LogicTools' Inventory Analyst Receives Powered by SAP NetWeaver Certification; Supply Chain Planning Suite is Complementary to SAP Solutions

Business Wire, April 26, 2005

CHICAGO -- LogicTools, a leading developer of supply chain planning solutions, announced today that Inventory Analyst 4.0(TM) has completed the Powered By SAP NetWeaver(TM) certification. Inventory Analyst, a strategic inventory positioning and optimization solution is part of LogicTools' integrated suite of solutions that optimize the supply chain by considering the entire network, taking into account production, warehousing, transportation and inventory costs, as well as service level requirements. The suite also includes LogicNet Plus(R) for network design and LogicChain(R) for multi-site production sourcing.

The Powered By NetWeaver integration will allow SAP users to access to Inventory Analyst(TM) through the SAP(R) Enterprise Portal, access, transfer and search data from the Knowledge Manager and analyze reports in the Business Warehouse. The additional option of importing data from SAP APO allows for a full range of integration capabilities for all SAP users interested in LogicTools' complementary solutions.

Inventory Analyst enables companies to make strategic inventory decisions based on the entire supply chain. This technology has produced large savings for companies by optimally locating and sizing inventory as well as determining effective push/pull supply chain strategies. For this purpose, LogicTools' Inventory Analyst uses state of the art optimization algorithms that take into account uncertainties in supply and demand as well variability in processing and distribution times.

"Powered By NetWeaver certification provides LogicTools with the ability to work with SAP customers at whatever stage they are in implementation of their SAP solutions to seamlessly integrate Inventory Analyst with their systems. Our solutions are complementary to SAP and other ERP implementations and are needed by all companies that have any degree of complexity in their supply chain," said David Simchi-Levi, CEO of LogicTools.

LogicTools is a long-time SAP Software Partner through its certified integration of LogicNet Plus(R), the leading network design solution, which is offered as an extension to the mySAP(TM) Supply Chain Management (mySAP SCM) solution.

About LogicTools

LogicTools (www.logic-tools.com) a leading provider of supply chain planning solutions was founded in 1995 by David Simchi-Levi, Professor of engineering systems at MIT. LogicTools provides the expertise, software, services and support that enable comprehensive supply chain planning processes in a variety of industries. LogicTools' suite of supply chain planning solutions includes network design, inventory planning, and multi-site production sourcing. LogicTools is an SAP software partner offering complementary, SAP-certified inventory optimization and network design solutions. Customers include Del Monte, General Motors, IBM, Kraft Foods, Ryder System, True Value Hardware, United States Postal Service, Welch's, Yankee Candle and many others.

LogicTools has been instrumental in helping companies gain competitive advantage in the market by replacing extremely complex, expensive and customized software implementations on the one hand and limited spreadsheet analysis on the other.