration services in the UK.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Fedrigoni Group Selects JAGGAER for the Digital Transformation of Procurement Processes including incorporating sustainability

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  TCS has been engaged by ZF to address customer fulfillment disruption due to semiconductor shortages by analyzing material supply situation and developing insights for effective supply and demand balancing across product portfolios This optimizes the allocation of critical parts to meet the customer demand in the most optimal way to maximize value for ZF and its customers TCS has also been engaged by ZF to help in finding alternate supply sources for critical semiconductor parts and help in expediting the procurement activities This is expected to positively impact material availability towards customer order fulfillment

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Infosys Collaborates with Shell to Market Shell Inventory Optimizer Solution

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Ascend Performance Materials has selected GEP for all its indirect and direct spend globally.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Absolut selects GEP AI-driven procurement software to transform its source to contract process for its direct and indirect spend across Europe.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  GEFCO To Digitally Transform Supply Chain with Blue Yonder

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Persistent is managing Salesforce roadmap and providing managed services supporting proprietary inventory management platform for a large US-based pharmaceutical firm.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  TCS is selected by a large UK-based tobacco company, to implement a Track & Trace solution for the finished goods movements from the production units throughout the supply chain. This will help the client to meet global regulatory requirements and popular

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Lenovo chooses GEP’s unified procurement platform to support its direct sourcing needs through GEP’s sourcing, project and supplier management solutions for direct spend

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Alnatura, an organic supermarket chain based in Germany, chose to implement Blue Yonder’s space & floor planning solution to meet the local requirements for each of its stores

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  JAGGAER is working with Suntech Power. JAGGAER users in Suntech’s purchasing department currently buy from more than 2,000 suppliers. Already Suntech saw savings of US$ 1.6M by sourcing with JAGGAER. It has enlarged the scope of sourcing via JAGGAER to a

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Dole Food & Beverages Group to Digitally Transform Its Supply Chain Planning and Visibility with Blue Yonder

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Kinaxis Partners With Exelixis to Advance Supply Chain Planning for Its Cancer Drug Portfolio

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Accenture and Sumitomo Chemical have established a joint venture SUMIKA DX ACCENT, which will leverage the power of AI, data analytics and other technologies to transform supply chain operations and create new businesses. It is 80% owned by Sumitomo Chemical and 20% by Accenture.

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  PETRONAS Selects AVEVA‘s Unified Cloud Solution to Drive Productivity and Redefine Processes

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Coca-Cola HBC to Digitally Transform its End-to-End Planning with Blue Yonder

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  DB Schenker has chosen Infor Nexus Purchase Order Management and Infor Nexus Control Center as part of a programme to help deliver an industry-leading, end-to-end predictive estimated time of arrival (ETA) capability for customers

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  HEMA Buttons Up Omni-channel Supply Chain Transformation with Blue Yonder

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Infinera Leveraging Kinaxis for Industry-Best-Practice Planning Solution

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Kinaxis Transforming Viant's Supply Chain for Growth Initiatives

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Mölnlycke Selects Kinaxis to Transform its Medical Solutions Supply Chain

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  TietoEVRY and Tracy of Sweden enter into a partnership agreement for full traceability and transparency throughout the entire forest industry's value chain from forest to end product

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Formel D has been supporting Yamaha on the client’s premises in Manaus in northern Brazil with approximately 40 employees in the quality and supplier management divisions.

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  An aerospace and defense conglomerate awarded LTTS a program to provide in-field product insights using LTTS’ proprietary Industrial AI platform AIkno. LTTS will also support the customer for engineering supply chain optimization, upgrades and improvement through should costing.

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

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  Blue Yonder Expands Relationship with HEINEKEN to Plan Volatile Demand in Fast Changing World

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

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  Blue Yonder to Power Supply Chain Solutions for Philip Morris International

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

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  Globus CR Creates Data-Driven Supply Chain with Blue Yonder. 

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

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  H. Lundbeck A/S, a drug company known for its production of psychiatric and neurological disorder medications, will implement Kinaxis’ supply chain system in order to improve the company’s end-to-end visibility and create a more cohesive product shipping structure.

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

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  Tata Consumer Products Digitally Transforms Supply Chain with Blue Yonder and Accenture

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

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  TCS is selected by a global medical devices company, to prepare for scaling blockchain solution for tracking movement of surgical supplies. The pilot solution that has been deployed to improve visibility from manufacturing through distribution would be evolved to scale up transaction volumes in 2020.

