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Demantra Introduces Demantra Suite 4.0 - Software That Offers Ten Times Return On Investment by Managing Product Demand.


Business/Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2001

iEB Show

Major New Version of Demantra Suite(TM)Targeted to Vertical Markets;

Can Increase Corporate Profitability through Collaboration

Demantra (www.demantra.com) announced today a significant new release of its flagship demand management software, Demantra Suite(TM) Version 4.0. Demantra Suite Version 4.0 is designed to help companies increase corporate profits, expand market share, improve customer service, and decrease costs. Demantra's software enables users to optimize their operations by working collaboratively with customers, suppliers, and partners to predict and influence market demand, plan for demand more reliably, and significantly cut costs from the supply chain. The new Demantra Suite 4.0 is available for immediate implementation. Demantra will be appearing at iEB at Booth 1165 from April 2-4, 2001.

Demand management is increasingly recognized as a vital business function integral to efficient supply chain functioning. Demantra Suite 4.0 supports critical business processes through accurate demand forecasting, collaborative enterprise planning, intelligent and easy-to-use demand analysis, and improved procurement. Demantra Suite's Demand Planner includes the suite's core forecasting engine. Demand Analyzer, Demand Replenisher, Demand Configurator, Demand Collaborator and Demand Creator, round out the suite.

With its many ease-of-use features and focus on collaboration, Demantra Suite 4.0 can be used effectively throughout an organization and among business partners, suppliers, and business-to-business exchanges. Demantra Suite offers short implementation time (three to six months, on average); an open platform approach that facilitates seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation.  with a company's existing enterprise software system; and scaleable design. Demantra has documented impressive improvements in corporate profits and return on investment within the first year of implementation.

While virtually any company with significant product manufacturing or distribution challenges can profit from Demantra Suite, Version 4.0's capabilities make it especially valuable for consumer products companies (including food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , personal health care, pharmaceuticals, and home goods and improvements), print media (including newspaper and magazine publishing and distribution), and configure-to-order consumer products (including consumer electronics and automotive).

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Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), also known as Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), are products that have a quick turnover and relatively low cost.
 industries are seeking better ways to forecast, analyze and make an impact on market demand through product portfolio changes, promotions, pricing and campaign management. Only then can they be fully prepared to react quickly and effectively to opportunities and competitive threats," said David Johnson David Johnson may refer to:
  • David Johnson (American artist) (1827 - 1908), American painter
  • David Johnson (Anchorman), American news anchorman
  • David Johnson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1981), Australian-rules footballer
, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.
 at Demantra. "Demantra Suite 4.0 gives companies the ability to work in collaboration with their customers, distributors, and suppliers to anticipate and proactively plan for demand for their products. Moreover, the Demand Collaborator framework provides an easy-to-use workbench to support collaborative planning and decision making, both within a company as well as with its key external business partners and trading exchanges."

"Demantra is driving sophisticated forecasting technology with multi-enterprise user inputs, thus offering genuine collaborative planning," said Kevin O'Marah in 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 Alert on Supply Chain Management published in September 2000. For a copy of the complete report, visit AMR at www.amrresearch.com.

The Demantra Consumer Packaged Goods Noun 1. packaged goods - groceries that are packaged for sale
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 solution is built upon the most sophisticated and flexible forecasting engine available on the market. Demantra Suite clients in such fields as food and beverage and home fashions have demonstrated doubled stock turn rates, cut planning cycle times by 70%, and brought new products to market in half the time.

The Demantra Media Solution lets users reforecast and replenish stock at intervals coming or happening with intervals between; now and then.

See also: Interval
 measured in hours - crucial for the profitability of daily newspapers. The print media industry alone is a $100 billion industry worldwide.

In keeping with Demantra's commitment to open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , Demantra Suite 4.0 works with virtually any software platform, including SAP, Baan, J.D. Edwards, QAD QAD Quality Assurance Division
QAD Quality Assurance Department
QAD Quick And Dirty
QAD Quality Audit Division
QAD Quick Attach/Detach
QAD Question Answer Detail (language arts education)
QAD Quality Application Development
, and other ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer.  and enterprise software platforms. It is available for immediate implementation through Demantra (866-DEMANTRA, x138) or its channel partners.

About Demantra

Demantra is a privately held software development company that provides innovative Collaborative Demand Management solutions to companies that must accurately anticipate and plan to satisfy customer demand. Currently, Demantra solutions are helping to increase revenue, profitability and market share at over 80 Fortune 1000 companies, including Xerox, Unilever, Coca Cola FEMSA FEMSA Fomento Económico Mexicano, SA
FEMSA Fire and Emergency Manufacturers and Services Association Inc.
FEMSA Female Education in Maths and Science in Africa
, Bestfoods, McCain, TEVA TEVA Tucson Electric Vehicle Association  Pharmaceuticals, Hunter Douglas, and Reckitt Benckiser. Founded in 1996, Demantra's revenues have increased more than 100% year over year. Demantra sells its Demantra SuiteTM directly to top-tier companies, as well as through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , reseller, and partner relationships with J.D. Edwards, Baan, QAD, Siebel and others. Corporate headquarters are in Cambridge, Mass., USA; European headquarters are in Reading, UK; and R&D headquarters are in Ramat-Gan, Israel. For more information, see www.demantra.com or contact pr@demantra.com.

Demantra(TM) and The Demantra Suite are trademarks of Demantra, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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