Groupe CIS merges with Omniciel

By Heri Feb 26th 2007 in Design

Groupe CIS offers sales, transport planning, and distribution software. Companies such as Coca-Cola, Saputo Group, Parmalat, Nestlé, AgroPur use for example their products to track trucks and their delivery systems.

Omniciel was a direct competitor of Group CIS, and also offered management software and general computer services.

The two companies are merging today into Groupe CIS, and will control 90% of the Quebec market and about 40% of the Canadian market, a total of 2B$ market. Expect the merged company to focus on distribution and sales software.

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