1988, Sanjiv Sidhu, an American Indian who was only 3 1 year old, founded i2 Technology Company in Dallas, Texas, USA. 10 For many years, i2 has been a leading manufacturer in the field of supply chain management, helping enterprises to improve the application of information technology and strengthen the market competitiveness in the new economic era. I2 solution brings together all dynamic value chain interaction processes, including customer relationship management, supply chain management and supplier relationship management. Its goal is to provide customers with an audit value of $75 billion by 2005. I2 has a global share of over 70% in the supply chain management market. I2 won the championship in the field of supply chain management with its superior implementation ability and the most promising prospect.
AMR Research Company said: "By 2003, the supply chain management system will surpass the high-profile e-commerce application. The essence of popular B2B e-commerce is to manage the supply chain of the upper, middle and lower reaches for enterprises. It is predicted that by 2004, the supply chain management system will grow at an annual rate of 40%, and the growth rate in 2000 will exceed 120%. The rapid development of Internet is changing the traditional competition rules of enterprises. The success or failure of an enterprise depends not only on whether it can effectively play its organizational function, but also on whether it can better play its cooperative work ability in this global and dynamic information society.
In the past ten years, enterprises have gained huge cost savings from supply chain management. The so-called supply chain management refers to the efficient transfer process of materials from upstream suppliers through their own production activities, and finally into products and delivered to customers. The cost savings brought by value chain management include reducing inventory by 25-60%, improving capacity utilization rate 10-20%, improving forecasting accuracy by 25-80%, and so on. Undoubtedly, supply chain management is still an important part of most enterprises' IT strategies, especially in difficult economic times.
As the undisputed leader in the field of supply chain management solutions, i2 is famous for its vision for the future and the practicality of the solutions, especially its value submission and calculation methods. With the innovation of i2 in internal supply chain management, outsourcing supply chain management and mass customization product series-level planning, i2 will continue to lead the new development of supply chain management. All these innovations surpass the traditional ERP system.
But this is just the beginning. I2 is fully aware of the great potential in the value chain. Only by realizing the following two points can the real power of the value chain be released. First of all, value chain management must be linked with two other key processes, namely customer relationship management and supplier relationship management. Second, when the business processes between enterprises are connected, enterprise information can be shared. Can meet these two points, all business processes, from product planning to product delivery, can be connected between enterprises, and can quickly respond to the changing value chain.
Dynamic value chain management is a brand-new business concept, which not only considers the business cooperation within enterprises, but also considers the business cooperation among all enterprises in the value chain. To do this, we need an efficient inter-enterprise decision-making process, and we must try our best to bridge the gap between planning and implementation in real time.
The result of this is to fundamentally change the relationship between enterprises and trading partners, so that enterprises can create unparalleled value for customers and shareholders.
I2 is committed to dynamic value chain management. 80% Fortune 500 companies adopt i2 solution to strengthen supply chain management. With its professional knowledge, market leading position and rich experience in different industries, i2 bravely faces the challenges and opportunities of dynamic value chain management.
Quantifiable customer return: i2 intelligent business process solutions have generated more than $8 billion in revenue for existing customers. I2 software improves the customer service level, profitability and resource allocation ability of the enterprise by improving the key links in the supply chain system, and consolidates the position of the enterprise in the competition. I2' s customers can see quantitative business results in an average of 3 ~ 6 months, and get comprehensive value returns within one year.
Reinvestment: i2' s philosophy is to invest heavily in R&D, expand infrastructure and attract the brightest talents in the industry. I2' s knowledge capital represents the professional skills accumulated in more than 4,000 years' working life, and continues to develop and prosper under the innovative cultural atmosphere and commitment to customers.
The methodology of i2 aims at achieving the best results and the lowest cost. Its creative methods, such as value suggestion, strategic opportunity evaluation and value submission, help us to establish operating standards, identify customer needs and implement solutions at high speed and with low conflict. So as to quickly and effectively improve the customer's grassroots business ability. In order to ensure that the delivered products are in good working condition, all the execution results are recorded and filed and checked separately. Target measurement improves the efficiency of plan implementation and continuously improves the evaluation of customer participation results. Then, these results will be subject to professional review and certified by industry experts. This provides a target framework for customers to evaluate the effectiveness of i2.
I2 does not regard the initial contact with customers as an opportunity to sell software, but fully understands and analyzes the unique business environment of customers and recommends solutions that can better achieve the goals. Value recommendation is only the first step in the whole process, demonstrating how to add additional value to customers. Even world-class excellent enterprises still have room for improvement. Through the experience of creating value for hundreds of companies, i2 helps customers predict the possibility of their potential profit growth. The value suggestion method invented by i2 has become the most widely used methodology in software industry and business activities.
With its unique methods and experience in leading industries in the world, i2 has successfully cooperated with international enterprises such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Lucent and Nortel to help them improve their supply chain, reduce inventory and improve their management level, and become one of the top 500 economies in the world. I2 looks forward to working hand in hand with China enterprises to help the process of industrial informatization in China.