Allied Worldwide's Logistics Division to Optimize Customer and Partner Supply Chains Using i2 Solutions.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2000 i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO ITWO I2 Technologies (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the leading provider of intelligent eBusiness and marketplace solutions, today announced that Allied Worldwide, the global leader in household relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation. 2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation. and logistics services, will implement a suite of i2 solutions to improve its ability to serve customers around the world. i2's solutions will first be implemented within Allied Worldwide's Logistics Division and later throughout the company. Allied Worldwide is the parent company of North American North American named after North America. 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"North American Logistics is the stepping-off point for this endeavor, but i2 holds enormous promise for the entire Allied Worldwide organization," said Jeff Gannon James Dale Guckert (born 1957) worked under the pseudonym Jeff Gannon as a White House reporter between 2003 and 2005 , representing the virtual organization Talon News. , chief executive officer of Allied Worldwide. "These solutions will improve our efficiency and our ability to serve customers by giving Allied Worldwide a new set of tools our competitors do not have. This is only the first step in what I think will be a very long and prosperous adventure." i2 solutions will provide additional supply chain, logistics, planning and e-commerce capabilities including real-time reporting of location, status, exceptions and opportunities for improvement throughout North American Logistics' entire network of fleets, carriers, shipments and customer orders. By using these solutions, North American Logistics expects to optimize delivery schedules and loads, eliminate redundancy in delivery routes and improve the efficiency of supply chain planning throughout the transportation and logistics services process. The targeted result will be improved customer satisfaction and productivity. i2's proactive exception reporting capabilities are designed to allow North American Logistics to identify problems before they occur and then immediately develop and execute alternative plans. This will assist in ensuring that customers receive the best service possible while remaining informed about the status of their shipments. "By improving our operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. , proactive reporting, enhanced shipment visibility and opportunistic opportunistic /op·por·tu·nis·tic/ (op?er-tldbomacn-is´tik) 1. denoting a microorganism which does not ordinarily cause disease but becomes pathogenic under certain circumstances. 2. real-time planning, we are strategically approaching logistics and e-business in a manner that represents greater value to our customers," said J. Michael Gunkel, president of Allied Worldwide Logistics Services Division. "i2's years of leadership in supply chain management and the emerging world of e-business, in addition to their commitment to partner with North American Logistics, made i2 the obvious choice for providing these enhanced capabilities." Allied Worldwide's Logistics Division and its other subsidiaries will be implementing a full range of i2 solutions including Customer Management, Business Process Intelligence, Optimizers, Demand Planning, Asset Management, Internet Fulfillment Server, Supply Chain Management, and i2's Logistics Suite. For North American Logistics, one of Allied Worldwide's divisions and a leader in high technology distribution services and logistics solutions for more than 35 years, i2 will enable collaborative support with their carriers' and customers' supply chain models. With this capability, North American Logistics will not only improve execution of plans, but also be able to offer intelligent alternatives to increase customers' profitability while allowing them to maintain or improve service levels to their customers. "We believe our enabling solutions can provide more than $45 million in value to North American Logistics through both direct savings and increased opportunities as they move to a more strategic approach to outsourced logistics," said Rod Strata stra·ta n. A plural of stratum. strata Noun the plural of stratum USAGE: Strata is sometimes wrongly used as a singular noun: this stratum (not strata) , vice president of Logistics and Fulfillment of i2. "We look forward to working with the North American Logistics Team to integrate our intelligent solutions to drive tremendous value to their customers through savings and increased market opportunities." "Traditional third-party logistics A third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL) is a firm that provides outsourced or "third party" logistics services to companies for part, or sometimes all of their supply chain management function. focuses on execution, but we're expanding our services to offer improvements in customer service, inventory management, profitability and return on investment," said Gunkel. "There's a lot of discussion in the third-party logistics industry about expanding services to better manage our customers' supply chains. But while everyone else is talking, we're implementing i2's solutions to make this possible. Proactive customer support and real-time responsiveness to their issues and concerns will allow us to efficiently and effectively provide true value to our customers." About i2 i2 is creating real value for its global e-business customers through its TradeMatrix(TM) solutions, content and marketplace platform. TradeMatrix allows businesses to create both private and public marketplaces, while improving the efficiencies of all participants. i2 provides a wide variety of collaborative e-business services for both the early stages and the next generation of e-business adoption, with each service supported by decision optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. , transaction management and content management solutions. Founded in 1988, i2's mission is to deliver $50 billion in value to its customers by 2005. i2 is headquartered in Dallas has more than 5,000 employees and maintains offices worldwide. Visit i2 at www.i2.com. Note to Editors: i2 and the i2 logo design are registered trademarks of i2 Technologies, Inc. TradeMatrix is a trademark of i2 Technologies, Inc. i2 Cautionary Language This press release may contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties, including the customer's ability to implement i2 solutions successfully or to achieve benefits attributable to i2 products. 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 Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed March 22, 2000 and form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed May 15, 2000. |
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