Eroski Group Selects i2 Solutions to Lower Transportation and CO2 Emissions While Increasing Service Levels
16 Novembre 2009 - 5:45PM
Business Wire
i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITWO) announced today that Eroski
Group, Spain’s third-largest retailer with revenue of €9 billion,
has selected the i2 Transportation solutions as the foundation for
network modeling, planning and execution of its inbound and
outbound transportation operations.
Eroski Group has selected the i2 solutions to enable integrated
planning, execution, and monitoring across the entire
transportation lifecycle, allowing the company to minimize
transportation costs, improve customer service levels and reduce
environmental impact and carbon emissions. In addition, the
solutions can provide the basis for continuous improvement for all
transportation processes, ensuring Eroski Group is able to identify
and quickly react to changes in market conditions and real-world
constraints.
Eroski Group has experienced large growth rates over the past 10
years. Today, it has 25 distribution centers delivering more than
one million boxes and more than 20,000 pallets daily. By deploying
i2 solutions, Eroski Group plans to shift from static to dynamic
load planning and also combine inbound and outbound flows. Its
goals also include increasing truck fill rates and reducing the
number of trips while improving service levels to the stores.
“We believe the roll-out of i2 Transportation solutions will
ensure that we run our complex logistics operations more
efficiently by lowering transportation costs and CO2 emissions
significantly, while improving service levels,” said Mikel Larrea,
director transport Eroski Group. “Before selecting i2, we reviewed
other relevant solutions in the market and selected i2 for a pilot
based on their profound expertise, richness of functionality,
proven technology and the large number of successful customers.
Based on a successful pilot we are rolling out the solutions across
all of Eroski Group.”
“We are excited about working with the Eroski Group to
significantly improve their transportation operations across their
overall supply chain network,” said Graham Newland, senior vice
president, i2 EMEA. “In today’s volatile business climate, it has
become very important for companies to focus on gaining control,
visibility and intelligence across their logistics operations while
having the flexibility to rapidly respond to changing market
dynamics.”
About Eroski Group
As Spain’s third-largest retailer, Eroski Group operates about
2,300 grocery stores throughout Spain and has more than 48,000
employees. Eroski’s supermarkets operate under the monikers
EROSKI/center and EROSKI/city while hypermarkets carry the EROSKI
banner. It also runs grocery stores bearing the Caprabo brand. In
addition to supplying foodstuffs, the company manages the Viajes
Eroski travel agency through more than 200 outlets and mobile
service provider Eroski/Móvil. Grupo Eroski, is owned by its
employees. Learn more at www.eroski.com.
About i2
Throughout its more than 20-year history of innovation and value
delivery, i2 has dedicated itself to building successful customer
partnerships. As a full-service supply chain company, i2 is
uniquely positioned to help its clients achieve world-class
business results through a combination of consulting, technology,
and managed services. i2 solutions are pervasive in a wide
cross-section of industries. Learn more at www.i2.com.
i2 Cautionary Language
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties, including forward-looking
statements regarding i2’s management team and its ability to
deliver results to i2’s customers worldwide. For a discussion of
factors which could impact i2’s financial results and cause actual
results to differ materially from those in forward-looking
statements, please refer to i2’s recent filings with the SEC,
particularly the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 2009 and the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2008. i2 expressly disclaims any current
intention to update the forward-looking information contained in
this news release.
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