Kobelco adopts digital supply chain platform to manage global production

Mitchell Keller Managing Editor, American Cranes & Transport

17 July 2025

Kobelco Construction Machinery has implemented a digital supply chain planning platform from Blue Yonder to strengthen its global production and sales operations.

The Japanese OEM, which manufactures excavators, cranes and environmental recycling machines, said the move was aimed at improving resilience to supply chain disruptions and better aligning production with market fluctuations across its sites in Japan, China, Thailand and India.

Kobelco selected US-based software provider Blue Yonder to help automate data…

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