ANN ARBOR, MI – March 18, 2008 — LLamasoft, Inc., the leading provider of supply chain network design software, announces that Dr. Nejat Karabakal and Donald Hicks have been named to the Supply & Demand Chain Executive list of “Provider Pros to Know” for 2008.
The Supply & Demand Chain Executive “Provider Pros to Know” is a listing of individuals from a software firm or service provider, consultancy, or analyst or research firm who have a vision for the 21st century supply chain and have personally helped clients apply technology or processes to modernize their supply chains. www.SDCExec.com/2008Pros
Donald Hicks , President and CEO of LLamasoft, Inc., created the "Four Step Methodology for Supply Chain Strategic Planning," which describes an integrated approach to solve supply chain network design and strategic planning problems. Hick's theories have influenced the analyst and professional community and also led to the creation of LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru software, which regularly provides users with significant financial and operational benefits.
Dr. Nejat Karabakal , Vice President of Supply Chain Technologies at LLamasoft, has pushed the boundaries of what can be modeled in supply chain strategic analysis, and his work is directly responsible for millions of dollars in cost savings and operational improvements for global clients. Some of Dr. Karabakal's recent contributions to the supply chain strategic planning market include the integrated use of network optimization and simulation to account for the transportation costs that are functions of time and variability, and the incorporation of cost of inventory dynamics into a network design model through the integration of an inventory placement optimizer.
LLamasoft's Executive Vice President, Toby Brzoznowski, comments, “The commitment, vision, and capacity to engage the toughest supply chain issues by both Don and Nejat has had, and will continue to have a lasting effect on how enterprises value Supply Chain Network Design software tools. The effort by Supply and Demand Chain Executive to identify key individuals responsible for the continuous improvement in supply chain management practices is important, and we appreciate their recognition.”
The full listing of the 2008 “Pros to Know” is available in the February/March 2008 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine and on the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Web site at www.SDCExec.com .
About Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints, and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com.
About LLamasoft
LLamasoft provides software and expertise to design and modify supply chain network operations. Supply Chain Guru™ is the leading supply chain strategic planning application available in the market today. It enables companies to model their supply chain operations, optimize the structure for cost and profitability, and simulate proposed changes, allowing users to implement their changes with confidence.
Clients use LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru™ to identify major financial and operational improvements in transportation, inventory, sourcing, and production applications.
The privately-held company, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was founded in 1998 as the first company to combine enterprise-level simulation with full-feature network and inventory optimization within a single modeling structure. Clients include many of the world's largest organizations, including ConocoPhillips, Dell, J. C. Penney, Cadbury-Schweppes, and Unilever Corporation.
For more information, visit www.LLamasoft.com or contact info@LLamasoft.com.