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ClearOrbit Changes Name to TAKE Supply Chain
With New Corporate Identity, Company Enhances Product Offerings to Support Continued Global Expansion
Austin, Texas – May 4, 2009 – ClearOrbit, provider of real-time supply chain execution and reverse logistics software solutions, has formally changed its name to TAKE Supply Chain. This change reflects the company’s continued expansion and transition into a single, global division under parent company, TAKE Solutions, Inc., which acquired ClearOrbit in 2007. The new name represents a unified identity for the supply chain resources, products and services offered by TAKE Solutions’ worldwide.
TAKE Solutions, Inc. is a leading international business technology company with supply chain management, life sciences and business process management divisions and was named by Deloitte as India’s 10th fastest growing technology company in 2008. TAKE Supply Chain’s current organization will remain the same and will continue to be based in ClearOrbit’s current Austin, TX offices, which serve as the headquarters for TAKE’s global supply chain operations. The company will also maintain its focus on providing supply chain products and services that leverage customers’ investments in enterprise ERP systems.
In conjunction with the name change, TAKE Supply Chain has significantly expanded its product portfolio of applications that help gain visibility, velocity and control for better management of today’s complex, global supply chains.
According to TAKE Supply Chain president, John Reece, “We chose this time to implement a global re-branding so we could represent a single, collective voice to customers and partners around the world. Combining the strength of TAKE Solutions’ global brand identity with our enhanced product portfolio positions us for continued rapid growth across the supply chain applications market.”
TAKE Supply Chain’s new product applications enable companies to establish demand-driven supply networks for rapid response capability to supply chain risks and opportunities. These applications leverage ClearOrbit’s renowned single data model approach, which complements existing enterprise applications to ensure rapid deployment and adoption.
Solution sets include:
- Demand Driven Supply Network – Supplier collaboration and supply network gateway applications
- Demand Driven Distribution and Fulfillment – Enterprise returns, warehouse management, asset tracking and maintenance and channel management applications
- Enterprise Mobility and Auto-ID – Mobile data collection applications for both SAP and Oracle
- Global Trade Management – Trade compliance and cross-border supply chain automation applications
For more information about TAKE Supply Chain solutions and services, please visit www.takesupplychain.com.
About TAKE Supply Chain
Solutions from TAKE Supply Chain improve supply chain speed, visibility and control by automating internal processes and integrating trading partners to enable manufacturers and distributors to smoothly orchestrate the movement of goods through the extended supply network. TAKE Supply Chain’s single data model approach extends the functionality of procurement, manufacturing and warehousing systems from Oracle® and SAP® to eliminate supply chain, warehousing, data collection and reverse logistics inefficiencies. Since 1994, the Austin, Texas-based company has assisted more than 450 companies in automating and controlling process execution within their extended supply networks. Customers include market leaders such as Alcoa, Canon, Cisco and Motorola. TAKE Supply Chain is a division of TAKE Solutions, Inc. For more information, visit www.takesupplychain.com.
About TAKE Solutions
TAKE Solutions is a technology-enabled Business Solutions company with recognized industry leadership in Microsoft-based Solutions, Regulated Life Sciences, and Supply Chain Management. TAKE Solutions has U.S. offices in Princeton, NJ, Research Triangle Park, NC, and Philadelphia, PA. TAKE Solutions conducts business today with hundreds of the world’s largest companies. TAKE Solutions is SEI-CMMI Level 5 Certified, Microsoft Gold Certified, a member of the Microsoft Global BioIT Alliance and is a Registered CDISC Solution provider. For more information about TAKE Solutions visit www.takesolutions.com.
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Company Contact:
Kerry Nelson
TAKE Supply Chain
512-735-4396
kerry.nelson@takesupplychain.com
Press Contact:
Dayna Guzik
DPR Group
919-678-9200
dguzik@dprgroup.com
