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First Project Results in $200 Million in Potential Savings for Manufacturing Client
ANN ARBOR, Mich.and GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.,
Aug. 6 2008 -- from PRNewswire-FirstCall --
CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR), a global systems integrator, and LLamasoft, Inc., a leading-edge technology company, announced today that they have formed a partnership to introduce a new suite of CIBER services to the Enterprise Supply Chain Market.
CIBER's Strategic and Tactical Analytical Technology Services (STATS) delivers financial returns by leveraging CIBER's Supply Chain best practices with LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru™ -- the industry's leading modeling, optimization, and simulation software.
Throughout 2008, CIBER and LLamasoft have been engaged at a large automotive manufacturing company delivering supply chain visibility and analytics solutions for business executives. The project has examined the
automotive company's existing supply chain structure for cost reduction and performance improvement opportunities across the entire network. The STATS service rendered over $200 million in potential savings through a re-aligned network that maintains industry service levels, while significantly reducing supply chain costs from global sourcing, warehousing, and transportation, through distribution to dealers across
North America.
CIBER's supply chain expertise utilizing LLamasoft software creates a powerful approach to evaluating inventory, sourcing, transportation and production planning. CIBER and LLamasoft's Optimization tools provide a robust method to analyze an organization's total supply chain network from supplier to end customer and will help develop an optimal supply chain network for the organization. CIBER and LLamasoft's network simulation tools predict financial metrics, inventory levels over time, customer services rates, individual order fill times, availability rates and many other performance measures.
'Through this alliance, CIBER offers executives a value proposition that transforms Sales and Operations Strategies. This new level of supply chain analysis leverages LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru™ simulation and optimization technology. Likewise, LLamasoft will be able to provide their clients with access to the expert advice and consulting knowledge of CIBER,' said Patrick Verheijen, Vice President of CIBER's Supply Chain Practice.
'CIBER is recognized as a leader in supply chain consultancy for multiple industries,' stated LLamasoft Executive Vice President Toby Brzoznowski. 'Combining CIBER's industry expertise with LLamasoft's market-leading technology will provide a true value for our customers and a great new option for the strategic planning marketplace.'
About LLamasoft
LLamasoft provides software and expertise to design and modify supply chain network operations. Supply Chain Guru™ is the leading supply chain strategic planning application available in the market today. It enables
companies to model their supply chain operations, optimize the structure for cost and profitability, and simulate proposed changes, allowing users to implement their changes with confidence. Clients use LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru™ to identify major financial and operational improvements in transportation, inventory, sourcing, and production applications.
The privately-held company, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was founded in 1998 as the first company to combine enterprise-level simulation with full-feature network and inventory optimization within a single modeling
structure. For more information, visit http://www.LLamasoft.com or contact info@LLamasoft.com
About CIBER, Inc.
CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services and reliable delivery for both private and government sector clients. CIBER's services are offered
globally on a project- or strategic-staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in
1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., CIBER now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 25 European offices and seven offices in Asia/Pacific. Operating in 18 countries, with more than 8,500 employees and annual revenue of approximately $1.2 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients' systems to 'competitive advantage status.' CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index. CIBER, the Reliable Global IT Services Partner. http://www.ciber.com.
CIBER Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
Statements contained in this release may constitute 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, as discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CIBER undertakes neither intention nor obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. CIBER and the CIBER logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of CIBER, Inc. Copyright(C) 2008.
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