AMR Research Names i2 Customers to Supply Chain Top 25 Rating; Customers Including Best Buy, HP, IBM, and POSCO Recognized for Supply Chain Achievements.DALLAS -- i2 Technologies, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :ITWO ITWO I2 Technologies (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), a leading provider of closed-loop supply chain management solutions, offered congratulations today to its customers named to the AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research Supply Chain Top 25. Seventeen of the top 25 named by AMR are i2 customers, including Best Buy, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and POSCO POSCO Pohang Iron & Steel Co, Ltd . In one of the first studies of its kind, leading industry analyst firm AMR Research published its ranking of the Top 25 Global Supply Chains. The results of the ranking, based on a combination of publicly available financial and operational metrics and the opinions of AMR's supply chain industry analysts, were published in the November 2004 report "The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 and the New Trillion-Dollar Opportunity." "The basis of competition for winning companies in today's economy is supply chain superiority. These companies understand that value chain performance translates to productivity and market-share leadership," begins the report. "They also understand that supply chain leadership means more than just low costs and efficiency, it requires a superior ability to shape and respond to shifts in demand with innovative products and services." "It is very gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to see supply chain innovators and leaders recognized by an authority like AMR Research," said Sanjiv Sidhu Sanjiv Sidhu is the founder and chairman of i2 Technologies, originally named Intellection. The son of a chemical engineer from India left the safety of his lab job at Texas Instruments in 1988 to start i2 Technologies out of his apartment with no venture capital. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , i2. "AMR has validated what we have known for years -- many i2 customers are world leaders in supply chain excellence. These companies view supply chain excellence as a competitive advantage, and have intelligently turned to technology to help increase productivity, maximize efficiency and significantly impact the bottom line. We are honored to be working with them, and are proud of this recognition of their leadership and accomplishments." To read the complete report please visit http://www.i2.com or http://www.amrresearch.com. About i2 A leading provider of closed-loop supply chain management solutions, i2 designs and delivers software that helps customers optimize and synchronize activities involved in successfully managing supply and demand. i2's global customer base consists of some of the world's market leaders -- including seven of the Fortune global top 10. Founded in 1988 with a commitment to customer success, i2 remains focused on delivering value by implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on investment. Learn more at www.i2.com. i2 is a registered trademark of i2 Technologies US, Inc. and i2 Technologies, Inc. i2 Cautionary Language This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including forward-looking statements regarding a customer's ability to implement or integrate i2 solutions successfully and in a timely fashion, receive expected functionality and performance, or achieve benefits attributable to i2 solutions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ from those projected. For a discussion of factors which could impact i2's financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, please refer to i2's recent filings with the SEC, particularly the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed November 9, 2004 and the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed March 17, 2004. i2 assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this news release. |
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