Click Commerce, Inc. is under new ownership — again. The company that Illinois Tool Works, Inc. purchased in 2006 as an inroad into the supply chain software business now will function within the Marlin Equity Partners family of companies.
In a transaction of undisclosed value, Marlin acquired three software operating units and the Click Commerce name from ITW unit Requisite Technology, Inc., formerly doing business as Click Commerce, Inc. Two of those units, Service Network Solutions (SNS) and Research and Healthcare Solutions (RHS), will make up the new Click Commerce, providing software to manage and improve business processes in a variety of industries, such as manufacturing, aerospace and defense, high tech, logistics, and healthcare. Meanwhile, Emptoris, which is owned by Marlin, acquired the third unit, Contract Service and Management (CSM).
The Click Commerce SNS division focuses on optimizing service network planning and execution, as well as providing analytics, collaboration, and visibility, to enable businesses to monitor, adapt, and respond to performance in real time, according to the company. The RHS division helps to streamline administrative processes for funding medical, animal, and basic research and ensuring government-mandated compliance for research studies.
Dave Barboro, formerly general manager of SNS, will continue as president of Click Commerce SNS. Nick Stier, formerly senior vice president of RHS, takes on the mantle of president of Click Commerce RHS. Bill Atkinson, Technology Group President of Marlin Equity Partners, is chairman of the new Click Commerce.