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First Month Results of Polling Feature Validate That Globalization and Lean
Supply Chain Management Are the Most Critical Operational Excellence
Initiatives

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- E2open, the leading
provider of supply chain management software-as-a-service for visibility
and control over global supply networks, today announced the launch of its
Supply Chain and Procurement Community Resource Center. The Resource
Center, which has been live and driving traffic since early March, aims to
provide an online forum offering content and community services for the
sharing of best practices, networking, researching and idea sharing among
supply chain, procurement, e-business and IT professionals.
One of its features, an interactive user poll that tracks key supply
chain trends in real time, has already generated hundreds of responses in
its first month as users shared their thoughts on operational excellence
trends by identifying the highest-priority initiatives most critical to
their business:
-- 22% identified supply chain globalization as the highest-priority
initiative
-- 20% identified lean/demand-driven supply chain management
-- 17% identified outsourced manufacturing
-- 14% identified sourcing and operating in low-cost countries
-- 14% identified process automation
-- 13% identified trading partner integration
"Our customers want to leverage the power of a community where supply
chain leaders and practitioners can network and share best practices and
advice," said Lorenzo Martinelli, E2open's senior vice president. "E2open
provides a proven solution that powers the supply chain of industry leaders
such as The Boeing Company, IBM and Vodafone in global, mission-critical
deployments. Our software-as-a-service delivery and operating model have
led to a closer relationship with our customers than traditional on-premise
software vendors experience. This provides us with insights into supply
chain management and procurement best practices, and our customers have
asked us to create this forum to share these and widen the networking and
learning opportunities for supply chain professionals."
This first phase of the E2open Supply Chain and Procurement Resource
Center involved creating a site providing easily accessible content
authored by supply chain practitioners, trade media, universities, industry
analysts and consultants as well as by E2open. The Resource Center includes
a premium research service providing targeted and relevant content from
more than 12,000 authoritative sources across the Web tailored to users'
particular strategies, concerns and views of the market.
The Resource Center provides a rich library of supply chain content
with a specialized navigation system allowing users to search by category
or by keyword. Easily accessible content is offered in multiple categories,
including:
-- Library of Executive Education Webinars featuring practitioner
presentations on experiences with lean/demand-driven, outsourced
manufacturing, trading partner integration and VMI process automation
led by Boeing, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, LSI Corporation,
Seagate and Vodafone
-- Archive of white papers and reports on topics such as outsourced
manufacturing, globalization, inventory management strategies,
software-as-a-service, integration service providers and quality
compliance
-- Case studies on the experiences of supply chain innovators, including
Boeing, IBM, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, LSI Corporation and
Seagate
-- Information on solutions and products, such as inventory management,
order management, demand supply synchronization, manufacturing
visibility, logistics visibility, spend consolidation and quality
compliance management solutions
It includes additional community-building features, such as industry
news, events, blogs and feedback submissions.
Users can search the Resource Center quickly and easily by selecting
any combination of:
-- Initiative, including global supply chain, low-cost countries,
lean/demand-driven, outsourced manufacturing, process automation and
trading partner integration
-- Industry, including electronics, distribution, telecommunications,
aerospace and defense, and capital equipment
-- Function, including supply chain, procurement, e-business and IT
-- ERP system
Users are also invited to submit their own content and links to news,
events, blogs and articles.
The next phase, which E2open will launch in the third calendar quarter,
will offer additional online community capabilities with the goal to serve
as a single repository where supply chain, procurement, e-business and IT
executives can not only contribute and gather content, but also network
with peers.
E2open is inviting its customers, media, analysts and other industry
leaders to review the Resource Center and to provide feedback and
suggestions into its next version. Supply chain, procurement, e-business
and IT professionals interested in participating are encouraged to access
the Resource Center at http://resources.E2open.com.
About E2open, Inc.
E2open is the leading provider of supply chain management
software-as-a- service for visibility and control over global supply
networks. Industry leaders that power their supply chain with E2open
include The Boeing Company, Celestica, Hitachi, IBM, LG Electronics, LSI
Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic), Motorola, Seagate
Technology, Spansion, Vodafone and Wistron. E2open's software-as-a-service
model offers faster payback, larger ROI and reduced risk while requiring
less IT and business resources. Over 15,000 companies worldwide currently
use E2open. Headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., E2open is a privately
held company. Further information can be found at http://www.E2open.com.