Click Commerce
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| Type | Subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works |
| Founded | Chicago, IL (1996) |
| Headquarters | Chicago, IL |
| Key people | Eric Meerschaert, President Stephen J. Cole, Senior Vice President |
| Industry | Business software |
| Products | Sales and Order Management Solutions Supply Chain Management Solutions RFID Solutions |
| Revenue | $80 million USD (2006) |
| Employees | 240 est. (2005) |
| Website | www.clickcommerce.com |
Click Commerce, Inc. is a Public U.S. corporation that supplies business application software and related services. Click Commerce was founded by Michael W. Ferro, Jr. It was incorporated in 1996 as Click Interactive, Inc., changed its name to Click Commerce, Inc. in 1999 and went public on NASDAQ in June, 2000 under the symbol CKCM. Click Commerce is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. In October 2006, the company was acquired by Illinois Tool Works for approximately $292 million and continues to operate as an independent business unit.
Click's main product line includes:
- channel management solutions
- collaborative e-commerce solutions
- supply chain management solutions
- service supply chain solutions
- service parts management and optimization solutions
- contract and service management solutions
- compliance automation solutions for medical research and healthcare
- RFID-enabled supply chain execution solutions
- data synchronization and secure communications solutions
The company also provides various professional services in addition to its software, including hosting, site administration, implementation services, training, maintenance, and customer support. Click has a list of over 1400 customers including Abbott Labs, Alaska Airlines, BAE Systems, Bombardier, Cisco Systems, Citibank, Dell, Eastman Kodak, FedEx, Hewlett Packard, Honda, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Pier 1, Samsung, SBC Communications, Verizon, and Xerox. It is also a provider of compliance automation software to research institutions such as Johns Hopkins, University of Washington, Columbus Children's Research Institute and the University of Michigan.
