Driving the Automotive Supply Chain for Global Competitiveness.DALLAS Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. -- Companies in the automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. face unprecedented pressure to demonstrate profitable growth. The drive to reduce costs while simultaneously securing new and emerging markets is transforming automotive supply chains from a local or regional focus to a truly global "buy anywhere, make anywhere, sell anywhere" model. The resulting move to common platforms, shared parts, a rationalized supply-base and consolidated manufacturing facilitiesCooften in low-cost or emerging countriesCopromises to help the companies achieve greater economies of scale and reduction in cost. However, this transformation also poses several challenges that the companies in the automotive industry must overcome in order to realize potential benefits. Executives at i2 Technologies, 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 :ITWO ITWO I2 Technologies (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ) are available to discuss global supply chain challenges such as low cost country sourcing, effective sales and operations planning, capacity management, enhanced supply chain visibility and customer service excellence. Supply chain practitioners who can speak to these issues include: Kelly Thomas (language) Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs , senior vice president, i2 Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial and Metals Industry Group * Thomas is responsible for all aspects of i2's automotive practice, including industry marketing, sales/pre-sales, services and support. He can discuss the depth and breadth of the solutions and how they deliver bottom line value to the industry's leading companies. Harish Iyer, director, i2 Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial and Metals Industry Group * Iyer is responsible for building i2's automotive industry solution strategy and market direction and has deep expertise understanding the supply chain needs of the automotive industry. He can address current industry challenges and the solutions needed to meet them. To speak with these executives or learn more, please contact Kirsten Monberg at 469-357-4966 or kirsten_monberg@i2.com. About i2 i2 helps business leaders make better supply chain decisions. i2's flexible new-generation solutions are designed to synchronize See synchronization. demand and supply across ever-changing global business networks. i2's innovative supply chain management tools and services are pervasive pervasive, adj indicates that a condition permeates the entire development of the individual. in a wide cross-section of industries; 20 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 i2 customers. Learn more at www.i2.com. i2 is a registered trademark of i2 Technologies US, Inc. and i2 Technologies, Inc. |
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