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

EIIR Provider Solutions/Capabalities

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  Descartes Acquires Portrix Logistics Software

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Panasonic Accelerates the Autonomous Supply Chain with Acquisition of Blue Yonder

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  QuEST Defense Systems & Solutions Begins Operations to Provide Engineering Services to the US Defense Industry. QDSS is planning to hire more than 1000 engineers in the next five years

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  QuEST Global to Build New Blockchain Based Supply Chain Solutions on the Casper Network

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Roambee Acquires AI Firm Arnekt to Accelerate AI-Powered Supply Chain Visibility

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Tata Technologies has partnered with Logility to offer digital supply chain solutions to its customers.

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Kinaxis and LevaData Bringing Supplier Risk Insights into Supply Chain Planning

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Descartes Systems has acquired GreenMile, a leading provider of cloud-based mobile route execution solutions for food, beverage, and broader distribution verticals.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Tech Mahindra Partners with StaTwig to Implement ‘VaccineLedger’ – Blockchain-based Traceability Solution for Global Vaccine Supply Chain

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Accenture acquires Myrtle Consulting Group which is based out of Houston and specializes in optimizing clients’ sourcing, production, supply chain operations and execution.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Atos has partnered with Eupry, a Danish startup specializing in automatic storage compliance, to build a “Vaccine Logistics Monitoring as-a-Service” solution. This will enable public authorities and pharmaceutical and logistics companies to effectively manage the supply chain of large-scale distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, as well as other vaccines in the future, to ensure compliance with local regulations, good manufacturing and distribution practices and other complex requirements, such as temperature.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  AVEVA Real-Time Crude, a solution developed with Schneider Electric, combines cutting-edge analytical equipment with powerful machine-learning techniques to provide rapid and reliable crude oil assays across the enterprise in a matter of minutes. Timely information leads to advantages, including more intelligent purchasing decisions, improved operational planning, better allocation of refining resources, and more certain product volume and quality predictions.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  AVEVA Real-Time Crude, a solution developed with Schneider Electric, combines cutting-edge analytical equipment with powerful machine-learning techniques to provide rapid and reliable crude oil assays across the enterprise in a matter of minutes. Timely information leads to advantages, including more intelligent purchasing decisions, improved operational planning, better allocation of refining resources, and more certain product volume and quality predictions.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Casio Continues its Global Supply Chain Journey with Kinaxis

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Coupa Software buys LLamasoft, Inc. For $1.5 Billion. LLamasoft has about $100 Million revenue and 650 customers.It signals integration of procurement and supply chain world!

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Descartes Systems announced that Argosy International, a leading supplier of advanced engineered materials, is using Descartes Visual Compliance to automate denied party screening and export classification as it grows its overseas business. By automatic screening of our trade partner database against denied party lists and determining appropriate export license requirements, Argosy has realized a 75% productivity gain in our compliance practice.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Gordon Food Service Improves Distribution Efficiency Across Canada and U.S. with Descartes Mobile Solution.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Halliburton and Accenture announced they have teamed to accelerate Halliburton’s digital supply chain transformation and support digitalization within the Company’s manufacturing function.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Kinaxis and Spinnaker Team Up to Drive Supply Chain Excellence.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Kinaxis Provides Coty AI-Driven Supply Chain Planning and Decision-Making

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  MenaBev, a multinational franchise organization of PepsiCo in Saudi Arabia, has implemented Infor WMS warehouse management solution. MenaBev’s facility is the largest operation of its kind in the world.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  MenaBev, a multinational franchise organization of PepsiCo in Saudi Arabia, has implemented Infor WMS warehouse management solution. MenaBev’s facility is the largest operation of its kind in the world.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Sopra Steria announces a partnership with Sky Republic to offer digital supply chain platforms.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  TCS is selected by a global electrical appliances company, to transform its global supply chain processes through intelligent planning, leveraging a world-class integrated business planning platform, across multiple countries in Asia Pacific. The objective of this transformation program is to improve efficiency, reliability and resilience in operations.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2020

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  Infor Agrees to Sell its EAM Business to Hexagon AB and Form Strategic Relationship

