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Best of breed and vertical integration are two opposing forces that have been part of the datacenter since mainframes first fired up six decades ago in rooms with glass windows in them so companies ...

The Federal Trade Commission is currently completing its review of a proposed merger between defense contractor Lockheed Martin LMT and Aerojet AJRD Rocketdyne. Aerojet is a relatively small company ...

Before COVID-19 turned the aerospace and defense (A&D) manufacturing and aftermarket worlds on their heads, a key issue clouding suppliers’ outlooks was how much encroachment to expect from Airbus, ...

Once upon a time, there were three big truck engine makers in the U.S.: Caterpillar, Cummins, and Detroit. A couple of truck makers, like Mack and Volvo, offered their own engines. You ordered a truck ...

Investment bank Morgan Stanley believes the "Apple Car" has an opportunity to drive down the normally razor-thin margins of the auto industry and pose a threat to Tesla. In a web call with investors, ...

Tesla has always done things in-house, and says that's the secret to its success. Now, nascent and legacy automakers are racing to mimic Tesla's vertical integration. A pending business tie-up among ...

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Boise Cascade is one of the largest plywood and engineered wood product manufacturers in North America, as well as a leading distributor of building materials. The company's two business lines are ...

Vertical integration allows health organizations to coordinate care seamlessly. When hospitals, primary care providers, specialists, and pharmacies operate within a unified network, information flows ...