Chainalytics
and LLamasoft Announce Strategic Partnership
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 utilize 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 Chainalytics' 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 web site 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. For more information,
visit: www.LLamasoft.com.
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