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  IATM (Intelligent Asset Tracking and Management): It is enriched with a newly launched Soft Tag feature that helps organizations to reinvent their asset management strategy, especially for work-from-home scenarios in the post-pandemic workplace. It helps in improving visibility, control and custody management of IT assets across acquire-to-retire lifecycle stages – from onboarding, audits and reconciliation to return/replenishment of assets to the stockroom.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Coupa Launches First Business Spend Management App Marketplace

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Trimble and Procter & Gamble to Collaborate in Transforming Transportation Procurement

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2021

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  Automating distribution yards, is a problem worth solving. In B2B scenario this is like a last mile connectivity. And in confined private boundaries, it can go to full autonomy faster than autonomous vehicles on roads. Outrider which emerged from stealth mode is focusing on this sector.

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

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  OnProcess Launches OnProcess Agora – a New Digital Platform that Improves the Performance, Efficiency and Sustainability of Service Supply Chains

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Accenture Acquires Xoomworks to Enhance Procurement and Digital Transformation Capabilities in Europe

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Rockwell Automation has acquired another system inegrator AVATA which has expertise in Oracle SCM, ERP

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Accenture Invests in Operational Resilience and Supply Chain Cybersecurity Company Interos

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Accenture Acquires Zestgroup to Help Clients Procure a More Sustainable Future. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Zestgroup brings more than 120 professionals to Accenture Operations, with clients in a variety of sectors and deep expertise across energy transition and reconciliation, supplier market regulations, renewable spending category and project and procurement services.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  NTT DATA acquires Chainalytics, a niche supply chain consulting firm of 200 consultants.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Autonomous Commerce ISV JAGGAER Announces Partnership with Payments-as-a-Service Fintech Finexio. It will include payment feature in its platform branded as JAGGAER Pay.

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  JAGGAER Advances Autonomous Commerce Strategy with DocSkiff Acquisition. AI-powered platform intelligently automates all facets of contract management.

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  GEP has agreed to acquire COSTDRIVERS, a leading supply markets forecasting, pricing trends and cost-modeling platform, and procurement intelligence and data science firm Datamark Ltd., based in S?o Paulo, Brazil.COSTDRIVERS tracks more than 50,000 commodities and operating supplies in markets all over the world.

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  Baxter Planning Acquires Business Unit from Entercoms and Extends Predictive Service Supply Chain Offerings

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  Embitel released its proprietary split order extension on the Magento platform. This Split Order extension allows an ecommerce store admin to split an order into separate orders.

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  Accenture has agreed to acquire digital engineering and operational technology capabilities from Trancom ITS, a Japanese logistics technology services provider and subsidiary of Trancom, a major logistic firm in Japan. The acquisition will enable Accenture?s Industry X service to offer hyper-automation solutions at scale to manufacturing and logistics companies in Japan.

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  Accenture Acquires Alfa Consulting, Expands Supply Chain Capabilities in Capital Intensive Industries

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  eccenca is partnering with Tietoevry to accelerate the Dynamic Supply Chain with the help of a digital supply chain twin. The partnership will create value for Nordic customers by increasing visibility in all parts of the supply chain, enable risk management and automation.

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  JAGGAER Opens Office in Riyadh to Support Saudi 2030 Vision

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  MothersonSumi INfotech & Designs Limited (MIND), a global next-generation technology company has entered into a new partnership with QAD Inc., a leading provider of innovative manufacturing and supply chain solutions in the cloud. MIND will sell, implement and support the QAD Adaptive Applications portfolio of cloud solution

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Bain acquired Proxima. Management Consulting and Procurement?

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Infor Partners with Everstream Analytics to Help Organizations Better Anticipate and Navigate Supply Chain Complexity & Disruptions

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

• 48

  HCL and SAP announce collaboration to co-create the next generation of intelligent warehouse offerings and service. HCL will package relevant SAP software with services and hardware that can accelerate and simplify Industry40 transformations.

