Manugistics Announces New Customer Win With Motorola
ROCKVILLE, Md., Apr 8, 2003 -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:MANU), a leading global provider of supply chain management and pricing optimization solutions, today announced that Motorola`s Personal Communications Sector has deployed Manugistics solutions to enable it to more closely align manufacturing operations with global product demand.
Motorola has deployed Manugistics` Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) solutions. CPFR is a rapidly emerging protocol designed to allow trading partners to work together collaboratively to reduce costs while improving customer service. Through the controlled exchange of real-time data, organizations can more effectively anticipate demand, track inventory, monitor sell-through, identify market changes and respond accordingly. With Manugistics` CPFR solutions, Motorola can collaborate directly with customers and suppliers to improve forecast accuracy, enhance customer service, reduce excess and obsolete inventory, and jointly manage promotions and new product introductions.
Gregg Westerbeck, vice president of high technology solutions with Manugistics, comments, "We are pleased to team with Motorola on this strategic initiative, and are confident that our powerful solutions for collaboration will assist in boosting the availability of the company`s popular devices, while lowering inventory levels, as availability is aligned with customer demand around the world."
About Manugistics Group, Inc.
Manugistics is a leader in delivering supply chain and innovative pricing software solutions. Today, more than 1,200 clients trust Manugistics to help them reduce costs, increase revenues and enhance margins. The company provides comprehensive solutions for supply chain management, service and parts management, pricing and revenue optimization, and supplier relationship management. Its clients include industry leaders such as AT&T, Amazon.com, BMW, Boeing, Brown & Williamson, Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, Circuit City, Coca-Cola Bottling, Continental Airlines, DaimlerChrysler, Diageo, DuPont, Fairchild Semiconductor, Ford Motor Company, Harley-Davidson, Nestle, Nissan, RadioShack and Unilever. For more information, go to http://www.manugistics.com/.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, continuing economic and political uncertainty, the timing and degree of business recovery, anticipated losses, unpredictability of future revenues, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results, unexpected competition, risks related to quarterly performance, risks of new business areas, international expansion, business combinations and strategic alliances, lengthening of sales cycles for software products and services, and the effectiveness of the cost reduction efforts undertaken by Manugistics and their impact on the company`s ability to operate its business. A decreased demand for enterprise application software due to weakened economic conditions could result in decreased revenues or lower revenue growth rates. More information about factors that potentially could affect Manugistics` financial results is included in Manugistics filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2002 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the quarter ended February 28, 2002. Manugistics assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this announcement.
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Manugistics Group, Inc.
Laura Janes
301-255-5523
ljanes@manu.com
Ogilvy PR (For Manugistics)
Gil Chorbajian
202-721-9725
gil.chorbajian@ogilvypr.com
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