M&A Scorecard

March 7, 2007

SAP and RedPrairie lead the way in the latest round of supply chain technology deals.

Both enterprise giant SAP and supply chain execution vendor RedPrairie have made two acquisitions each in recent weeks, as part of the continuing saga of the technology shakeout.

SAP has acquired Factory Logic, a lean manufacturing solutions provider, and Pilot Software, which provides performance management solutions. Meanwhile, RedPrairie has added to its warehouse management portfolio with its purchases of GEOCOMtms, a fleet management software company, and StorePerform Technologies, which offers store execution management solutions.

The following scorecard highlights significant corporate moves in the supply chain technology sector since our last update in the January 2007 IW.

Company/Product	Parent Company	Transaction Type	Technology
Celequest Corp.	Cognos	acquisition	operational dashboards
Concordia-Intel	n/a	launch	supply chain intelligence
Factory Logic	SAP	acquisition	lean manufacturing software
GEOCOMtms Inc.	RedPrairie Corp.	acquisition	fleet management
LogicTools	ILOG	acquisition	supply chain planning
Mincom Ltd.	Francisco Partners	acquisition (offer)	ERP/asset management
PAS Inc.	Honeywell	acquisition (selected assets)	advanced process control/optimization
Pilot Software	SAP	acquisition	performance management
Precision Systems	Parelec Inc.	acquisition	RFID
StorePerform Technologies Inc.	RedPrairie Corp.	acquisition	store execution management
UGS Corp.	Siemens	acquisition	PLM
WhereNet Corp.	Zebra Technologies Corp.	acquisition	active RFID tags

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During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. He also serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2010), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its second edition. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.