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| RedPrairie and Kurt Salmon Associates Sign Strategic Agreement for Performance Management Solutions
WAUKESHA, Wis. and ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2003-- Companies to Combine Industry-Leading Labor Productivity Software BizVantage – A Net clipping service that learns what you need: for business, investment or technology. and Delivery Solutions to Provide Customers the Most Advanced Total Productivity Solution RedPrairie Corporation, the leading provider of real-time, end-to-end logistics solutions, and Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA), the premier global management consulting firm to the retail and consumer products industries, announced a strategic agreement to provide the most advanced total productivity solution for their customers and prospects. Under the agreement, KSA will incorporate RedPrairie's labor productivity software into its renowned Base Plus(R) performance improvement program. Explains Lynn Spuhler, National Service Director of KSA, "Over the past year we have looked at a wide range of possibilities for enhancing our solution, from upgrading Control Plus, our current software engine, to partnering with various software vendors. RedPrairie's enterprise application and system capabilities complement our performance improvement approach, making RedPrairie the best solution for our clients." Under the agreement, KSA will develop proprietary scripts around RedPrairie's DLx Labor(R) software to create its next generation performance management software solution. This solution powered by DLx Labor will be a core element of KSA's performance management services going forward. Comments John Jazwiec, RedPrairie Company Leader, "The combination of Kurt Salmon Associates' nearly 70 years of unique intellectual property and RedPrairie's 30-plus years of delivering industry-leading software solutions creates a value proposition for our customers that far exceeds anything else in the market. Together we are positioned to help customers drive substantial gains in productivity and performance." Current clients and target clients of both companies have described the partnership as welcome news, since it will provide them with the leading labor productivity software and the premier performance improvement delivery approach through an integrated solution. Both companies expect significant demand for this unique offering. About Kurt Salmon Associates Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA) is the premier management consulting firm to the retail, consumer products and health care industries. KSA's global Consumer Goods and Retail practice helps companies build their supply chains from Concept to Consumer(sm). KSA consultants help clients in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific achieve significant gains in strategic position, growth, profits, and overall financial performance. KSA is the global leader in supply chain management and technology solutions. Its clients are leaders in retailing, and suppliers of the world's best known brands. For more information call 609.514.7636 or access www.kurtsalmon.com. About RedPrairie Corporation RedPrairie delivers superior logistics results by driving out more logistics costs than anyone in the industry, and enabling customers to consistently achieve their supply chain objectives. This is accomplished through an integrated suite of supply chain execution solutions (DigitaLogistix(R)) that provide the industry's leading transportation, productivity, and distribution management capabilities, enhanced with action-oriented components for real-time control and performance measurement. These solutions are deployed through an end-to-end value delivery system (the RedPrairie Approach) that ensures results achievement. RedPrairie delivers measurable results for customers in many markets, including high tech and electronics, consumer goods, food and beverage, third party logistics, retail and wholesale, service parts, and make-to-order manufacturing. Customers include Hewlett-Packard, Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Panasonic, Georgia-Pacific, Eveready, Unilever, Exel, General Electric, Amazon.com, and many others. For additional information, call 1.888.624.8448, or access www.RedPrairie.com. RedPrairie is a trademark, and DigitaLogistix and DLx are registered trademarks of RedPrairie Corporation. (C) 2003 RedPrairie Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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