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Industrial Software Firm Semi Tech Bags $80M in Financing It is firs Industrial Software Firm in China focusing on Industrial Software. The firm divides systems into three categories. The production management series based on MES (manufacturing execution system) includes EAP (equipment automation program), RMS (recipe management system), RTD (real-time dispatch), APC (advanced process control) and FDC (fault detection and classification). The second category, quality management, covers SPC (statistical process control) and YMS (yield management solution). The third category, logistics management, includes WMS (warehouse management system) and mobile.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Razorleaf Corporation, a consulting and systems integrator specializing in PLM, announced a new strategic partnership with iBASEt, expanding beyond PLM to encompass MES, MRO and Supply Chain.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  OnProcess and Baxter Planning forge strategic product and commercial partnership

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Commerzbank and T-System jointly digitizing supply chains for Industry 4.0. The objective is the creation of fully automated supply chains with integrated financial services and blockchain.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Kinaxis Acquires MPO to Connect Supply Chain Planning and Real-Time Execution for Perfect Orders

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  TCS is launching an advanced research and innovation hub in Hyderabad, for incubating digital solutions for CPG companies, using SAP solutions. The TCS CPG Innovation Hub will address industry-specific use cases around Industry 4.0 and the digital supply chain.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Accenture Acquires MacGregor Partners to Expand Supply Chain Network and Fulfillment Capabilities

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Addverb Technologies expands U.S. presence with R&D center in Silicon Valley. Warehouse robotics company also announces the opening of corporate headquarters in Irvine, California.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Tech Mahindra and Tada Cognitive Solutions Partner to Digitally Transform Supply Chain Networks for Enterprises in the US

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  GEP announced the opening of a new office in Abu Dhabi. The firm?s newest office provides a full range of procurement and supply chain consulting, services and the industry?s leading procurement software platform.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  WNS has acquired The Smart Cube, a leader in platform-driven research and analytics (R&A) focused on procurement and supply chain, and OptiBuy, a leading European provider of procurement platform consulting and implementation solutions.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2022

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  OnProcess announces the general availability of Agora DSI ? a software management tool that provides you with intelligent analytics and actionable insight into your return supply processes

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2023

EIIR Buyer GIC/R&D Best Practices/Solutions

Other News

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  Walmart to acquire Alert Innovation, developer of robotic e-grocery fulfillment technologies. Walmart began working with Alert Innovation in 2016 to build custom technology for its micro-fulfillment centers.

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2022

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  Safran is investing euro 300 million in India; will have biggest MRO for Leap engines here.

  Q3(Jul-Aug-Sep), 2022

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  Avantor Opens Single-Use Logistics Hub to Strengthen Global Biopharma Supply Chain

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Amazon investing in Israeli robotics startup BionicHIVE. Its SqUID robotics solution is deployed in a wide range of supply chain facilities utilizing existing shelving racks and boxes and is capable of pick and put-away from floor to ceiling

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Caja Robotics and Bastian Solutions to Deliver Mobile Goods to Person Integrations in the USA

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Global leading transport and logistics provider GEODIS today announced a partnership with Bastian Solutions to implement an AutoStore system into a new fulfillment site for a leading clothing retailer. The $48 million material handling equipment deal will deliver the highest throughput documented of an AutoStore system globally

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2022

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  Bosch has acquired a minority stake of 26% in Autozilla Solutions Private Limited to participate in a digital B2B marketplace for the independent aftermarket (IAM) in India.

  Q1(Jan-Feb-Mar), 2022

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  Cybersecurity unicorn Aqua Security is purchasing fellow Israeli company Argon.It has developed a software supply chain security platform

  Q4(Oct-Nov-Dec), 2021

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  Airbus Helicopters strengthens its MRO capabilities with the acquisition of ZF Luftfahrttechnik

  Q2(Apr-May-Jun), 2021

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  Shipping crisis. The lack of returned containers from UK to China have skyrocketed shipping cost six times making many businesses unviable in short term. For a £1,600 container current quotes are for £10,000.

  Q1(Jan-feb-Mar), 2021

Previous Data

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  BMZ and Continental are making a rubber supply chain digitally traceable for the first time. Successful documentation of the entire supply chain from cultivation and further processing Indonesia to tire plant in Germany through a digital tracing system. It can prevent rubber from entering the supply chain from non-registered areas, e.g. illegally deforested areas.

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  KAMA TYRES and Siemens are implementing a project to expand the logistics system at the Nizhnekamsk Truck Tyre Factory. MES system will be expanded.

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  KAMA TYRES and Siemens are implementing a project to expand the logistics system at the Nizhnekamsk Truck Tyre Factory. MES system will be expanded.

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  ŠKODA AUTO Logistics optimizes use of container space with help of artificial intelligence. AI app OPTIKON identifies the most efficient placement of different-sized pallets in freight containers for maximum loading capacity. This project makes the work of the employees in the parts warehouse easier whilst also lowering transport costs.

