i2 Technologies
A leading provider of end-to-end supply chain management
solutions, i2 designs and delivers software that helps customers
optimise and synchronize activities involved in successfully
managing supply and demand. i2 has more than 1,000 customers
worldwide--many of which are market leaders--including seven of
the Fortune global top 10. Founded in 1988 with a commitment to
customer success, i2 remains focused on delivering value by
implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on
investment. Learn more at www.i2.com.
i2 was founded in 1988 on the belief that manufacturing planning
could not only be executed faster, but should also be based on
the real business goals and conditions of the enterprise. i2
elevated e-business to the next level through business process
optimization, addressing fundamental inefficiencies across the
value chain * from the customer ordering experience to
manufacturing and delivery. Since then, i2 has become the global
leader in supply chain optimization and intelligent eBusiness,
through the delivery of $7.5 billion in value to customers. i2
continues to lead in e-business innovation, becoming the
foremost business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer
(B2C) e-commerce platform and marketplace provider.
Mission
i2's mission is to enhance customers' competitive positions by
providing planning and optimization solutions that enable
intelligent B2B and B2C electronic commerce. The company's
vision is to save its customers $50 billion by the year 2005.
Company Details
Year Established:
1988
Total Sales ($CDN):
$50,000,000 +
Number of Employees:
2600
Company Information
Sue Good
Title:
Director
Area of Responsibility:
Domestic Sales & Marketing
Telephone:
(905) 752-4071
Fax:
(905) 752-4001
Products
Fulfillment Optimization
Logistics Optimization
Logistics optimization solutions are designed to help companies:
Design and validate an optimal transportation and distribution
network
Conduct collaborative bidding and rate negotiations with core
carriers
Create optimal, multi-modal shipment and load plans
Manage the entire shipment execution lifecycle efficiently,
including load tendering, confirmations, freight financials,
freight audit, etc.
Proactively monitoring the status of shipments and intelligently
managing exceptions
Manage the entire warehouse planning and execution processes
i2s Logistics Optimization capabilities include:
Supply Chain Strategist
Transportation Bid Collaboration
Transportation Planner
Transportation Manager
Shipment Optimization Extension
Proactive Monitoring Extension
Transportation Modeler
Warehouse Manager
Production Optimization
i2s Production Optimization capabilities include:
Supply Chain Strategist
Demand Manager
Demand Fulfillment
Factory Planner
Supply Chain Planner
Profit Optimization
Supply Collaboration
i2 Production Optimization is designed to enable companies with
manufacturing operations to:
Design and validate a supply chain strategy before deployment
Proactively monitor, manage and optimize their customer demand
collaboratively with channels and customers
Profitably optimize supply (production, inventory, distribution
and transportation) to meet demand, across multiple
organizations and trading partners
Increase order capture, promise orders accurately to customers
and deliver them reliably at the lowest cost of fulfillment
Spend Optimization
Spend Optimization is the process of sourcing from an optimal
set of suppliers to increase profitability. i2's solutions for
spend optimization can arm an enterprise with integrated tools,
critical knowledge, and supporting business processes needed to
determine and implement the optimal sourcing strategy for each
product, commodity, and supplierwith the potential to reduce
both supply risk and total cost.
i2 solutions for spend optimization offer closed-loop planning
and execution capabilities for both enterprise and product
sourcing, built on a component and supplier management
foundation. Deployed systematically, these solutions can enable
optimal sourcing decisions to reduce the cost of variety,
increase product success, and apply enterprise leverage to raise
profitability and streamline operations.
i2 solutions for spend optimization are designed to help
companies:
Set and attain improved reuse and commonality targets to reduce
cost
Drive supply base configuration to future requirements for
maximize leverage
Collaborate and monitor supplier performance to strengthen
supplier relationships
Optimize and reinforce sourcing strategies to realize attainable
benefits
Align the inbound supply chain with the outbound supply chain
Supply Chain Operating Services
i2 Supply Chain Operating Services (SCOS), a standards-based,
open and unified architecture, provides the technology for
companies to run collaboration and planning solutions across
their supply chain. This technology suite, with a three-tiered
integration approach, facilitates implementation of packaged or
custom solutions in small increments, for rapid time to value.
