Kewill Systems Plc has acquired Interchain to extend their global leadership in Supply Chain Execution. Interchain and Kewill Systems Plc create by this acquisition an End-To-End Global Trade Execution Solution Offering for their 3PL and 4PL Customer Base.

Kewill Systems Plc is a leading international company dedicated to the development and provision of software and services to manage complex business to business supply chains. With over 33 years’ experience in the supply chain space, Kewill Systems is a long-time innovator of Supply Chain Execution software focusing on order management, transportation management, international trade logistics and visibility solutions for global trading communities. Over 55,000 customers have trusted Kewill Systems Plc for the management of their supply chain information including household names such as Littlewoods, GM, A.N. Deringer, GE, The Bodyshop, Sainsbury’s, JD Williams, Iomega, Marks & Spencer, Toys R Us, Pratt & Whitney, Mazda.

The combination of Kewill’s existing international trade , shipping and order management solutions with Interchain’s supply chain offerings creates a powerful single source of software and services to help shippers and logistics providers with the end-to-end management of orders, transportation, warehousing, forwarding, customs brokerage, and ultimate distribution of goods from a single provider with North American and European capability. Visibility throughout the distribution cycle represents a dramatic step forward in enabling logistics providers to accelerate their time to delivery, minimize their costs and maintain control of the goods throughout the export/import process.

Following the closing of the acquisition, Interchain will become an operating unit of Kewill with Ron Vollebregt continuing as Interchain’s Chief Executive Officer and all other Interchain management and staff remaining with the Group. ?The larger geographical coverage and extra international software solutions enable us to improve our services. Being part of a international listed company will further improve our quality and professionalism program creating exciting new opportunities for our loyal customers and highly qualified staff,? said Mr. Vollebregt, Chief Executive Officer of Interchain. ?In addition, the merging of our companies will accelerate product enhancements.

Paul Nichols, Chief Executive Officer of Kewill Systems, commented, “Interchain is a very well managed company with dedicated employees and customers and a strong cultural fit to the Kewill business. We are excited by the many opportunities this acquisition presents, including expansion of our supply chain offerings and expertise, a broader international market for our solutions and future acceleration of Kewill product development. Interchain joins Kewill following other successful acquisitions including Perwill, ShipNow and TradePoint, all of which have helped us consolidate our leading position in the global supply chain control market.?

Source: Interchain

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