Bristlecone (company)

Bristlecone
Private
Industry Supply Chain Management
Founded 1996
Headquarters San Jose, California, US
Key people
 Irfan Khan
(President & CEO)
Naresh Hingorani
(Vice President, Operations)
Scott Becker
(Vice President, Delivery)
Number of employees
 1600[1]
Website www.bcone.com

Bristlecone[2] is a supply chain consulting and system Integration multinational company,[3] founded in 1996, with its headquarters situated at San Jose, California.[4] The company is a part of $16.9 billion multinational Mahindra Group.[5][6] They have completed more than 300 engagements across 20 different industry verticals till now. The company is ranked among the top 10 supply chain system integrators of 2012 in Gartner's Supply Chain System Integrators survey.[7]

History

Mahindra Group implemented SAP ERP across various companies of their group in the mid 1990s.[8] In 2004, they acquired Bristlecone Inc, a US based start-up focusing on providing supply chain consulting and implementation services on the SAP platform in the US market, because of their quick good reputation in the industry. In 2006, Mr. Ashok Santhanam joined as President and CEO of the company and formulated Strategic Supply Chain leadership vision.[9] Bristlecone signed Oracle Development Agreement in 2008. In 2009, they launched Oracle Practice and opened the Europe frontier.

Partnerships

Since its inception, Bristlecone has been partnering with SAP as a core product and custom development partner for the company.[10] It has co-developed with SAP to earn hands-on experience on all phases of SAP's Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC).

The company is Oracle's Platinum Partner and Preferred Development and Integration Partner. It developed stable business relationship with Ariba as their proven engagement methodology and proprietary integration tool sets.[11] The company also serves as a technology partner of Kinaxis.[12]

Services

They provide Integrated Supply Chain, Analytics, Integrated Sourcing & Procurement, Information Management, Technology & Integration and Managed Services.[13][14]

Awards & Recognition's

March 2016: Top EBM Award for Malaysia at SAP SME Summit, Malaysia

March 2016: SPI Research honors this company as Best-of-the-Best Service Organizations[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Bristlecone expand India operations". www.moneycontrol.com. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "IT Services NASSCOM". www.nasscom.in. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bristlecone SPS Commerce". SPS COMMERCE, INC. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bristlecone, Ltd.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mahindra to merge IT cos, TechM? - Times of India". Times of India. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Hindu : Mahindras to buy stake in Bristlecone". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Cognitive analytics is like predicting the future: Irfan Khan of Bristlecone". www.businesstoday.in. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Information Technology (IT) Services & Solutions - Mahindra Rise". www.mahindra.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ashok Santhanam: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "SAP and Bristlecone Partner on a Fixed-Price Spend Performance Management Bundle (Part 1) - Enterprise Irregulars". Jason Busch. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bristlecone, INC.". www.oracle.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Partner Ecosystem - Kinaxis RapidResponse". www.kinaxis.com. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Bristlecone commences India operations - Times of India". Times of India. 25 January 2003. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  14. ↑ Mohile, Shally Seth (26 June 2015). "Mahindra arm to acquire firms to boost supply chain, analytics business". Livemint. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "The top performers revealed in SPI's 2016 benchmark study". Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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