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For Immediate Release
UMC Allies with i2 to Enhance "MY UMC" Customer Supply
Chain Solution
DALLAS and SUNNYVALE,
CA — October 23, 2000 — i2 Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:
ITWO), the leading provider of intelligent e-business and marketplace
solutions, and UMC (NYSE: UMC), a global leader in semiconductor
foundry services, announced today the live implementation of i2
TradeMatrix Demand Planner™, Supply Chain Planner™ and
Demand Fulfillment™ in the UMC foundry's newly released
My UMC customer portal (my.umc.com).
With this fully integrated
planning and execution system, UMC is able to improve customer service
significantly while reducing supply chain costs.
UMC has implemented i2 TradeMatrix™ Solutions to accomplish
several of its most critical e-business objectives. The resulting
system is designed to allow visibility across multiple fabs and
assembly/test facilities, corporate-wide demand allocation and resource
rationalization, intelligent planning that enables optimal usage
of capacities and automated multiple-fab sourcing decisions, and
rapid response to order inquiry and promising processes to improve
customer services.
"We are now able to match customer order requirements in real-time
to available capacity across multiple fabs, providing an optimal
sourcing solution. This is far superior to the capabilities
of the conventional decision support tools used in the industry,"
said Chris Bettis, vice president of UMC USA who leads Central Planning
and Customer Service for the USA sales office. "We are able
to create competitive advantages by incorporating i2's industry-leading
semiconductor supply chain solutions with UMC's unique foundry knowledge
and expertise."
With the integrated planning environment powered by i2, UMC's critical
demand management supply planning and order fulfillment business
processes are designed to operate on an event-driven basis.
This enables UMC planners to identify chain-wide problems that impact
customer orders immediately, and resolve these issues quickly and
effectively. As a result, it is anticipated that order confirmation
lead-time will be reduced from days to hours or minutes.
"We are excited that leading semiconductor foundry UMC, has adopted
i2's solutions as the backbone for its build-to-order fulfillment
capability. The rapid deployment and value creation across UMC's
global operations will enhance its world-class foundry services,"
said Bruce Jacquemard, i2 senior vice president, High Tech Business
Unit. "With these systems in place, UMC has now built the foundation
to meet its e-business objectives."
About i2
i2 is creating real value for its global e-business
customers through its i2 TradeMatrix solutions, content and marketplace
platform. i2 TradeMatrix allows businesses to create both private
and public marketplaces, while improving the efficiencies of all
participants. i2 provides a wide variety of collaborative e-business
services for both the early stages and the next generation of e-business
adoption, with each service supported by decision optimization,
transaction management and content management solutions. Founded
in 1988, i2's mission is to deliver $75 billion in value to its
customers by 2005. i2 is headquartered in Dallas, has more than
5,000 employees and maintains offices worldwide. Visit i2 at www.i2.com.
i2 and the i2 logo
design are registered trademarks of i2 Technologies, Inc. i2 TradeMatrix,
Trade Matrix, i2 TradeMatrix Demand Planner™, i2 TradeMatrix Supply
Chain Planner™ and i2 TradeMatrix Demand Fulfillment™
are trademarks
of i2 Technologies, Inc.
i2
Cautionary Language
This press release may contain forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties, including the customer's ability
to implement i2 solutions successfully or to achieve benefits attributable
to i2 products. 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 Form 10-K filed March 22,
2000 and Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2000.
Note From UMC Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in the foregoing announcement
are forward looking within the meaning of the U.S. Federal Securities
laws, including statements about future outsourcing, wafer capacity,
technologies, business relationships and market conditions.
Investors are cautioned that actual events and results could differ
materially from these statements as a result of a variety of factors,
including conditions in the overall semiconductor market and economy;
acceptance and demand for products from UMC; and technological and
development risks.
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