Sponsors

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.

Our "high performance business" strategy builds on our expertise in consulting, technology and outsourcing to help clients perform at the highest levels so they can create sustainable value for their customers and shareholders. Using our industry knowledge, service-offering expertise and technology capabilities, we identify new business and technology trends and develop solutions to help clients around the world.

More information is available at www.accenture.com

Oliver Wight are leading business improvement specialists who educate, coach and mentor people to lead and sustain change on the journey to business excellence and outstanding business performance. The largest worldwide consultancy of its type, Oliver Wight have offices throughout Europe, North and South America and the Asia/Pacific region.

Oliver Wight firmly believe that sustainable results can't be delivered by external consultants but only by the client organisation's own people. So their USP is to transfer their knowledge to the client via a cascade education process. That knowledge comes from four decades of working with some of the world's best known organisations.

For more information about Oliver Wight, please visit www.oliverwight.com

Strategix Enterprise Technology GmbH is a joint venture partner of JDA Software Group, Inc., strongly focused on implementing JDA Category Management & Replenishment solutions suite since 2004.

Strategix offers complete systems supporting efficient and reliable consumer-driven supply chain through the combination of fully integrated, scalable, end-to-end solutions proven in hundreds of implementations across the world. Our selected range of best of breed products and services is aimed at retailers and manufacturers looking into enabling of Category Management and Supply Chain Management. Strategix is a certified SAP partner providing integration of JDA systems with SAP infrastructure.

More information available at www.strategix.de

Agora Europe, with more than 8 years in the market, is a service company focussed in applying concrete technologies to concrete steps in the Supply Chain enabling clients to achieve efficient performance and cost savings.

The company operates three business lines: technological process design and implementation, operational assets design (warehouses, etc.) and control/KPI projects. Our team of 30 experienced skilled professionals are able to deliver value from the first meeting.

Agora has important clients in CPG Markets, Retail, Metal Industries, Chilled Products, as well as Services Companies.

For more information about Agora Europe, please visit www.agora-europe.com

Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, enables its clients to transform and perform through technologies. Capgemini provides its clients with insights and capabilities that boost their freedom to achieve superior results through a unique way of working, the Collaborative Business Experience. The Group relies on its global delivery model called Rightshore^®, which aims to get the right balance of the best talent from multiple locations, working as one team to create and deliver the optimum solution for clients. Present in more than 30 countries, Capgemini reported 2008 global revenues of €8.7 billion and employs over 92,000 people worldwide.

For more information about Capgemini, please visit www.capgemini.com

DBO Services are the leading authority on JDA's Production Planning and Scheduling (PPS) solutions. PPS helps manufacturing organisations turn challenges into opportunities, ensuring delivery of the right products to the right people at the right time, simultaneously reducing working capital and inventory whilst maximising throughput from constrained resources and materials.

For more information about DBO Services, please visit www.dboservices.com

gCS Software is a company providing dedicated and tailored software and services to a wide number of supply chain companies based in Italy and other Mediterranean countries, aiming to increase and sustain productivity and returns in category management and replenishment processes. gCS Software has been a JDA Partner since 2000.

For more information about gCS Software, please visit www.gcs-software.it or www.storesnapshot.com

As a global leader in information technology, HP applies new thinking and ideas to simplify our customers' technology experiences. Our goal is to continuously improve the way our customers from individual consumers to the largest enterprises live and work by providing simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology. For more information on HP and JDA solutions, go to: www.hp.com/solutions/jdasoftware.

Logica Management Consulting is a division of Logica Group, who employs 40,000 people globally providing business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services.

Logica Management Consulting has a network of 3,000 consultants across Europe driving successful client transformation projects. They stand apart through their, ability to work closely with customers, and unique blend of industry, functional and technological expertise.

More information is available at www.logica.com/consulting

A world leader in mission-critical information systems, and major JDA Software integration partner, Thales specialises in demanding supply chain environments. Understanding that technology is a critical enabler for the supply chain, Thales adds value through its implementation of leading software applications and the integration of new technologies within complex business processes.

See www.thalesgroup.com/security-services

CFT is a technical services company providing consulting, development and support for a wide range of American and European clients. CFT employs a team of JDA technical consultants with an average of five years professional experience. CFT and JDA participate in projects and services onsite and remotely through our near-shore center in Poland. CFT has been a JDA partner since 1999.

For more information about CFT Europe, please visit www.cfteurope.pl

UCS Solutions is a leading provider of business consulting, application implementation and outsourcing services to leading retailers in South Africa. UCS helps 20 out of the top 25 retailers in South Africa achieve better business performance by offering end-to-end consulting, business systems outsourcing and technology services. UCS delivers optimisation services and solutions focused on retail processes like planning and replenishment, which require a blend of art and science.

For more information about UCS Solutions, please visit www.ucs-solutions.co.za

SIMS offers a portfolio of category management solutions and is the VAR in South Africa for JDA's Intactix category / space management solution set. SIMS also provides related support services which include JDA certified e-learning and classroom based training, on-site technical and business process consulting all through certified and experienced JDA consultants.

For more information about SIMS Solutions, please visit www.sims-solutions.com