Bristlecone (company)

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Bristlecone
Type Private
Industry Supply Chain Management
Founded1998 [1]
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Nirav Patel (President and CEO)
Number of employees
1800+
Website bcone.com

Bristlecone is a supply chain consulting and system Integration multinational company, [2] founded in 1998, with its headquarters situated at San Jose, California. [3] The company is a part of $20.7 billion multinational Mahindra Group. [4] [5]

History

Mahindra Group implemented SAP ERP across various companies of their group in the mid 1990s. [6] 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. [7] Bristlecone signed Oracle Development Agreement in 2008. In 2009, they launched Oracle Practice and opened the Europe frontier.

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