In May during the annual conference of the user enVISION2002, Manugistics Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MANU), one of the total leading vendors of software of the management of chain of provisioning (SCM), announced had acquired to him the capital and the businesses of the Western systems of data private-held of supplier of ERP (WDS), of www.westdata.com, with head offices in Calabasas, CA, and with over 20 years of presence in the industry of defense providing the execution of transaction of factory-level for the manufacture and the operations of maintenance, repair, and revision (MRO). Acquisition has a potential to create one of largest space and defense (A&D) installed bases of customer in industry, and to increase a strong solution regulated to optimize the complex service and left the processes of management (S&PM) of these organizations capital-intensives. WDS, with last year of incomes of $28 million, is a supplier in front of software and of services of application to the organizations of A&D, with more than 135 convergent organizations and 33.000 users in the whole world.
This advertisement came after all the year the lull which followed the flow of fusions and acquisitions in first half of 2001 (see that the Semi-Market consolidates, Lo and see). The lull, which was partially ascribable probable to the reduced investors 'optimism particularly in the sector of technology among slow economic environment, seems to have finished with another group of acquisitions (see the tests of the others, point forked with a small type, Microsoft of SAP large the carried balances some to conquer the Semi-Market, once and still, and CA discharges the collection from interBiz in the sanctuary of the ASS WP 'of S).
With this acquisition, Manugistics tries to reinforce its offer of the solutions of S&PM which addresses the complex business transactions inherent in intensive industries of capital. The customers will have supposedly increased possibilities in the plan, to evaluate, synchronize and be carried out with a complete choice of functionality. The whole of solution should comprise the possibilities which extend from the predictive forecasts of failure from the system and part optimization, with the establishment of the program of finished capacity and resource of work, with the planning of store of MRO and the execution, and the purchase order control of direct materials. The advantages of these solutions could make it possible customers to optimize the availability of capital, to ensure durable for capital, and to carry out the reduction of the costs of inventory and physical capacity.
The customers of WDS space include the systems of BAE, Boeing, of GKN spaces, Lockheed Martin, Norshipco, Northrop Grumman, Sikorsky and Smiths. Moreover, the Department of Defence of the United States (DoD) put pursuant to the solutions of American WDS at the navy, the bodies of the marines of the United States, and at the Air force of the United States. On the one hand, Manugistics customers of A&D include the space of Kaman, propulsion of Rocketdyne and the power, the International one of the electronics of Mars, State Department, as well as the agency of logistics of defense (DLA), the Air force of the United States, and the naval feeding circuits order (NAVSUP). The many sites of MRO of deposit-level in DoD consequently will be based on Manugistics integrated possibilities of planning and execution.
In addition to one notable base of customer of A&D, Manugistics of technology of chain of provisioning to enumerate on both administration of general services of the United States is supposedly the only leading vendor 'federal programme of provisioning of S for management, of organization and the improvement of businesses maintains (GSA MOBIS) the andd the program technology information of GSA 'of S. the agency of consultation, of command and of control of NATO (NC3A) also allotted a basic agreement of order (BOA) to Manugistics. The agreement gives Member States of NATO of S 19,27 countries partners, and many national administrations of direct access in Manugistics with solutions.
While following its strategy of the investment in new, good-of-multiply the products and the solutions, Manugistics believes that it assembled a powerful continuation of solution such as which include the offers of WDS now:
* CompassENTERPRISE for the manufacturers of material (OEM) - this solution provides the complete project or the possibilities contract-directed to the discrete customers of manufacture with a need to maintain conformity, the order, and the obligatory report of standardization.
* CompassENTERPRISE for the MRO - it is a complete repair and the management of operations of revision and the plan of accountant for the commercial and military equipment of MRO are a solution based on the WEB and unfolding of operation-allowed.
* Purchase favours - this system of E-supply, provided by WDS 'subsidiary Advisian, is conceived expressly for the acquisition of direct material which composes most of all the supply in complex industries. The solution unfolding of operation-is led, and sophisticated tools to control contractual engagements and of standardization which carry out complex operations of manufacture.
As if an acquisition were not sufficient for within one month, on May 28, Manugistics announced that it acquired the businesses of the private-held freight of Digitals, Lexington, supplier KY-based of the solutions of collaboration of logistics which facilitate on line, real-time offers for the package deals of transport. Manugistics 'comprehensive solution of management of logistics will offer now consequently purchasers and the salesmen of transport maintains one increased real-time, blocked compromise environment conceived to simplify and accelerate the process of approvisonnement of logistics. By using a market on line to automate the task long to ask and treat invitations to tender for contracts of carriage, the shippers and the carriers should reduce of this fact the resources requested to control their complex business transactions.
The solution of market of freight of Digitals supposedly facilitated more than $1.9 billion in the transactions through more than 1.800 carriers and 38 shippers. The architecture of collaboration of the solution of market of freight of Digitals gives shippers and carriers of the important advantages compared to the traditional processes of offer by providing a framework of collaboration for the dynamic evaluation. The freight of Digitals the 'customers of S include leaders of industry like the cork of crown and the joint, Frito-extend, International of Honeywell, Safeway Inc., and Sonoco.
Manugistics has in the past offered one of industry 'continuations of S broadest of the solutions based on the WEB of management of logistics, although by associations. The customers like Bandag, Inc., Brown and Williamson, ChemLogix - a subsidiary company of GATX, CMB LogiFlow, Deere & Co., Elemica, care of cargo of Ewals, foods of Hershey, Kohl 's Corporation, Kraft Foods, NAVTRANS, Staples, Inc., Subaru of America, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), Limited, Inc., TJX Companies, RadioShack Corporation, toys R us, Inc., Tronicus and Winn-Dixie all turned to Manugistics so that the solutions take up their challenges of logistics.
