Partnering Closely With SAP, Optiant Sees Tremendous Growth in First Quarter; Leading Inventory Optimization Solution Provider Completes Record Number of Transactions in Early 2006

by Business Wire

Optiant, the leading provider of inventory planning and optimization solutions, today announced the company realized unprecedented growth in the first quarter due to customer demand for its award-winning PowerChain(TM) solution that is tightly integrated into the SAP(R) platform. Continuing to reinforce its leadership position in the advanced inventory optimization space, Optiant's record-breaking first quarter yielded six new customers that were all tightly interwoven within the SAP platform.

"Optiant's inventory planning and optimizations solutions are in lock-step with SAP," said Rajib Roy, senior vice president of market and product development. "These solutions are fully integrated to help our customers in industries such as Chemicals, Consumer Products, High Tech and Life Sciences achieve a higher level of supply chain optimization with the lowest total cost of ownership."

Optiant's solution augments its customers' existing SAP R/3 and APO systems and changes the fundamental performance capability and structural design of their supply chains while handling variability simultaneously. The result is a more responsive and resilient supply chain.

Introducing its PowerChain(R) Planner 2.0 in the fall of 2005, Optiant continues to provide the industry's only comprehensive solution for designing and implementing world-class operational strategies that can quickly and easily adapt to changes in demand, business conditions and supply chain variability.

Optiant's full suite of products will be demonstrated in booth #2429 at SAPPHIRE in Orlando, FL from May 16-18, 2006.

About Optiant

Optiant, the leading provider of inventory planning and optimization solutions, helps Global 2000 companies optimize bottom-line performance through the creation of the world's most responsive and resilient supply chains.

Optiant's solutions optimally balance resources, total costs, and customer service across the supply chain to deliver greater profitability, increased customer satisfaction, more efficient use of capital, and a resilient supply chain that fully handles uncertainty in supply and demand. Optiant has transformed supply chains for the world's leading manufacturers including Black & Decker, Gillette (a Procter & Gamble division), Henkel, HP, Imation, Intel, and Sonoco.

Delivering millions of dollars in returns, Optiant's SAP certified industry-focused solutions generate quantifiable business results within 90 days of implementation. The solutions are based on award-winning research from MIT and decades of experience dedicated to the identification and realization of supply chain efficiencies. For more information, please visit www.optiant.com.

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