Supply Chain Now. JDA Software helps midsized companies increase profits and cash flow to fuel growth

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1 Supply Chain Now A supply chain management solution that delivers accelerated ROI with reduced risk in as fast as four months. JDA Software helps midsized companies increase profits and cash flow to fuel growth

2 Impact Your Bottom Line Now Leverage Your Supply Chain to Fuel Growth in as Fast as Four Months All companies in today s business environment are faced with a number of difficult and often conflicting challenges, including the need to: Rapidly increase product assortments in response to increasing consumer demand Maintain competitiveness by responding quicker to changing demand, as well as continuously reducing inventory and the cost of operations Improve customer service and availability at the shelf to gain market share in a tough economy Optimize supply chain strategies, which often involve complex global networks for importing materials and distributing finished product JDA s products provided clear financial and operating results while improving our [supply chain] capabilities and capacity. It has enabled us to take on the future. All of JDA s solutions work in concert with each other. We use an integrated system to drive real results. Brett Frankenberg, Vice President of Supply Chain Management and Inventory Planning, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Eighty-three percent of the world s top 100 consumer product goods manufacturers rely on JDA Software to solve these challenges 1. JDA recognizes that midsized companies also have the same challenges but may not have the capacity or resources to implement and support a solution in a traditional manner. In response, JDA has assembled the industry s first prescriptive supply chain solution offering that combines unparalleled speed of deployment with the advanced capabilities that have made JDA a leading provider of supply chain management technology. JDA s innovative new offering is called Supply Chain Now. Delivered via the JDA Private Cloud, it is a fully maintained solution that delivers a return on investment in as quickly as four months. You ll be able to increase profits and achieve your business objectives without burdening your already-taxed IT department with yet another initiative. And, since Supply Chain Now is based on the same market-leading platform used by the global top 100 companies, the solution capabilities can be expanded as your business grows in volume and complexity. Consider Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, a $1.4 billion beverage distributor: the company needed to respond to escalating customer demand for more innovative products on the retail shelf. To address this challenge, the leading Coke bottler turned to JDA to successfully deliver a 300 percent increase in new product mix all while reducing inventory levels by 50 percent and improving customer service by 15 percent.

3 Results like Coca-Cola Bottling s can provide the cash needed to accelerate your growth. Industry-leading companies, including Stanley Black & Decker Hardware & Home Improvement and The Sun Products Corporation, have realized bottom-line business benefits through the use of JDA solutions and services. Some of our customers improvements include: 80 percent increase in planning cycle speed 50 percent reduction in inventory levels 15 percent improvement in service levels Increased operating income while delaying or avoiding capital expenditures JDA s Supply Chain Now can help you: Reduce risk: Avoid a lengthy, potentially disruptive implementation by letting JDA manage and maintain the solutions for you [JDA] exceeded our expectations, ensuring that we went live on time and on budget. There wasn t any business interruption and we have not experienced any down time since day one. Joe Manco, Director, IT Business Applications, The Sun Products Corporation Ensure success: Implement a proven supply chain planning platform and best practices used by some of the world s foremost companies Grow as you go: Expand your supply chain capabilities to meet the needs of your business as it grows in volume and complexity Growth Strategies New Products New Channels/Customers Market Expansion Market Challenges Customer Expectations Competitor Actions Economic Uncertainty Results Delivered Increased Inventory Turn Improved Capacity Utilization Successful New Product Launches Quicker Supply Chain Response Operational Challenges Capacity Constraints Logistics Delays Inventory Issues Late Supplies

4 Low Risk, Speed-to-Value Supply Chain Optimization JDA Supply Chain Now is Your Foundation for Growth and Efficiency The need for speed is critical when making business decisions that impact the bottom line. JDA s Supply Chain Now can help your team make smarter decisions faster, as well as quickly adjust when plans change abruptly or do not materialize as expected. By enhancing your core supply chain management capabilities, you will be better equipped to stay on top of changing business conditions through: Automation of forecasting and inventory planning Reduced time-intensive data gathering and analysis Guided decisions that are quickly adopted by your supply chain planners Advanced notice of potential supply chain issues, allowing you to proactively avoid unnecessary expediting costs and missed service level commitments Flexibility to replan the end-to-end supply chain when business conditions change Ensure Financial Success through a Proven, Low-Risk Delivery Companies must constantly decide which initiatives to pursue based on three main criteria: 1) the expected return on investment; 2) the business processes, resources and skills required to be successful; and 3) the time-to-benefit. Introducing new technology to enhance your supply chain may be difficult, or even prohibitive, based on the lack of available IT resources even if there is a clear and compelling business case. Supply Chain Now is designed to overcome these barriers by: Eliminating the cost and effort required to install, run and maintain your supply chain applications. This lowers the risk and cost of delivery, as well as accelerates the time-to-value so that you can focus on your business. Providing a prescriptive process based on JDA s years of experience that get you on the fast track to industry best practice. In addition to offering a world-class process in a box, Supply Chain Now is delivered by JDA s consultants through a streamlined optimized implementation process designed to minimize risk and delivery timeframe. Staying by your side post implementation to monitor and measure your progress against your goals Helping you develop a roadmap for additional business improvement Delivering tangible benefits that impact your bottom line in as fast as four months The Sun Products Corporation, for example, lacked the IT infrastructure and resources to quickly establish new supply chain management capabilities. The leading laundry-care manufacturer partnered with JDA to help run its day-to-day IT operations, including disaster recovery, upgrades and expensive server costs. As a result, Sun Products is free to focus on managing its complex and global supply chain network. Balance Your Supply and Demand While Driving Out Costs Supply Chain Now will help you meet customer expectations, drive down operational costs and optimize inventory levels through improved demand-supply alignment. The solution offering will enhance your core supply chain management processes from demand forecasting to supply planning. You ll benefit from: Better insight into customer demand patterns Improved inventory positioning across locations and time to satisfy demand Synchronized inventory, distribution and production or purchasing decisions Like many other manufacturers, Oxford Industries needed to streamline its global supply chain planning processes. The company, which operates private-label and licensed-apparel

