PeopleSoft Reinforces Stronghold in Supply Chain Management
New Customer Wins and Deployments Demonstrate Continued PeopleSoft SCM Momentum
PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2002--PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT - News) today announced that PS 8 Supply Chain Management (SCM) momentum continues as organizations around the world adopt its award-winning solutions. During the second quarter of 2002, more than 110 organizations licensed PeopleSoft SCM, and more than 65 customers deployed these solutions.
"Despite the tough market conditions ... PeopleSoft is finding success beyond its core strength of Financials and Human Resources," said Monica Barron and Judy Bijesse in an AMR Research Alert published July 19, 2002. "PeopleSoft closed more than 100 Supply Chain Management deals in an extremely competitive environment. The good news for users is that at a time when many software vendors are slashing costs, PeopleSoft seems to be continuing to invest in the future."
Widespread Adoption Across Targeted Industries
Companies that licensed PeopleSoft SCM in the second quarter of 2002 span a broad range of industries including financial services, healthcare, education, government, utilities, consumer products, high tech, life sciences and industrial products. Select customer wins include: Broadcom; Fannie Mae; Longaberger Basket Company; Cedar Enterprise Solutions; Robert Half International; Educational Testing Services; Combined Specialty Insurance Company; Methanex Corp.; Ideal Industries; Alberto Culver and IDX Systems Corp.
PeopleSoft SCM continues to gain strong momentum in the education and government sector as educational institutions and government agencies select PeopleSoft Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), a key component of PeopleSoft SCM. Notable new education customers include: University of North Texas; University of Michigan; University of Alberta; St. Lawrence Applied Art and Technology; St. Clair College; Algonquin College; University of Auckland, NZ and Seminole Community College. State and government agencies include: The United Nations; State of North Dakota; City of Winnepeg; and City of Henderson, Nevada.
Global Customer Growth
Global enterprises from multiple industries also selected PeopleSoft SCM during the second quarter of 2002. Organizations from EMEA, Asia Pac and Latin America selected PeopleSoft SCM for its global capabilities including multi-language and currency functionality, the ability to uniquely connect business processes across borders and rapidly deploy solutions across a variety of locations. Notable customer wins include: Servair; Kanematsu Corp.; Cite de Sciences et de I'industrie; BNP Paribas; Universidad de Navarra; Banco Espanol Del Credito; Bell South Peru and Qualita de Mexico.
IMI BEVCORe Solutions, a leading provider of beverage and foodservice parts and services, recently deployed PeopleSoft Supply Chain Management to manage its order fulfillment processes. "We selected PeopleSoft SCM because of its ability to help us meet our goal of becoming the on-line leader in the beverage parts business," said Dave Wolmerdorf, chief technology officer, IMI BEVCORe Solutions. "PeopleSoft is enabling more efficient order fulfillment for our customers and providing us with a solid technology foundation to help grow our business."
"PeopleSoft SCM solutions deliver integrated business processes with unparalleled visibility into the supply chain," said Mike Frandsen, general manager of PeopleSoft's Supply Chain Management division. "PeopleSoft SCM is enabling companies around the world to transform the way they do business by replacing disjointed business processes with flexible, integrated solutions that minimize operational costs, maximize product and service quality, and streamline customer fulfillment."
PeopleSoft SCM solutions include Supplier Relationship Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Planning, Customer Fulfillment Management and Supply Chain Analytics solutions.
About PeopleSoft
PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT - News) is the world's leading provider of application software for the real-time enterprise. PeopleSoft pure Internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity by directly connecting customers, suppliers, partners and employees to business processes on-line, in real time. PeopleSoft's integrated, best-in-class applications include Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management and Financial Management. More than 4,700 organizations in 140 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com.
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