CombineNet Announces Global Software Licensing Agreement With PPG Industries.Business Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2002 CombineNet, Inc., an advanced optimization software Free and Open Source software
PPG is an American manufacturer of glass and chemical products, including automotive safety glass. . Terms were not disclosed, but both companies agreed the contract facilitates a rapid and global implementation of CombineNet's flagship optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. product, ClearBox(TM). "The value of ClearBox(TM) has been proven to us in two strategic and high-profile sourcing events. It has helped us generate substantial, hard-dollar returns and empowered our decision process by allowing us to quickly evaluate and compare any number of contract allocation scenarios," said Margaret McGrath, PPG's vice president of purchasing and distribution. Added Sean Devine Sean Devine (born September 6, 1972 in Lewisham, England) is an Irish football striker who plays for Metro A.F.C. based in Auckland, New Zealand. After crossing paths with Mick McCarthy at Millwall, he went to Cyprus where he signed for Omonia Nicosia in the summer of 1995. , CombineNet's VP of Products & Services, "PPG PPG Points Per Game (basketball player statistic) PPG Power Play Goals (hockey) PPG Planning Policy Guidance (UK) PPG Programmable Pulse Generator PPG Power Puff Girls Purchasing [has taken rapid and effective advantage of sourcing optimization. The marriage of each team's expertise with the optimization-based decision support provided by ClearBox(TM) has proven to be both powerful and repeatable." Pittsburgh-based PPG is a global supplier of coatings, glass, fiber glass and chemicals, with manufacturing locations and equity affiliates in 23 countries. Sales were $8.2 billion in 2001. Also headquartered in Pittsburgh, CombineNet has secured the intellectual property of the world's leading experts in market-based combinatorial optimization Combinatorial optimization is a branch of optimization in applied mathematics and computer science, related to operations research, algorithm theory and computational complexity theory that sits at the intersection of several fields, including artificial intelligence, mathematics . ClearBox(TM) successfully implements patented, breakthrough optimization technologies to solve complex business allocation problems. ClearBox(TM) is currently being used in strategic sourcing and to optimize manufacturing distribution networks. |
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