NAPERVILLE, Ill., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- OfficeMax®
Incorporated (NYSE: OMX), a leader in office supplies and services,
has been recognized as a JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS)
2011 Real Results Winner for Best in Demand Management. Now in its
sixth year, the Real Results Awards recognize companies that have
demonstrated business-process excellence and achieved quantifiable
benefits through the adoption of industry best practices and use of
JDA's industry-leading solutions and services. OfficeMax was
honored at FOCUS 2011, JDA's annual user conference in Orlando, Florida, May
1 – 4, 2011.
OfficeMax focuses its supply chain on understanding – and
managing – consumer demand. Leveraging both JDA solutions and
services, OfficeMax has used greater forecast accuracy to reduce
inventory while improving customer service levels.
"It is both thrilling and a tremendous honor to be recognized by
JDA," said Dov Shenkman, SVP of
Replenishment and Inventory Management for OfficeMax. "As an early
adopter of JDA Software, we were one of the first retailers to
launch a large scale implementation to create a world class demand
management and replenishment system down to the retail store level,
giving us greater forecast accuracy and improved customer service
levels. The technology has served as a catalyst to organization and
process changes that continue to pay dividends as we experience
increased efficiencies in both Demand and Replenishment."
"We are delighted to award OfficeMax the Real Results Award for
Best in Demand Management," said Hamish
Brewer, president and CEO, JDA
Software. "OfficeMax has succeeded in rapidly responding to
market changes and proactively meeting fluctuation within the
demand and supply chain. We are impressed by their ability to
successfully optimize and tightly integrate their core business
processes in all of their divisions, enabling them to collaborate
internally to meet the needs of their customers."
The Real Results Awards, established in 2006, honor companies
that have achieved industry-leading results and transformational
benefits through deployment of JDA's advanced and proven solutions
and services. JDA recognizes companies in 12 award categories. As
the winner for Best in Demand Management, OfficeMax is being
recognized for demonstrating the best use of JDA solutions and
services to address business challenges related to inventory
requirements, customer service, forecast accuracy, demand planning,
performance management, demand shaping and/or price and promotions
management activities.
Selected by a panel of JDA executives, the Real Results winners
demonstrated exceptional increases in sales and profits,
business-process improvements and reductions in inventory and
overall costs. Representatives from OfficeMax will present the
Company's success story during FOCUS 2011, providing attendees with
insights into their supply chain accomplishments in their award
category.
About OfficeMax
OfficeMax Incorporated (NYSE: OMX) is a leader in both
business-to-business office products solutions and retail office
products. The OfficeMax mission is simple. We help our
customers do their best work. The company provides office
supplies and paper, in-store print and document services through
OfficeMax ImPress®, technology products and solutions, and
furniture to businesses and individual consumers. OfficeMax
customers are served by approximately 30,000 associates through
direct sales, catalogs, e-commerce and approximately 1,000 stores.
To find the nearest OfficeMax, call 1-877-OFFICEMAX.
For more information, visit www.officemax.com.
All trademarks, service marks and trade names of OfficeMax
Incorporated used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of
OfficeMax Incorporated. Any other product or company names
mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective
owner(s).
About JDA Software Group, Inc.
JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS), The Supply
Chain Company®, is the leading provider of innovative supply chain
management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions
worldwide. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to
make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real
results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale
distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. With
an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply chain
from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage
and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2
Technologies®, Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur®. JDA's
multiple service options, delivered via the JDA® Private Cloud,
provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid
time-to-value, lower total cost of ownership and 24/7 functional
and technical support and expertise. To learn more, visit
www.jda.com or e-mail info@jda.com.
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SOURCE OfficeMax Incorporated