It is the part one of an analysis in two parts of the news of Manugistics. The part two will continue the impact of the market and will put forth recommendations of user.
This advertisement came after all the year the lull which followed the flow of fusions and acquisitions in first half of 2001 (see that the Semi-Market consolidates, Lo and see). The lull, which was partially ascribable probable to the reduced investors 'optimism particularly in the sector of technology among slow economic environment, seems to have finished with another group of acquisitions (see the tests of the others, point forked with a small type, Microsoft of SAP large the carried balances some to conquer the Semi-Market, once and still, and CA discharges the collection from interBiz in the sanctuary of the ASS WP 'of S).
With this acquisition, Manugistics tries to reinforce its offer of the solutions of S&PM which addresses the complex business transactions inherent in intensive industries of capital. The customers will have supposedly increased possibilities in the plan, to evaluate, synchronize and be carried out with a complete choice of functionality. The whole of solution should comprise the possibilities which extend from the predictive forecasts of failure from the system and part optimization, with the establishment of the program of finished capacity and resource of work, with the planning of store of MRO and the execution, and the purchase order control of direct materials. The advantages of these solutions could make it possible customers to optimize the availability of capital, to ensure durable for capital, and to carry out the reduction of the costs of inventory and physical capacity.
The customers of WDS space include the systems of BAE, Boeing, of GKN spaces, Lockheed Martin, Norshipco, Northrop Grumman, Sikorsky and Smiths. Moreover, the Department of Defence of the United States (DoD) put pursuant to the solutions of American WDS at the navy, the bodies of the marines of the United States, and at the Air force of the United States. On the one hand, Manugistics customers of A&D include the space of Kaman, propulsion of Rocketdyne and the power, the International one of the electronics of Mars, State Department, as well as the agency of logistics of defense (DLA), the Air force of the United States, and the naval feeding circuits order (NAVSUP). The many sites of MRO of deposit-level in DoD consequently will be based on Manugistics integrated possibilities of planning and execution.
In addition to one notable base of customer of A&D, Manugistics of technology of chain of provisioning to enumerate on both administration of general services of the United States is supposedly the only leading vendor 'federal programme of provisioning of S for management, of organization and the improvement of businesses maintains (GSA MOBIS) the andd the program technology information of GSA 'of S. the agency of consultation, of command and of control of NATO (NC3A) also allotted a basic agreement of order (BOA) to Manugistics. The agreement gives Member States of NATO of S 19,27 countries partners, and many national administrations of direct access in Manugistics with solutions.
While following its strategy of the investment in new, good-of-multiply the products and the solutions, Manugistics believes that it assembled a powerful continuation of solution such as which include the offers of WDS now:
* CompassENTERPRISE for the manufacturers of material (OEM) - this solution provides the complete project or the possibilities contract-directed to the discrete customers of manufacture with a need to maintain conformity, the order, and the obligatory report of standardization.
* CompassENTERPRISE for the MRO - it is a complete repair and the management of operations of revision and the plan of accountant for the commercial and military equipment of MRO are a solution based on the WEB and unfolding of operation-allowed.
* Purchase favours - this system of E-supply, provided by WDS 'subsidiary Advisian, is conceived expressly for the acquisition of direct material which composes most of all the supply in complex industries. The solution unfolding of operation-is led, and sophisticated tools to control contractual engagements and of standardization which carry out complex operations of manufacture.
As if an acquisition were not sufficient for within one month, on May 28, Manugistics announced that it acquired the businesses of the private-held freight of Digitals, Lexington, supplier KY-based of the solutions of collaboration of logistics which facilitate on line, real-time offers for the package deals of transport. Manugistics 'comprehensive solution of management of logistics will offer now consequently purchasers and the salesmen of transport maintains one increased real-time, blocked compromise environment conceived to simplify and accelerate the process of approvisonnement of logistics. By using a market on line to automate the task long to ask and treat invitations to tender for contracts of carriage, the shippers and the carriers should reduce of this fact the resources requested to control their complex business transactions.
The solution of market of freight of Digitals supposedly facilitated more than $1.9 billion in the transactions through more than 1.800 carriers and 38 shippers. The architecture of collaboration of the solution of market of freight of Digitals gives shippers and carriers of the important advantages compared to the traditional processes of offer by providing a framework of collaboration for the dynamic evaluation. The freight of Digitals the 'customers of S include leaders of industry like the cork of crown and the joint, Frito-extend, International of Honeywell, Safeway Inc., and Sonoco.
Manugistics has in the past offered one of industry 'continuations of S broadest of the solutions based on the WEB of management of logistics, although by associations. The customers like Bandag, Inc., Brown and Williamson, ChemLogix - a subsidiary company of GATX, CMB LogiFlow, Deere & Co., Elemica, care of cargo of Ewals, foods of Hershey, Kohl 's Corporation, Kraft Foods, NAVTRANS, Staples, Inc., Subaru of America, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), Limited, Inc., TJX Companies, RadioShack Corporation, toys R us, Inc., Tronicus and Winn-Dixie all turned to Manugistics so that the solutions take up their challenges of logistics.
It is the part one of an analysis in two parts of the news of Manugistics. The part two will continue the impact of the market and will put forth recommendations of user.
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