Archive for Mergers-Acquistions
In an article last Thursday, The Wall Street Journal announced that the Coca-Cola Company was nearing a deal to buy the bulk of its largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises. This was interesting news to me because the acquisition, like PepsiCo’s deals to buy its two biggest bottlers, The Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas, was driven in large part by the need for distribution flexibility.
A little refresher course on… Continue reading
This Week in Logistics News (Feb 22-26 2010)
· CommentsI spent a few days this week at the SAP Insider Logistics and Supply Chain Management 2010 conference. I’ll share my takeaways from this event next week. In the meantime, here’s some of the news that caught our attention this week:
- RedPrairie to be acquired by New Mountain Capital
- Walmart Announces Goal to Eliminate 20 Million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Supply Chain
After all the recent news of layoffs and disappointing financial results, both in the software and logistics service provider industries, it was refreshing to get some “positive” news this week-i.e., the acquisitions announced by HighJump Software and Descartes Systems Group.
On Wednesday, HighJump announced that it acquired Insight Distribution Software, a provider of enterprise software solutions for the food and beverage distribution industries. Insight has… Continue reading
We’re getting close to the end of the year, which means every media outlet is obligated to publish a top 10 list of things that happened in 2008, along with predictions for the coming year. I enjoy reading these lists, especially those related to movies and music, but I’m less excited about creating my own list. In my opinion, the past is history, and the future is uncertain, even more… Continue reading
I don’t normally comment on customer wins, but the recent news of Geodis “acquiring IBM’s global logistics flow management platform” warrants some attention because this announcement could be viewed as a new strategy in logistics outsourcing. For the past couple of years, I’ve been saying that the business models of logistics service providers, technology companies, and consultants are starting to converge. I’ve highlighted, for example, how i2 Technologies, LeanLogistics… Continue reading
