Asian Paints Improves Supply Chain Planning
Consumer Goods Technology
July 2009
Asian Paints, India's largest and Asia's third-largest paint company, is featured in this article, which addresses how i2 production planning and distribution planning solutions are helping Asian Paints to streamline procurement, manufacturing and distribution processes for its Decorative Paint business.
i2 adds life cycle capabilities to planning software
By William Atkinson
Logistics Manager
August 2009
Kelly Thomas, i2's senior vice president of product strategy and planning, is quoted in this article about latest release of i2's inventory optimization software. "Inventory decisions for life-cycle events are tough in today's supply chain...Our solution enables deep analysis of buying behaviour and demand patterns. By going through better processes enabled by i2 tools that close the loop between planning, execution and performance management, we enable our customers to achieve better service levels at a lower cost," Thomas said.
AmBev Cuts Logistics Costs, Improves Service Levels
Consumer Goods Technology
August 2009
This article discusses how Companhia de Bebidas das Americas, or AmBev, is using i2's entire suite of transportation solutions to help it reduce logistics costs, improve service levels and extend its mission of increased environmental responsibility. "The logistics solutions provided by i2 makes our work more optimized and productive. We have achieved significant results in a short period of time," says Danillo Gargano, AmBev's transport director.
6 steps for optimizing the IC supply chain
By Puneet Saxena
EETimes Online
August 2009
Puneet Saxena, practice director at i2, authored this article on preparing the IC supply chain for a market upturn.
Inventory: Getting more from less with inventory optimization
By Bob Trebilcock
Modern Materials Handling
August 2009
Adeel Najmi, vice president of product strategy and planning for i2, is quoted in this article, which discusses how early adopters of inventory optimization management systems are improving service levels while reducing the amount of inventory in the supply chain. "It used to be that a company would do a one-time design to optimize where the factories and DCs were going to be located and what strategies they were going to use to meet demand," Najmi says. "In the last two years, we have seen companies review their network designs and their optimization plans on a fairly regular basis."
i2 Technologies, Oracle and Demand Solutions Named Top S&OP Vendors by Aberdeen Group
SupplyChainBrain
August 2009
Aberdeen Group announced the top performing vendor rankings in its Sales & Operations Planning Solutions (S&OP) AXIS Report. In that report, i2 is named as one of three solution providers offering the best combined Value Delivered and Market Readiness scores.
This articles discusses the green transportation planning and reporting features contained in i2's latest TMS solutions release.
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