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E2open Parent Holdings Inc

A maker of cloud software that helps companies plan, source, manufacture, and ship their products across a connected network of suppliers and logistics partners. E2open was born in 2000 as a joint venture of eight electronics giants — including IBM, Panasonic, and Seagate — who pooled their buying power to build a shared, neutral platform. The name plays on "end-to-end" supply chain visibility combined with an "open" network, and the founders aimed it squarely at the so-called "bullwhip effect," where small swings in demand ripple into bigger ones up the chain.