Oracle Corporations and i2 Technologies have announced a collaborative relationship to deliver their comprehensive supply chain optimisation solution to European industrial companies. The Oracle/i2 solution tightly combines global supply chain management/advanced planning and scheduling applications with Oracle`s enterprise resource planning solutions. This integrated solution will enable European industrial companies to focus on significantly improving Return on Assets (ROA), profitability, and customer service levels, and will be fully supported by Oracle`s European consulting and technical support divisions. This initiative allows Oracle Corporation to distribute i2`s full suite of supply chain planning solutions to European industrial companies, including Oracle RHYTHM Factory Planner, Oracle RHYTHM Advanced Scheduler, Oracle RHYTHMLink, Oracle RHYTHM Demand Planner, Oracle RHYTHM Sequencer, Oracle RHYTHM Supply Chain Planner and Oracle RHYTHM Demand Fulfillment. The i2 products are offered as part of Oracle`s Architected-Best-in-Class Concept-to-Care solution for the Industrial sector. RHYTHM planning software integrates advanced concepts like constraint management and concurrent planning and has already revolutionised the factory planning arena where manufacturers now recognise its capabilities as key requirements for any planning system. "At a time when the competitiveness of companies, industries, and nations is driven by the health of their supply chains, Oracle and i2 will combine forces to help European businesses continue to lead the world in business relationships and to operate with increased velocity," said Oracle President Ray Lane. "By tightly integrating i2`s RHYTHM suite of planning and optimisation solutions with Oracle`s world class manufacturing applications, European customers benefit from one of the most powerful supply chain systems available," said Greg Brady, i2 Technologies President of Worldwide Operations. "Both i2 and Oracle want to ensure that our European customers enjoy the same level of support that we deliver to our joint domestic customers." Founded in 1988, i2 Technologies is the leading provider of client/server-based decision support software products for supply chain management and related applications for a variety of industries, including consumer goods, automotive, metals, high tech and electronics. i2 Technologies` RHYTHM family of solutions provides complete supply chain management from sourcing and manufacturing to distribution, logistics and transportation planning. i2 is headquartered in Irving, TX, has approximately 1,400 employees and maintains offices worldwide. The Company was ranked first in the software category on Forbes ASAP`s 1998 list of "The ASAP Top 100 Dynamic Companies." i2 also was recognised as a "Technology of the Year" in Industry Week`s Fifth Annual Technology & Innovation Awards.
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