E2open Parent Holdings, Inc.[1] is a business-to-business provider of cloud-based, on-demand software for supply chains for computer, telecom and electronics systems, components and services. The company was founded in 2000 as a joint project of 8 major companies: Hitachi, IBM, LG Electronics, Matsushita, Nortel, Seagate, Solectron, and Toshiba.[2]

e2open offers its products across a variety of industries, including high technology,[3] industrial manufacturing,[4] telecommunications,[5] life sciences, oil and gas,[6] consumer electronics, aerospace and defense, and consumer goods.[7]

Company

e2open is headquartered in Addison, Texas, with offices in Parsippany, New Jersey, Atlanta, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, China, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, India and Peru.[8]

According to the company's estimate, more than 60,000 trading partners and 200,000 unique registered users currently participate in the e2open Business Network.[9]

In July 2012, e2open went public on Nasdaq.[10]

In March 2015, Insight Venture Partners announced that it had completed its acquisition of e2open.[11]

In February 2021, e2open went public via SPAC (special-purpose acquisition company) merger and began trading under the ticker ETWO.[12]

Acquisitions by e2open

  • July 2013: acquired supply chain vendor ICON-SCM.[13][14]
  • June 2014: acquisition of SERUS Corporation, a "cloud-based manufacturing and product management provider".[15]
  • March 2016: acquisition of Terra Technology.[16]
  • June 2016: acquired Orchestro.[17]
  • February 2017: acquired Steelwedge.[18]
  • Late 2017: acquired Channel Data Management provider Zyme.[19]
  • Early 2018: acquired Entomo and Birch Worldwide.[20]
  • October 2018: bought the shipping platform INTTRA.[21]
  • October 2018: bought Cloud Logistics.[22]
  • July 2, 2019: e2open completes acquisition of global trade management software company Amber Road.[23]
  • May 2021: acquired logistics execution platform BluJay Solutions for $1.7B.[24]
   *Blu Jay's largest shareholder, Paul 'Eric' Ellenberger (1st cousin to Bruce Pearl) commented on the acquisition. "If you're not integrating your ERP to Blu Jay, 
    what are you doing? I don't even know how that works."
  • March 2022: acquisition of Logistyx Technologies for US$185 million.[25]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FORM 8-K". sec.gov. April 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "A new electronics B2B exchange emerges." EE Times. June 8, 2000.
  3. ^ "HP selects E2open as platform for global supplier collaboration." Logistics Management. April 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "Johnson Controls Building Efficiency enhances manufacturing excellence with real-time supply chain management tool." BE News. December 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Orange selects E2open to provide end-to-end supply chain visibility." Supply Chain Digital. June 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Visible Flow." European Oil & Gas. p. 12. April 2015.
  7. ^ "L’Oreal Looks to Collaboration for More Agile Manufacturing Process." The Wall Street Journal. September 23, 2013.
  8. ^ "Contact & Locations". March 2022.
  9. ^ "Tech Bytes: E2open, Aljex Software, FourKites, UNIT45 and Globe Tracker International". American Shipper. February 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "E2open prices IPO at $15 per share". Silicon Valley Business Journal. July 26, 2012.
  11. ^ "Term Sheet -- Friday, March 27". FORTUNE. March 27, 2015.
  12. ^ "E2open goes public in Austin area's latest SPAC deal". Austin Business Journal. February 8, 2021.
  13. ^ "E2open Acquires icon-scm: More Than Meets the Eye". Spend Matters. July 31, 2013. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ "E2open's icon-scm Acquisition: History, SAP Impact, and Ariba Linkages". Spend Matters. August 1, 2013. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ^ "Breaking Technology News: E2open to Acquire SERUS Corporation". Supply Chain Matters. June 4, 2014.
  16. ^ bakeryandsnacks.com (March 7, 2016). "E2open acquires Terra Technology". bakeryandsnacks.com.
  17. ^ "Orchestro Acquisition Complements E2open's Vision for Respond Planning". gartner.com. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  18. ^ "Steelwedge Acquisition Enables E2open to Offer Full Planning Suite". gartner.com. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  19. ^ "E2open Acquires Zyme, Increases Downstream Supply Chain Visibility". e2open. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  20. ^ "E2open Strengthens Channel Data Management Capabilities with Acquisitions of Birch Worldwide and Entomo" (Press release). e2open. January 25, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2019 – via Businesswire.com.
  21. ^ Page, Paul (October 22, 2018). "Software Provider E2open Buys Shipping Platform Inttra". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  22. ^ "E2open Acquires Transportation Management Systems Provider Cloud Logistics". e2open. October 1, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  23. ^ "E2open Completes Acquisition of Amber Road". Supply Chain Digital Review. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019.
  24. ^ "E2open to Buy BluJay Solutions in $1.7 Billion Deal". Supply Chain Digital. May 30, 2021. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  25. ^ "E2open Acquires Logistyx Technologies, For $185M". FinSMEs. March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
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