- Manugistics increases analytic capabilities of pioneering Enterprise Profit Optimization solutions with Cognos Series 7 -
ROCKVILLE, Md. & BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 20 -- Manugistics Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MANU) , a leading provider of Enterprise Profit Optimization(TM) (EPO) solutions, and Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), a world leader in business intelligence (BI), today announced a global alliance. Manugistics will integrate the highly scalable, industry-leading reporting and analysis components of Cognos Series 7 with its EPO solutions, including Supply Chain Management, Pricing and Revenue Optimization, Supplier Relationship Management, and Service and Parts Management.
The Manugistics-Cognos solution helps deliver the power of real-time business and customer insight -- spanning data warehouses and operational sources -- to thousands of users within and beyond the enterprise. Manugistics clients will have Cognos` analytic capabilities integrated with Manugistics solutions for complete visibility into key metrics -- with interactive access to historical and real-time information -- resulting in reduced costs, enhanced operational efficiency, and improved service levels throughout the global trading network. The two companies will also leverage strengths in key vertical markets globally.
"The integration of Cognos` best-in-class solution in the business intelligence marketplace will provide great value to our clients," said Lori Mitchell-Keller, senior vice president of market strategy for Manugistics. "The extensive functionality offered by Manugistics and Cognos will enable the delivery of fully integrated planning, execution and business analytics that help enable proactive, intelligent, and ultimately profitable decisions across the value chain."
Under the alliance, Cognos BI will be embedded in Manugistics NetWORKS ONEview, enhancing Manugistics` ability to provide critical business intelligence to its clients and their extended trading networks including customers, distributors, and suppliers. NetWORKS ONEview enables operational monitoring and performance measurement, providing a multi-dimensional view of business data, reusable metrics and measures, and analytical support for optimized design and performance that alerts where action is required, analyzes causality, and supports informed business decisions.
"Manugistics brings extensive experience and industry sector expertise to addressing the primary challenges facing organizations -- to increase revenue and reduce costs," said Bob Moran, research vice president and managing director, Decision Support, Aberdeen Group. "The sound application of business intelligence, as represented in the alliance between Manugistics and Cognos, will enable more global organizations to increase the benefits of greater efficiency and expanded opportunity."
"Manugistics has a reputation for delivering uncompromising service to a varied and distinguished client base. The selection of Cognos is a clear indication of the significant competitive advantage our industry-leading, next-generation products provide," said Ted Jandl, Cognos area vice president of North American channel sales. "The powerful combination of intelligence reach and richness ensures optimization of business value for customers. Cognos looks forward to working with Manugistics to deliver on our mutual promise of true value in the most demanding of Global 2000 environments."
Manugistics` solutions are now in use by companies in a wide variety of industries including government; aerospace and defense; automotive; chemical and energy; communications and high technology; consumer packaged goods; retail; and the industrial sector.
About Cognos
Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence (BI), delivers software that helps companies improve business performance by enabling effective decision-making at all levels of the organization. A forerunner in defining the BI software category, Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage -- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) -- achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale.
CPM lets organizations measure execution against business strategy to ensure the two are aligned at all levels across the enterprise. Cognos provides a framework for CPM that links people, information, and decision- making processes throughout the organization, and enables the complete management cycle with integrated software for planning, budgeting, reporting, analysis, and scorecarding.
Cognos serves more than 20,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise business intelligence solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com/.
About Manugistics Group, Inc.
Manugistics helps companies lower operating costs, improve customer service, enhance profitability, and accelerate growth by optimizing the supply-demand network from design and procurement through pricing and delivery. The company delivers Enterprise Profit Optimization(TM) (EPO) -- offering solutions for pricing and revenue optimization, service and parts management, supplier relationship management, and supply chain management. Its clients include industry leaders such as 3Com, Amazon.com, Boeing, BP, Brown & Williamson, Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola Bottling, Compaq, DuPont, Fairchild Semiconductor, Ford Motor Company, General Electric, Harley- Davidson, Hormel, Levi Strauss & Co., Marriott, Nestle, Texas Instruments, Unilever, and United Airlines. For more information, go to http://www.manugistics.com/.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, CONTACT THE MANUGISTICS NEWSBUREAU HOTLINE AT 301-255-5330.
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, as amended, for the quarter ended May 31, 2002. Manugistics assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this announcement.
Manugistics is a registered trademark, and the Manugistics logo, the phrase "Leveraged Intelligence," Enterprise Profit Optimization and Manugistics NetWORKS are trademarks of Manugistics, Inc. All other product or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Media Contacts:
Antonietta Iafrate
Cognos, 781-313-2454
Laura Janes
Manugistics Group, Inc., 301-255-5330
Investor Relations:
John Lawlor
Cognos, 613-738-3503
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