Ashland Selects i2 to Better Manage its Global, Multi-modal Transportation Operations.DALLAS -- i2 Technologies, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :ITWH), a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions designed to enable business agility, announced today that Ashland Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ASH), a Fortune 500 transportation construction, chemicals and petroleum company, selected i2 Transportation and Distribution Management (TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) solutions in the third quarter of 2004 to better manage its global, multi-modal transportation operations. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]"We continue to see top companies such as Ashland turn to technology to improve customer service levels, while streamlining inventories and transportation costs," said Razat Gaurav, i2 solution executive, TDM. "We look forward to helping Ashland achieve greater agility and efficiency in their global transportation and distribution operations." E[acute accent]i2 TDM solutions are designed to enable companies to procure, plan, execute, monitor and measure freight movements across multiple modes, borders and enterprises. These solutions can create value by synchronizing the critical transportation and distribution business processes, resulting in optimized cost and service performance. E[acute accent]i2 TDM solutions use configurable business rules and appropriate constraints to help transform order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment , procurement and replenishment plans into cost optimized and executable transportation plans that adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. facility inventory and transportation network constraints. By managing the entire transportation lifecycle, these solutions can help reduce costs, improve transport efficiency and enhance customer satisfaction. In addition, these solutions are designed to provide configurable dashboards for monitoring key operational and financial performance indicators as well as carrier scorecards. i2 Transportation Bid Collaboration can provide a suite of tools for the periodic negotiation of transportation rates. E[acute accent]About Ashland E[acute accent]Ashland (NYSE: ASH) is a Fortune 500 transportation construction, chemicals and petroleum company providing innovative products, services and solutions in more than 100 countries around the world. Its operations include four wholly owned divisions: Ashland Paving And Construction, Inc. (APAC APAC Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing APAC Agricultural Policy Analysis Center APAC Asia and Pacific APAC Asian Pacific American Coalition APAC Adapted Physical Activity Council (American Alliance for Health) (R)), Ashland Distribution, Ashland Specialty Chemical A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. and Valvoline. In addition, Ashland owns 38 percent of Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the nation's fifth largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products. E[acute accent]About i2 E[acute accent]i2 is a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions designed to enable business agility. i2's flexible solutions can synchronize demand and supply across an ever-changing global supply network. Seventeen of 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 Top 25 Global Supply Chains belong to companies who are i2 customers. Seven of the Fortune global top 10 are also customers of i2. Founded in 1988 with a commitment to customer success and supply chain innovation, i2 has a history of delivering value by implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on investment. Learn more at www.i2.com. E[acute accent]i2 Cautionary Language E[acute accent]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, to receive expected functionality and performance and to 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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