Manugistics Continues to Execute Aggressive Technology Strategy New Commerce Management Solutions Aim to Streamline and Improve the Order Lifecycle Process for Global 2000 Companies biz.yahoo.com
 
  SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MANU - news), the premier global provider of Enterprise Profit Optimization(TM) (EPO) solutions -- the powerful combination of supply chain management and pricing and revenue optimization solutions -- for enterprises and marketplaces, today announced the launch of its Commerce Management solutions, the next phase of an aggressive technology strategy.
  Manugistics Commerce Management solutions combine best-of-breed partner offerings with Manugistics collaborative, marketplace and optimization solutions helping to ensure that the transactional requirements of both private and public marketplaces can be seamlessly integrated across the supply-demand network. The solutions help satisfy the integrated transaction and collaboration requirements needed for efficient strategic sourcing, eProcurement, product lifecycle management, supplier enablement, order processing, and content management.
  ``Our aggressive technology strategy is enabling our clients to meet, collaborate, optimize, and transact across the extended supply-demand network to streamline and improve the order lifecycle process,'' said Greg Owens, Manugistics chairman and chief executive officer, at the company's Strategy Summit. ``These new Commerce Management solutions are another step in our technology strategy to provide total solutions for strong return on investment for our clients.''
  Manugistics' Commerce Management solutions strategy encompasses a best-of- breed partner portfolio -- including Agile Software, NetVendor, RightWorks, webMethods and others.
  These solutions will provide Global 2000 clients the ability to decrease direct material costs, decrease excess and obsolete inventory costs and to increase revenue through increased customer satisfaction. The solutions are designed to improve purchasing flexibility, decrease supplier variability, more effectively manage new product introductions and end of product lifecycle phase-outs, and streamline order fulfillment. |