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Manugistics Signs Agreement With EDS in Support Of Major Department of Defense Program
ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug 8, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MANU chart, msgs), a leading global provider of supply chain optimization and execution solutions to the public sector, today announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar software licensing and consulting contract with EDS (NYSE: EDS chart, msgs) in support of a major U.S. Department of Defense program designed to improve the level of readiness and combat effectiveness of the war-fighter.
The project will include implementation of a broad suite of Manugistics NetWORKS(TM) advanced planning and scheduling solutions. Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.
About EDS
EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation and hosting for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world's leading companies and governments in 55 countries. EDS reported revenues of $19.2 billion in 2000. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS chart, msgs) and the London Stock Exchange.
About Manugistics Group, Inc.
Rockville, Md.-based Manugistics Group, Inc. is the leading global provider of Enterprise Profit Optimization(TM) (EPO) solutions -- the first solutions to simultaneously optimize a company's supply- and demand-side business processes -- to the private sector, and a leading provider of supply chain optimization and execution solutions to the public sector. The company's private sector clients includes industry leaders such as 3Com, Amazon.com, Boeing, BP, Brown & Williamson, Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola Bottling, Compaq, Converge, DuPont, eConnections, Ford Motor Company, General Electric, Harley-Davidson, Hormel, Levi Strauss & Co., Marriott, Nestle, Texas Instruments, Timberland, Unilever, and United Airlines. In the public sector, key projects utilizing Manugistics solutions include the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) Business Systems Modernization (BSM) program, an aggressive five-year makeover of the military forces' complex logistics operations. For more information, go to manugistics.com .
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, CONTACT THE MANUGISTICS NEWSBUREAU HOTLINE AT 301-984-5330. |