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  Volkswagen Group is ensuring greater transparency and responsibility in its raw material supply chains for batteries. To that end, the company has entered a strategic partnership with RCS Global, an agency specializing in supply chain analysis. The focus is on auditing suppliers for conformance with human rights, safe working conditions and environmental protection along the supply chain all the way back to the mines.

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  L3Harris, one of the largest defense contractors in the world, has selected Kinaxis RapidResponse to support strategic and tactical decision-making across its supply chains. Kinaxis will help L3Harris enable collaboration with internal stakeholders as well as customers and suppliers on sales and operation trade-offs, engineering changes and supply chain disruptions – all critical to meeting targets.

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  Thyssenkrupp and Wilhelmsen will collaborate on delivering maritime spare parts using 3D printing. Maritime fleets spend $13 billion USD per year on spare parts; with 50% of these vessels being older than 15 years, availability of parts are limited. This makes fulfillment of orders for maritime spare parts costly and complicated.

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  Land O’Lakes and Microsoft announced a multiyear strategic alliance to pioneer new innovations in agriculture and enhance the supply chain, expand sustainability practices for farmers and the food system, and close the rural broadband gap.

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  Trimble and Totalmobile, a field service management software specialist, have been awarded a contract from civil engineering joint venture Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM (EKFB) to support its transportation and logistics operations on the HS2—the UK’s new low-carbon, high-speed rail project. Trimble and Totalmobile have developed an innovative vehicle management booking system and integrated inventory management system that will enable EKFB to monitor, manage and analyze the status and location of its subcontractors’ vehicles and inventory in real-time.

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  Capgemini?has signed a seven-year agreement with?Hexion for a digital transformation of its global operations for procurement, finance and information technology.

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  Enventure has signed a contract with one of the large Eastern European Oil and Gas producers to optimize their overall MRO Inventory and boost asset performance and empower data-driven decision making. Enventure will Classify, Cleanse, and standardize the MRO material data based on the UNSPSC international standard.

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  RHI Magnesita will develop India as its manufacturing, R&D, technical excellence and supply chain hub for the South Asia, West Asia and Africa markets. It will set up a regional R&D center at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. An integrated regional Commercial, Supply Chain Management and Market Intelligence center would be functional at Gurugram. Additionally a regional shared service center would be set up in India by next year.

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  California’s largest cannabis distributor and supply chain solutions company, HERBL Solutions, is developing an end-to-end supply chain and fulfillment backbone with Blue Yonder’s Luminate Platform as its foundation. This digital fulfilment platform allows accurate inventory visibility, associated data transparency, and greater forecasting performance ensuring the right products get to the right places at the right times.

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  Descartes Systems Group announced that Germany’s SNOCKS, a lifestyle brand offering premium sneaker socks, clothes and accessories, has doubled its ecommerce fulfillment productivity and scaled for peak promotions using the Descartes Ecommerce Warehouse Management Solution (WMS).

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  FitzMark offers near real-time pricing and freight capacity with Blue Yonder 3PL provide to expand digital marketplace capabilities with Blue Yonder’s dynamic price discovery solution.

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  ProTrans will offer its customers transportation modeling through Blue Yonder’s modeling solution. Solution allows ProTrans customers to identify cost savings and customer service opportunities.

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  REWE International, leading Austrian food retail and drugstore chain to expand its Blue Yonder footprint across key stores in Europe to automate space and floor planning.

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  Software AG will provide its Cumulocity IoT solution to Bega Cheese. The scope of the project will include a novel low-cost milk quality sensor enabled for IoT, an IoT ‘live’ Supply Chain Monitoring system for continuous real-time monitoring of milk supply chain. Software AG will also provide a Dynamic Pickup Scheduling and Monitoring tool that utilizes sensor data reporting milk supply change events to automatically maintain pickup schedules and pickup events. The aim is to reduce milk wastage and fuel consumption of its milk transport partners.

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  TCS partners with Coop Sweden to drive an End-to-end Business Transformation Program. Over the next two years, TCS will closely collaborate with Coop to transform several key business areas across the retailer’s network, including finance, logistics and procurement; category management, pricing, campaigns, and store operations; and master data and analytics. TCS will redesign the business processes and help create a unified, real-time, process-centric view across Coop’s retail operations that will enable overall operational excellence, improved stock visibility, optimized stock levels, richer assortment of offerings, traceability, and better availability at local stores, driving a superior customer experience.

