First Project Results in $200 Million in Potential Savings for Manufacturing Client
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 6
/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(TM) -- the industry's leading modeling, optimization, and simulation
software.
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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(TM) 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 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.
About LLamasoft
LLamasoft provides software and expertise to design and modify supply
chain network operations. Supply Chain Guru(TM) 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(TM) 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.
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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