Link supply chain with engineering chain On May 17, 2021, Siemens signed an agreement to acquire Supplyframe, a provider of Saas solutions for the electronics industry, for US$700 million. With this, Siemens will “The transaction unlocks significant value for customers of Supplyframe and Siemens, providing seamless and quick access to both Siemens’ offerings and Supplyframe’s […]
On April 23, 2021, Panasonic announced that it has decided to acquire an additional 80% stake in Blue Yonder, a supply chain software specialist. The total purchase price is expected to be US$7.1 billion (approximately ¥770 billion). This acquisition, together with the 20% stake already acquired in July 2020, will result in the acquisition of […]
The manufacturing industry is entering an era of drastic transformation.The development and spread of digital technology is fundamentally changing products, business models, development, production, and sales.It is also necessary to respond quickly to geopolitical risks, environmental issues, infectious diseases, and many other challenges. The White Paper on Manufacturing released last year (2020) also states that […]