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Chainalytics and LLamasoft Announce Strategic Partnership
Relationship Brings Enhanced Simulation to Clients
Atlanta and Ann Arbor - October 11, 2006 - Chainalytics LLC, the leading provider of advanced analytical supply chain services, and LLamasoft Inc., the best-in-class developer of advanced software applications for supply chain strategic planning and "what if" scenario analysis, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at coupling optimization and simulation technologies to improve supply chain design. This partnership will address the growing need for manufacturing and distribution-centric enterprises to quantify the effects and risks associated with both planned and unforeseen changes in the supply chain.
Chainalytics will utiilze LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru™, its simulation and optimization technology, to enhance its expert supply chain analysis capabilities. The combination of LLamasoft's leading simulation technology with Chainalytic's proven approaches and methods for optimizing supply chains will enable clients to make more informed strategic planning decisions in the areas of supply chain design, transportation, inventory, sourcing, and master production planning. Supply Chain Guru's simulation capabilities will enhance Chainalytics' existing supply chain optimization partnerships.
"We were early advocates of integrating simulation with optimization to support more robust supply chain planning and business feasibility analysis," said Jeff Metersky, vice president of supply chain planning at Chainalytics. "Until now, the simulation tools required heavy customization for every client's unique supply chain. LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru provides a packaged approach for simulating supply chain strategy which reduces the time and effort required to apply this discipline."
"Chainalytics is the recognized leader in supply chain design services," added Donald Hicks, president of LLamasoft. "This partnership will enable them to 'stress' test different network designs that were produced using optimization. Clients will be able to evaluate the operational feasibility and understand the impacts of variability on each design much faster."
About Chainalytics
Chainalytics, LLC specializes in providing leading companies advanced consulting and outsourcing services to improve supply chain performance. Specializing in the application of advanced decision sciences technology, Chainalytics supports improved strategic, tactical and operational decision-making in the areas of supply chain strategy, transportation planning and inventory planning. For more information, visit the website at www.chainalytics.com.
About LLamasoft
LLamasoft, Inc. is dedicated to the development of advanced software applications for supply chain strategic planning and "what-if" scenario analysis. Founded in 1998 and based in Ann Arbor, MI, LLamasoft is the first company to combine enterprise-level simulation with full-feature network optimization within a single modeling structure. This architecture and software technology is packaged as Supply Chain Guru, a highly effective tool for quantifying and mitigating risk throughout supply chains. Supply Chain Guru has become the tool-of-choice for strategic planning in many of the world's largest organizations, including ConocoPhillips, Dell, General Mills, Arcelor-Mittal, and Unilever Corporation. For more information, visit www.LLamasoft.com.
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