Supply Chain Performance Management is Key to i2’s SCM 2.0 Approach

Published 1st May 2008

Supply Chain Performance Management is Key to i2’s SCM 2.0 Approach

DALLAS – April, 2008 – Tying business intelligence capabilities to supply chain operations helps improve the alignment of trading partners, service providers, employees, processes and systems with corporate goals and objectives. The speed and complexity of the ever-changing global business environment requires that companies prioritize metrics and align their organizations with top-level goals to survive. With i2 Supply Chain Performance Management, i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITWO) offers businesses a proven approach for transforming their operational initiatives into tangible results at various levels of the business and across the supply chain.

i2 leverages 20 years of supply chain domain expertise, business knowledge, innovative technology and best practices to create customer-specific metrics models that enable supply chain performance management. Aligning supply chain operations with corporate goals and using advanced analytics capabilities to leverage data collected across the organization, i2 customers gain actionable information and insights. This visibility into how corporate strategies are enacted at the operations level, and how well strategic goals are aligned with tactical operations and goals, gives companies the necessary data to advance operational performance.

“Traditional corporate performance management efforts, which are primarily focused on financial metrics, fall short in addressing how corporate goals and operational initiatives line up. Now more than ever, i2 customers recognize that measuring and monitoring this complicated business environment is essential to ensuring an efficient supply chain,” said i2 Senior Vice President of Global Services Steve Estrada. “Working with i2, companies can successfully tie their operational metrics to corporate goals when they understand the performance links and have an action plan for their data.”

i2 Supply Chain Performance Management offers companies:

the ability to leverage analytical data to create and track process-specific improvement plans and goals,
the services of i2 business process consultants who can access an extensive library of key performance indicators and industry benchmarks across all levels of the supply chain, and
interaction with i2 experts possessing in-depth process knowledge as well as a broad view of supply chain management that considers supply chain models and industry best practices.


i2 Supply Chain Performance Management is a key element in i2’s approach to SCM 2.0, combining the right mix of people, process and technology required to successfully address dynamic supply chain challenges facing businesses today and into the future.

About i2
Throughout its 20-year history of innovation and value delivery, i2 has dedicated itself to building successful customer partnerships. As a full-service supply chain company, i2 is uniquely positioned to help its clients achieve world-class business results through a combination of consulting, technology, and managed services. i2 solutions are pervasive in a wide cross section of industries; 20 of the AMR Research Top 25 Global Supply Chains belong to i2 customers. Learn more at www.i2.com.

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