Leading Semiconductor Companies Achieve Success with i2 Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Smart Manufacturing for Electronics SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004 Comprehensive Footprint in Semiconductor Industry Can Deliver Bottom Line Results, Added Business Efficiency and Enhanced Customer Service i2 Technologies, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :ITWO ITWO I2 Technologies (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), a leading provider of end-to-end supply chain management solutions, is delivering bottom line results to many of the world's top semiconductor manufacturers. Companies such as Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It began operations in 1982 and listed publicly in 1986. Two years later, the company shifted over to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, (NYSE: CY). , Integrated Device Technology IDT (NASDAQ: IDTI) was founded in 1980 as a semiconductor vendor. Employing approximately 2500 people worldwide, headquartered in San Jose, California and operating a fab in Hillsboro, Oregon, the company both designs and fabricates semiconductor components. (IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology ) and National Semiconductor are leveraging i2 solutions to micro-segment demand, optimize postponement, monitor customer buying behavior and optimize inventory. The semiconductor industry is presented with challenges such as high-volume and cyclical demand and closely managing this volatile market is essential to achieving success. i2 is demonstrating its best practice case studies from the electronics industry during the Smart Manufacturing for Electronics conference in San Jose, CA, February 24 - 25. Dr. Adeel Najmi, director, SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. Solutions will be discussing "Continuous Demand and Inventory Management" during a presentation on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 1:30 p.m. Highlights will include best practice case studies from leading businesses leveraging i2 solutions. An event sponsor, i2 will also be demonstrating its products throughout the conference at the i2 booth. Businesses achieving bottom line results and business success through the use of i2 solutions include: Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is "Connecting From Last Mile to First Mile(TM)" with high-performance solutions for personal, network access, enterprise, metro switch, and core communications-system applications. The company implemented a program to streamline its supply chain and currently leverages a full suite of i2 Supply Chain Management (SCM) solutions for Demand Management, Supply Chain Planning, Factory Planning and Demand Fulfillment. Cypress reports that these solutions have allowed it to improve inventory turns, achieve superior capacity utilization Capacity Utilization measures the rate at which a firm makes use of their capital productive capacities, such as factories and machinery. Capacity Utilization generally rises when the economy is healthy and falls when demand softens. , and increase customer service levels. "Because of the great success we have seen from the initial implementation of i2 solutions we have decided to further our commitment, and are implementing i2 Distributed Order Execution and i2 Customer Program Management in order to bring added efficiency to our order management processes and customer service for both direct customers as well as program customers" said Robert Morse, vice president of Planning, of Cypress Semiconductor. "It is our goal, through these systems to deliver an enhanced level of service to our customer base." IDT IDT drives technology and innovation in packet processing with its IP co-processor solutions comprised of industry-leading network search engines and content inspection engines, flow-control management ICs and Interprise(TM) integrated communications processors. The company has implemented the full suite of i2 SCM solutions including i2 Demand Planner, Supply Chain Planner, Factory Planner, and Demand Fulfillment. "At IDT we produce a daily availability plan via i2 that is integrated with SAP and automatically promises our ordered items via i2 Demand Fulfillment. We maintain a 99 percent performance-to-original schedule date to our customers. With the additional installation of i2's Capable To Promise (CTP CTP (cytidine triphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Computer-To-Plate) The production of printing plates directly from the computer without requiring film as an intermediate step. ) and Potentially Replaceable Inventory (PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. ) capabilities we are able to profile additional available units and promise a better date for 15 percent of our order items." said Don Heaney, director of Planning, IDT. National Semiconductor National Semiconductor combines real-world analog and state-of-the-art digital technology to maintain focus on analog-based semiconductor products, which include stand-alone devices and subsystems. An i2 customer since 1999, National Semiconductor uses i2 Demand Planning, Capacity Planning Determining the required future configuration of hardware and software for a network, datacenter or Web site. There are numerous capacity planning tools on the market used to monitor and analyze the performance of the current hardware and software. and Supply Chain Planning. These solutions have enabled the company to significantly improve responsiveness to changes in market conditions, efficiency of inventory, and enable continuous improvement of customer service. "i2 serves as a trusted advisor to our business and we recognize the extreme value of that relationship. Leveraging these products we have been able to improve our forecasting quality, decrease inventory levels, and improve scheduling performance to our customers," said Si Gutierrez, vice president of Central Planning and Production Control, National Semiconductor. About i2 A leading provider of end-to-end supply chain management solutions, i2 designs and delivers software that helps customers optimize and synchronize See synchronization. activities involved in successfully managing supply and demand. i2 has more than 1,000 customers worldwide--many of which are market leaders--including seven of the Fortune global top 10. Founded in 1988 with a commitment to customer success, i2 remains focused on delivering value by implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on investment. Learn more at www.i2.com. i2 Cautionary Language This press release may contain forward-looking statements 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. that involve risks and uncertainties including forward-looking statements regarding the customer's ability to implement or integrate i2 solutions successfully and in a timely fashion, receive expected functionality and performance, or 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 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. filed on July 21, 2003 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed on November 14, 2003. i2 assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this news release. |
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