5 businesses under brands such as Tommy Bahama and Ben Sherman, leverages JDA solutions to help it synchronize demand with sources of supply. This has helped Oxford Industries increase forecast accuracy, reduce operational costs and improve sales. Similarly, The Glazer s Family of Companies needed to overcome challenges with stock-outs and product obsolescence, which were taking a toll on the company s vendor relationships. With the support of JDA s supply chains solutions, Glazer s established key performance indicators around customer service, inventory turns and forecast accuracy. Today, the beverage distributor can proactively react to shifts in demand, resulting in improved inventory management and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. With Supply Chain Now, your organization will also be able to react to customer demand faster and increase inventory turns so that you are poised for future growth. The flexibility and scalability of JDA s solutions can serve to improve the demand and supply planning processes for any company, as well as provide the opportunity to increase sales and reduce operational costs through better inventory management at the wholesale and retail levels. John Baumgartner, Chief Information Officer, Oxford Industries

6 Key Supply Chain Now Capabilities Demand Management Provides multi-level demand forecasting Enables statistical forecasting and market-event adjustment Facilitates top-down/bottom-up reconciliation Measures forecast performance Offers a 12 to 15 month forecast horizon Replenishment and Inventory Planning Generates planned shipments from plants/suppliers to distribution centers Enables time-phased shipment and inventory plans Respects safety stocks, lead times, operation calendars, ordering and inventory policies Allocates inventory deployment in constrained supply conditions Builds transportation loads based on capacity constraints and order priorities Offers a 12 to 15 month planning horizon Production Planning Generates planned orders for manufacturing Respects capacity constraints, production rates and bill of materials Automates load leveling Order Optimization Generates optimized purchase orders to suppliers Respects order policies and constraints Considers ordering costs, inventory levels and service level targets Reporting and Monitoring Offers built-in workbenches and flexible editors to display the plan Generates configurable stock-out, stock-low and stock-high exceptions Provides a summarized exception report 1. Top 100: The Consumer Goods Registry, Consumer Goods Technology, November 2009

7 Act Today with JDA s Supply Chain Now For more than 25 years, companies of all sizes have leveraged the power of JDA s innovative supply chain solutions and services. From raw materials to store shelf and every step in between JDA possesses a unique understanding of supply chain obstacles and opportunities, helping thousands of diverse companies around the world transform their supply chains into a powerful competitive advantage. JDA s Supply Chain Now delivered via the JDA Private Cloud combines unmatched heritage in providing best-in-class solutions to companies like yours with rapid deployment methodology, managed services, user education and ongoing support. Find out how Supply Chain Now can provide your business with a low-risk, speed-to-value way to optimize your supply chain and establish a strong foundation for growth. Visit or info@jda.com for more information. Shifting from a transaction-based replenishment execution to integrated supply chain planning helped us reduce inventory levels, improve vendor collaboration and focus on the customer. This supply chain transformation was pivotal to establishing a foundation for future growth. Dave Christensen, Supply Chain Strategy Manager, The Glazer s Family of Companies

8 About JDA Software Group, Inc. JDA Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply Chain Company, is a leading provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. With an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply chain from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2 Technologies, Manugistics, E3, Intactix and Arthur. JDA s multiple service options, delivered via the JDA Private Cloud, provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid time-to-value, lower total cost of ownership and 24/7 functional and technical support and expertise. To learn more about JDA Software, please visit info@jda.com or follow JDASoftware on Twitter. WEB info@jda.com AMERICAS US Canada & Latin America EUROPE UK & Northern Europe +44 (0) France & Southern Europe +33 (0) Singapore Australia ASIA PACIFIC Japan China Bangalore 4-Color Mumbai Copyright 2010, JDA Software Group, Inc. All rights reserved. JDA is a Registered Trademark of JDA Software Group, Inc. All other company and product names may be Trademarks, Registered Trademarks or Service Marks of the companies with which they are associated. JDA reserves the right at any time and without notice to change these materials or any of the functions, features or specifications of any of the software described herein. JDA shall have no warranty obligation with respect to these materials or the software described herein, except as approved in JDA s Software License Agreement with an authorized licensee