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2001.04.11
NTT COMWARE CORPORATION and Viewlocity conclude strategic alliance for SCM
-Industry-leading SCEM solutions will support corporate SCMs-
NTT COMWARE CORPORATION (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President: Yuji Matsuo) announced that it has concluded a strategic alliance contract with Viewlocity, Inc. (Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., CEO: Greg Cronin) and Viewlocity Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, President: Hideo Nagashima). Under the contract, NTT COMWARE CORPORATION will invest in a joint initiative on Supply Chain Management (SCM) (*1) solutions focusing on Viewlocity's Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) (*2) products that targets the distribution and manufacturing industry markets.
Most conventional SCM packages are Supply Chain Planning (SCP) (*3) products that are based on advance demand planning. Such systems disarrange proper inventory management by unexpected events.
Viewlocity has created the industry-leading solution that helps companies integrate inventory information into production planning in real time, and allows for seamless inter-operation with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (*4), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (*5) products by means of its ERP connectors. The SCEM feature of Viewlocity's products enables companies to respond in real time to unexpected events along an extended supply chain.
Implementation of these features in systems would conventionally require development of individual system components, and would result in a huge investment in system architecture. Viewlocity's plug-in SCEM packages allow customers to build a low-cost and fully-developed SCM infrastructure. The packages have already been introduced at 3,500 sites in Europe, the United States and Asia, making their regional debut in the Japanese market.
NTT COMWARE CORPORATION has accumulated information technology and communications know-how through its outstanding experience with the development, maintenance and operation of sophisticated information systems in Japan and by structuring SCM and distribution systems for the NTT Group. This know-how allows NTT COMWARE CORPORATION to provide companies with comprehensive and advanced IT solutions that include consultation and outsourcing services.
NTT COMWARE CORPORATION's proprietary technologies will facilitate the joint initiative with Viewlocity to deploy sales and marketing operations in Japan and other Asian markets. System integration and SCM solutions, including inter-operation with ERP and other backend systems mainstreamed by Viewlocity's products, are projected to result in ¥3 billion in sales in fiscal year 2001, and ¥12 billion in fiscal year 2002.
Glossary
*1 Supply Chain Management (SCM)
SCM aims to minimize inventory and costs by using information technology to comprehensively manage the whole range of business activities from order requests, material procurements and development to production, inventory management, product delivery and marketing.
*2 Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM)
SCEM allows real-time inventory information to be reflected in production planning. It empowers the execution of SCM.
*3 Supply Chain Planning (SCP)
Production and inventory are administered by advance demand planning. Emphasis is placed on SCM planning.
*4 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
ERP presents a concept and method for integrated and effective management by making the most of corporate resources.
*5 Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
CRM is a method for stabilizing long-term relationships with customers by facilitating coherent management based on a detailed, IT-centric customer database incorporating all transactions with individual customers with regard to the marketing of products, maintenance services and responses to inquiries and complaints.
Company Profile
NTT COMWARE CORPORATION
Established: September 1, 1997
President: Yuji Matsuo
Capital: ¥ 20 billion
Business Activities:
1) Development, production, operation, maintenance, and consignment of systems, software and equipment
2) Wholesale and leasing of systems, software and equipment
3) Contracting for the construction of telecommunications facilities
4) Outsourcing the production and issuance of bills
5) Outsourcing and deploying personnel for projection, study, research, training and consulting, pertaining to the above business activities
6) Business activities supplementary and related to the above
Number of Employees: 9,000 (as of March 31, 2001)
Viewlocity Japan Co., Ltd.
Established: December 26, 2000
President: Hideo Nagashima
Capital: ¥ 512 million
Business Activities:
1) Development of eBusiness applications
2) Integration of software services
Number of Employees: 15 (as of April 2001)
Viewlocity, Incorporated
Established: March 1999
President: Greg Cronin
Capital: $40 million
Business Activities:
1) Development of eBusiness applications
2) Integration of software services
3) Development of SCM products
Number of Employees: Approx. 500 (as of April 2001)
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