Continental Airlines Cargo Signs Agreement with Manugistics; Major Airline's Cargo Division Installs World-Class Revenue Management Modules for Enhanced Revenues and Better Forecasting.ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MANU), a leading global provider of synchronized supply chain and revenue management solutions, today announced it has signed an agreement with Houston-based Continental Airlines Cargo. The company will install the latest application of the Manugistics Cargo Revenue Management Suite of Solutions, providing Continental with leading-edge demand forecasting and business planning capabilities for maximum return on investment. "Since we began utilizing revenue management solutions as a means of improving profit margins, we have consistently been impressed by the high level of service, value and innovation Manugistics has provided Continental," said Continental Airlines Cargo Revenue Management Director Ed O'Meara. "Manugistics has continued to pioneer best-of-breed revenue management solutions and we feel confident that our relationship will continue to grow with this new technology extension." Continental Airlines Cargo has been a Manugistics customer since 1996. Manugistics has bolstered Continental's bottom line by developing solutions that help maximize the airline's network profitability, obtain network cargo capacity and demand estimates, improve utilization, coordinate alternate routing The ability to use another transmission line if the regular line is busy. options and quantify key costs. Manugistics' Cargo Revenue Optimizer (CRO) solution will facilitate the forecast capacity within Continental's network for thousands of shipments per day. "This is an exciting time for Continental Airlines Cargo," said Continental Airlines Cargo Revenue Management and Distribution Manager Blair Prinz. "The Manugistics Cargo Revenue Management Suite of Solutions will provide us with the toolset to grow our business in an extremely competitive environment. Our customers will benefit from new routing alternatives available through their preferred e-commerce channel." "Our latest agreement with Continental demonstrates Manugistics' strength in supplying such service-based industries as the airline industry with dynamic solutions that address their changing needs and directly contributes to bottom line costs and topline revenues," said Manugistics Senior Vice President Ed Daihl. "In a time when the airline industry faces extreme financial challenges, we have proven that Manugistics solutions and expertise contribute to a company's fiscal success. We look forward to helping Continental sustain its competitive edge." Under the terms of the agreement, Manugistics will install its upgraded versions of the following solutions: Capacity Management, Sales and Allocation Planning, Flight Management and Real-time Booking Evaluation. This newest version enables enhanced demand forecasting capabilities as well as a range of medium-term business planning capabilities such as allocation planning and scenario analysis Scenario analysis The use of horizon analysis to project total returns under different reinvestment rates and future market yields. . Additionally, Continental purchased Manugistics best-of-breed solutions Demand, Monitor and Reporting. The full implementation is expected to be completed in approximately 17 months. About Manugistics Revenue Management Group Manugistics has pioneered industry leading pricing and revenue management solutions for travel providers. Today, leading companies in the Travel, Transportation and Hospitality industries leverage Manugistics' expertise to maximize their profits. Manugistics clients include Harrah's-Caesars Entertainment, Eurostar, Omni Hotels Omni Hotels is a privately owned upscale hotel company based in Irving, Texas. Omni currently owns and/or manages 36 properties of which 4 are resorts. The company also has 2 franchise properties (Newport News, VA and Philadelphia, PA). , Princess Cruise Lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America , TUI tui: see honeyeater. (Telephone User Interface) The combination of Touch-tone input from the telephone keypad coupled with speech output from the connected voicemail or IVR application. (formerly Thomson Holidays), Continental Airlines Cargo, and other leading travel and hotel industry companies. About Manugistics Group, Inc. Manugistics powers the synchronized supply chain. Clients depend on Manugistics to position them one step ahead of demand. With Manugistics' unparalleled supply chain and revenue management solutions, clients achieve improved forecast and inventory accuracy and leverage industry leading pricing and yield management solutions to maximize profits while ensuring optimum supply for constantly changing demand. Its clients include industry leaders such as Boeing, Canadian Tire Canadian Tire (TSX: CTC, CTC.A) is one of Canada's 35 largest publicly traded companies and operates an inter-related network of businesses engaged in retailing (hardgoods, apparel and petroleum) and services (financial and automotive). , Cingular, Circuit City, Coca-Cola Bottling, Coty International, DHL DHL abbr. 1. Doctor of Hebrew Letters 2. Doctor of Hebrew Literature , Diageo, Dixons, DuPont, Eurostar Group Ltd., Georgia-Pacific, Great North Eastern Railway (GNER GNER Great North Eastern Railway (Britain) ), Harley-Davidson, Harrah's Entertainment Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) is a gaming corporation that owns and operates casinos, hotels, and six golf courses under several brands. The company, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest gaming company in the world, with yearly revenues around $7.11 billion. , H.J. Heinz, L.L. Bean, Limited Brands, Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in North America and the second largest in the world after Nestlé SA. The Philip Morris Company (now known as Altria Group), a company that produces tobacco products, acquired Kraft for , Marriott, McCormick, Nestle, RadioShack, The Scotts Company, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Sinotrans, Unilever and Wickes Building Supplies. For more information, visit our website at www.manugistics.com. About Continental Airlines Continental Airlines is the world's sixth-largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 3,100 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 151 domestic and 133 international destinations -- more than any other carrier in the world. With 42,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Houston, Cleveland and Guam. Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT 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. This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the following: Manugistics' ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its existing debt obligations and effectively conduct its business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets ; the implementation of the Company's exit and disposal plans and other cost reduction measures to align its cost structure with its revenue; effects from recent significant changes in the Company's organizational structure and senior management; Manugistics' ability to motivate, hire and retain its highly skilled and qualified workforce; continued softness in the market for enterprise application software, as well as political upheaval and unrest; the Company's ability to overcome its difficulties in sales execution; the Company's ability to maintain its competitive place in the markets for its products and services, to keep pace with the rapid technological advances or to introduce new products or product versions that satisfy customer demand, achieve market acceptance or meet competitive challenges; and changes in our competitive environment, including industry consolidation. More information about factors that potentially could affect Manugistics' financial results is included in Manugistics' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on 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. for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2005 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the period ended November 30, 2005. This information is accurate only as of the date of this release and we do not undertake any obligation to update any of the information contained herein. |
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