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  Ukraine-based electronics and home appliance retailer Eldroado successfully deploys Blue Yonder forecasting and replenishment solutions alongside partner Ewave Mobile.

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  Wipro has secured a contract from a US-based food distribution company to deploy its CoTrack solution to meet the demands of the changing workplace due to the current pandemic. This wearable solution will enable the customer to maintain social distancing within the distribution center by sending real-time alerts in case of any violation. The solution will also enable contact tracing

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  Carrier launched the Healthy, Safe, Sustainable Cold Chain Program – designed to help customers meet rapidly evolving supply chain demands and make their cold chain activities more effective. This new program focuses on a health-first cold chain in food & medicine security, safe vaccine distribution and connected cold chain.

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  A Grman drug store, Dm, opens a new distribution center in Wustermark, Germany with robotics and software from Swisslog, a KUKA company.

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  A.P. Moller – Maersk to acquire KGH Custom Service for $279 million. Custom clearance is becoming differentiation in logistics.

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  Blue Yonder acquires Yantriks to deliver dynamic commerce.

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  C.H. Robinson and Microsoft are joining forces to digitally transform supply chains of the future by combining the power of C.H. Robinson’s Navisphere, Microsoft Azure and Azure IoT to meet the changing demands of evolving global supply chains. Through this alliance, the companies aim to enable real-time visibility for C.H. Robinson customers.

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  Chiesi Group has selected JAGGAER to strategically expand its supplier management program across its 29 affiliates and into indirect and industrial supply categories. With the JAGGAER ONE Supplier Management solution, Chiesi maximizes control and visibility and streamlines the supplier classification and evaluation process by centralizing all supplier information and data. Chiesi has more than fifteen thousand suppliers globally and an annual expenditure turnover of around €1.1 billion.

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  Fiix, a Toronto-based asset management software provider, announced the launch of Fiix Foresight, the first and only AI engine for maintenance. The first solution is parts forecaster. Customers using the parts forecaster are seeing a 50% increase in parts forecasting accuracy and up to 40% reduction in stockouts. Additionally, some customers have seen a 50% reduction in working capital reserved for parts— a significant number for manufacturers who, on average, keep $3-5 million in MRO parts.

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  IBM announced the launch of?IBM Sterling Inventory Control Tower?to help companies manage inventory and build resilient supply chains more effectively. Many companies lack the end-to-end inventory visibility and intelligence needed to effectively predict disruptions, optimize decision-making and mitigate the business impact.?IBM Sterling Inventory Control Tower?is enabled with AI and is designed to provide insights to see inventory wherever it is, identify and understand the impact of external events to predict disruptions, and take actions based on playbook recommendations to mitigate the upstream and downstream effects.?

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  KAMA TYRES and Siemens are implementing a project to expand the logistics system at the Nizhnekamsk Truck Tyre Factory. MES system will be expanded.

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  Kinaxis and Wipro partner to digitally transform supply chains.

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  Kinaxis establishes partnership with Pactera Consulting Japan.

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  Loadsmart, a leading digital freight technology company, announced a technical integration of its digital freight platform with Blue Yonder. The integration allows joint transportation management customers to significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency by providing access to Loadsmart’s instantly bookable truckload rates and guaranteed capacity through Blue Yonder’s dynamic pricing discovery solution.

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  Schneider Electric opens its First Smart Distribution Center in India. EcoStruxureTM deployed for end-to-end efficiency in industrial processes and sustainability in the logistics and warehousing environment. Expected energy savings of between 10 and 12% and a 5% improvement in logistics efficiency.

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  Fujifilm Medical selects Kinaxis RapidResponse for agility in its medical system supply chain.

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  Alstom has renewed the contract for the use of Kinaxis RapidResponse to gain visibility and agility for its train manufacturing supply chain planning activities. Alstom has rolled out the Kinaxis RapidResponse applications across 25 locations worldwide. With a renewed agreement, Alstom will expand its use of RapidResponse and concurrent planning to a further five locations.

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  Samsung SDS is expanding its RPA and Intelligent automation solution Brity Works and will offer to other enterprises. Solution is on cloud and has API for enterprise applications ERP, SCM, MES, CRM.

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