Manugistics Expands eBusiness Relationship With IBM To Focus on Mid-Market
Mid-Sized Companies to Benefit From Global Trading Networks
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MANU) today announced it has expanded its Premier Business Partner Relationship with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to offer a suite of products specifically for mid-market companies. Manugistics is a market-leading provider of supply chain and eBusiness solutions that enable intelligent decisions within the enterprise and across trading networks. The relationship between Manugistics and IBM will highlight solutions that are designed to bring the benefits of global trading networks to mid-market companies. These solutions are targeted to the consumer-packaged goods industry including food and agriculture, distribution, consumer electronics, and retail markets.
The relationship will feature integrated solutions combining Manugistics NetWORKS(TM) suite of applications, IBM Global Services consulting and implementation services, IBM MQSeries (TM) message queuing software, IBM servers with both RS/6000(TM) and IBM Netfinity (TM) choices, customer support, and financing options from IBM Global Financing. Customers will have the opportunity to benefit from improved productivity, profitability and capital utilization, and improved customer service. The solutions will be designed to be low-risk, easy to use and quick to install at a price level affordable for mid-market customers.
"Manugistics applications are already a preferred choice of Fortune 500 companies with dynamic needs within the enterprise and across trading networks," said Jeff Holmes, senior vice president of strategic solutions and alliances at Manugistics. "This relationship is designed to take advantage of both companies' strengths by offering a packaged solution for supply chain management and trading partner collaboration that is quick to implement, easy to configure and reliable."
The integrated technology and solutions platform is designed to provide new access to the benefits of Internet-based collaboration. Manugistics NetWORKS solutions and the Manugistics WebWORKS(TM) XML-based architecture will enable customers and their trading partners to share, view, and execute decisions based on real-time information, to empower trading partners to make the right decisions for profitable growth. In addition, the technology is based on open industry standards such as RosettaNet and Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) Guidelines to facilitate trading partner connectivity.
"This Business Partner relationship will allow Manugistics and IBM to stay ahead of the technology curve for implementing supply chain solutions, while enhancing IBM's ability to respond to mid-market customers' needs," said Dave Rawlings, Global Offering Executive-Supply Chain Management Services, IBM Global Services.
About IBM PartnerWorld for Developers (PWD)
All IBM offerings to the software developer community are made through IBM's PartnerWorld for Developers (PWD) -- a worldwide program designed to help software developers reach broader markets, lower their costs of doing business, and take their products to market faster. PWD is focused on leading- edge technologies that enable developers to deliver complete e-business solutions to their customers. Developers may contact IBM via:
PWD at developer.ibm.com or 1-800-627-8363 in North America (NA), 1.770.835.9902 outside NA.
PWD's Global Solutions Directory (http://www.software.ibm.com/solutions/isv), an on-line catalog of applications, tools and services developed using IBM technologies. developerWorks* (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks), a free on-line resource for tools, code, tips, news, tutorials, and other information for developers.
About Manugistics, Inc.
Headquartered in Rockville, Md., Manugistics Group, Inc. is a leading provider of eBusiness solutions that enable intelligent decisions across trading networks. With more than 900 clients, Manugistics powers intelligent decisions for profitable growth in leading companies such as Coca-Cola Bottling, Compaq, DuPont, General Electric, Harley-Davidson, Hormel, Mobil, Nestle, Timberland, Unilever, United Distillers and Vintners, and Wal-Mart.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, Manugistics limited operating history, anticipated losses, unpredictability of future revenues, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, competition, risks related to quarterly performance, risks of system interruption, management of potential growth, and risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations, and strategic alliances. More information about factors that potentially could affect Manugistics financial results is included in Manugistics filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 1999 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended May 31, 1999, August 31, 1999, and November 31, 1999.
Manugistics is a registered trademark, and the Manugistics logo, the phrase "Leveraged Intelligence," NetWORKS and WebWORKS are trademarks, of Manugistics, Inc. All other product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners. Additional information about Manugistics can be found at the company's site on the World Wide Web, at manugistics.com.
SOURCE Manugistics Group, Inc.
CO: Manugistics Group, Inc.; IBM
ST: Maryland
IN: MLM CPR
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