The key aspect of SCOS is a scalable, service-based flexibility,
allowing companies to leverage existing systems while enabling
new applications.
SCOS can provide solutions for IT organization issues such as:
Implementing best practice management process rapidly
Leveraging existing systems without having to rip and replace
functioning legacy systems
Scalability
Reliability of systems including 24x7 requirements
Security of both internal and external facing systems
Real-time integration of transactions and planning processes
Manageability of IT tools and services
Outsourcing requirements for certain business processes and
services
Adapting to changing business processes
Providing best-of-breed functionality with minimal IT expense
and risk
Integrating complex ERP systems with minimal effort and
maintenance
I2 Content Management
i2 Content & Data Services delivers design and procurement
content solutions. Highly specialized product and information
databases are built and maintained within i2 by more than 500
content developers and industry domain experts.
i2 Content Solutions include:
i2 Electronics References Databases: Database (formerly known as
VIP from Aspect Development) is utilized by electronics
distributors, contract manufacturers, and OEMs to find, select,
compare, and purchase components that meet both technical and
business requirements.
TACTRAC: Software and information tool (formerly from TACTECH)
provides component obsolescence management for the aerospace and
defense industries.
4D Online Parts Universe allows component and design engineers,
as well as procurement and sales/marketing professionals, to
access critical component information, including component
alternates, part status, manufacturer datasheets, application
notes, timing diagrams, and PCNs.
i2 MRO and Construction Content Solutions: Pricing and product
content for businesses in the Electrical, Plumbing, Heating,
Cooling, Piping, HVACR, Industrial and Office Products
industries for use within the business system and Internet
storefront catalog.
Services
Revenue And Profit Optimization
i2 Revenue and Profit Optimization solutions can enable
integrated business and price planning, allowing businesses to
provide pricing levers along with the visibility to know when
and how far to extend them.
When competition acts, demand swings or fashion changessupply
plans are not immediately adjustable. Pricing is the most
powerful and critical lever to react to unforeseen business
conditions.
Deployed systematicallywith the help of analyticsoptimal
pricing decisions can support profitability and streamline
operations. In contrast, ad-hoc pricing often overlook this
delicate balance, risking lost market share and inventory
liability (over-pricing) and lost opportunity and stock outs
(under pricing).
i2 RPO can offer closed-loop price planning integrated with
business planning and event-driven exception-based planning.
i2 RPO is designed to helps companies:
Set targets and manage enterprise business profitability
Create optimal pricing and quotes to support business goals
Shape customer demand to optimally match supply
I2 Data Services
i2 Content & Data Services are provided to enhance customers'
existing databases, and can result in increased efficiencies
within the enterprise system.
i2 Content & Data Services are tailored to meet individual
customer needs. Data Services include extracting, cleansing,
organizing and enriching existing data in multiple formats and
locations within the enterprise. Legacy data from customers can
be enhanced by the i2 Content & Data Services team with
information sourced either directly from specified manufacturers
or suppliers and/or from the i2 Electronics or MRO databases.
i2 can assume the responsibility to maintain and update
customers custom part or supplier catalogs. Catalogs built for
i2 customers are commonly utilized for buy-side or sell-side
environments. On the buy side, engineers and procurement
professionals leverage information to design, locate and buy
items. On the sell side, sales and marketing professionals
utilize catalogs to process BOMs and RFQs, and external trading
partners access the catalog to identify items to purchase. MRO
customers also keep their inventory price data current with
regular updating.
Training
Training :
- Electronic Marketplace
- Supply Chain Management
- Supply Chain Planning
- TradeMatrix
- Transportation and Logistics Solutions