DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001--i2 Technologies, Inc.
(Nasdaq:ITWO.Q), the leading provider of dynamic value chain management
solutions, today announced that Tropicana has successfully used i2
Supply Chain Strategist to identify the efficiencies of combining the
manufacturing and logistics networks of Gatorade and Tropicana's "hot
filled" beverage products.
Tropicana, a unit of PepsiCo, implemented i2 Supply Chain
Strategist to model manufacturing logistics operations to include
co-packer operations. The model involved over 30 manufacturing and
distribution facilities and the seasonal demand of over 20 product
types.
Tropicana used i2 Supply Chain Strategist to execute hundreds of
scenarios and sensitivities, producing data that provided insights
into areas where the company could rationalize system capacity at
manufacturing facilities and increase efficiencies within existing
distribution and logistics systems.
"i2 Supply Chain Strategist Solution was a key contributor in the
development of strategic plans that will help Tropicana achieve the
synergies and savings of our merger with Quaker Oats," said Rick
Dobry, Sr. Vice President Operations, Tropicana. "We used this i2 tool
extensively, over a very short time period, to discover areas where we
could reduce costs and increase efficiencies within several
significant units of our company."
i2 Supply Chain Strategist is a scenario-based strategic planning
tool designed to enable an organization to analyze strategic
alternatives and make more profitable strategic decisions regarding
physical plant locations, processes and transportation lanes. Supply
Chain Strategist is designed to offer companies the ability to
determine the optimal combination, location and association of
facilities and processes, allowing managers to understand the total
cost, profit and service trade-offs that exist between alternative
network scenarios.
"Supply Chain Strategist is designed to benefit companies by
helping them reduce network costs through true global optimization,"
said Terry Turner, i2 senior vice president, Consumer Goods and
Retail. "In this case, it afforded Tropicana insight into supply chain
interdependencies so that they could quickly analyze changes and take
advantage of the strategic opportunities presented in their merger
with Quaker Oats."
About i2
For more than a decade, i2 has been a leader in supply chain
management. i2 has extended its technology and expertise to Dynamic
Value Chain Management -- solutions to help companies collaborate on
decision-making processes not only across functions within a single
company, but across multiple companies. i2 solutions span the value
chain interactions, including customer relationship management, supply
chain management and supplier relationship management. Established in
1988, i2 is the only software solutions provider that measures,
audits, and reports total value provided to its customers, with a
mission to deliver $75 billion in value by 2005. Learn more at
www.i2.com.
i2 is a registered trademark of i2 Technologies, Inc. and its
subsidiaries.
About Tropicana
Tropicana Products, Inc., a division of PepsiCo, Inc., is the
world's leading producer and marketer of branded fruit juices. Based
in Bradenton, Fla., Tropicana markets its products in the U.S. under a
number of brand names, including: Tropicana(R) Pure Premium(R)
Original, Grovestand(TM) and HomeStyle(TM) orange juices; Tropicana(R)
Pure Premium(R) calcium-fortified juices: Calcium and Extra Vitamin C
orange juice, Grovestand(TM) Calcium orange juice and Ruby Red
Grapefruit Calcium grapefruit juice; Tropicana(R) Pure Premium(R)
Double Vitamin C with Vitamin E orange juice; Tropicana(R) Pure
Premium(R) Tropical Orange, Ruby Red Orange and Tangerine Orange
juices; Tropicana(R) Pure Premium(R) Ruby Red Grapefruit, Ruby Red
Grovestand(TM) and Golden grapefruit juices; Dole(R) juices and juice
blends; Tropicana(R) Season's Best(TM)and Pure Tropics(R) juices; and
Tropicana Twister(R) juice beverages. The Dole brand name is licensed
from Dole Food Company, Inc. FruitCal(R) is licensed from Procter &
Gamble.
i2 Cautionary Language
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding
the customer's ability to implement the i2 solutions successfully, in
a timely fashion, or to achieve expected benefits. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual
results may be much different. For a discussion of factors identified
by i2 that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
forward-looking statements, please refer to i2's recent filings with
the SEC, particularly the Form 10-K/A filed August 7, 2001 and Form
10-Q/A filed August 7, 2001. Additionally, i2 assumes no obligation to
update the forward-looking statement contained in this news release.
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CONTACT: i2 Technologies, Inc., Dallas
Beth Elkin, 469/357-4225
beth_elkin@i2.com
KEYWORD: TEXAS FLORIDA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS CONSUMER/HOUSEHOLD
E-COMMERCE FOODS/BEVERAGES INTERNET
SOURCE: i2 Technologies, Inc.
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