The new wave business development highlights the importance of Internet of Things (IoT) and the connectivity of machines, equipment and other kinds of ‘things’. The digital connectivity of things enables the creation of smart technical ecosystems creating value through the generation of big data, data analytics through artificial intelligence...
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Jakamo launches online magazine for SCM professionals in manufacturing industry
Jakamo, a Finland-based technology company providing a collaboration platform for manufacturing companies has launched Friction Free Community & Online Magazine for SCM professionals in manufacturing industry. Companies in over 50 countries around the world are using Jakamo platform. With the new online magazine Jakamo delivers insights, expertise and inspiration...
Friction free supply chain – Dream or reality?
Every manufacturing executive dreams about it – how to develop a frictionless supply chain in both internal and external operations. This challenge has been on the table since the outsourcing boom started in the 1990s. By outsourcing the actual manufacturing to the supplier network, corporations achieved many advantages but...
The Super Highway of Information
The Roman Empire in ancient history was one of the largest and most powerful empires in world’s history. The huge territory covered about 50 modern nations throughout Europe, Northern Africa, and the Middle East. One of the secrets of the Roman Empire was the network of Super Highways...
Jakamo Patented Business Relationship
Jakamo platform has received a patent in the United States. Jakamo service is designed for information sharing and cooperation between manufacturing companies. “The grant of a patent in the US in spite of tougher requirements shows that Jakamo is in the forefront of a totally new concept,” says Espatent...
Improving the White-Collar Productivity of a Value Chain
Traditionally most of the improvement investments of value chains in manufacturing industry have been done at the factory floor. Manufacturing processes have been highly automated and methods improved continuously. At the same time, office processes have often been almost forgotten. Your supplier might have the best available robotised technology...
Jakamo Starts Cooperation with Microsoft
Jakamo will start cooperation with Microsoft to maximize the added value for manufacturing companies. In near future the products of Microsoft can easily be integrated with Jakamo platform. “The products of Microsoft are widely used as an industry standard in manufacturing industries. By integrating Microsoft solutions with Jakamo, the...
Talouselämä TOP20 Recognition for Jakamo
Talouselämä Business Magazine has awarded Jakamo with a place on the list of 20 most promising Finnish startups. We are proud to receive this recognition for the second year in a row. An independent jury of experts assigned by Talouselämä selected the list of 20 most promising companies...
Single Sign-on Available
Jakamo has implemented Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), which allows Single Sign-On (SSO) for Jakamo Premium and Enterprise Plan customers. SSO enables user authentication process that allows users to access multiple applications with a single set of credentials. SSO simplifies the management of user credentials, both for...
Smooth Ramp-up of a Supplier Relationship
Management of your company’s established business relationships can often be challenging. However, when starting with a completely new business partner it is becoming even more difficult. You do not yet know each other’s people, culture, processes, systems, technologies or ways of working. Therefore, in ramp-up stage of a new...
Juhani Hintikka Joins Jakamo as a Board Member and Investor
Jakamo Limited welcomes CEO and President of Comptel Plc (CTL1V) Juhani Hintikka into the team! Juhani joins Jakamo as a Board Member and Investor. “There is much discussion about every company needing to rethink their business model with the advent of digitalization. For many companies digitalization can also be...
Jakamo Wins JCI Productive Idea Competition
Jakamo has been selected as the winner of service business line in Junior Chamber International Finland’s Productive Idea Competition in Area C. The winning ideas from four Finnish regions will continue to the evaluation of a national jury. The national winner will be announced in the New Business Event of...
IT’S FREE – Jakamo Launches New Pricing Model
Media Release 22 June 2015 JAKAMO LAUNCHES NEW PRICING MODEL We are happy to tell great news. Jakamo will be free to use for all companies and organizations as long as they want with unlimited number of users and relations with no charge whatsoever. This new pricing model takes place already from...
Cutting Costs or Driving Value Creation?
On my last posting I took the liberty to define Supply Chain Collaboration (SCC) as a method to utilize the knowhow of your partner companies and optimize the resource utilization in your supply chain to increase end customer value. I am waiting for someone to propose a shorter definition,...
Collaboration Fuels the Value Chain
Deloitte has released an extensive report Collaborative economy (2014). According to the report “Collaboration is employees communicating and working together, building on each others’ ideas to produce something new or do something differently.” The main findings of the report state, that in Australia, collaborative economy is worth 46 billion...
Supply Chain Collaboration. Another Buzzword Or Something Else?
Cost reduction. Now there’s a pair of words you’ve heard a lot since last decade no matter with which function you’re working with in a business. I don’t really like the saying since it has a negative tone in it and is a kind of a signal that we...
New kind of information sharing is needed
Company networks are developing, competition is hard and markets are changing rapidly. For companies, the situation offers possibilities as well as many threats. Previously, less was enough. If the company had a good product, production did not have such a hard pressure to be more efficient than competitors´ production...
Is Email Dying?
There has been a lot of discussion and speculation about the future of our dear work mate called email. How many emails do you receive daily to your inbox? And how many emails do you write during a working day? That’s right, writing an email is our most common...
Jakamo Gathered 700 000 € First Round Financing
For immediate release 17 DECEMBER 2013, Seinäjoki, Finland. Jakamo Limited, today announced that it has gathered 700 000 € financing. The first round financing was lead by Prohoc Oy. Jakamo provides fast and transparent industrial information sharing. Jakamo introduces the next generation information sharing platform for networked companies. Company...
Life in Business Ecosystem
The term ’business ecosystem’ is increasingly used as a modern ‘buzz-word’ referring to inter-connected businesses. Following an analogy originating from ecology, businesses form symbiotic constellations resulting in a collaborative advantage when the ‘home ecosystem’ beats the competing ecosystem. Taking a short look at the premises of business ecosystems one...