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ModusLink®
Corporation, a subsidiary of CMGI®,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CMGI) and leading provider of global supply chain
management solutions, today announced the availability of its
next-generation Optimized Configuration Solution for demand-driven
supply chain design. Developed to improve supply chain productivity and
profitability by identifying the most efficient and cost-effective
supply chain model and inventory strategy possible, the Solution is now
available with a new network optimization and simulation service
designed to enable clients to minimize costs and maintain targeted
inventory levels across the global supply chain.
By leveraging ModusLink’s Optimized
Configuration Solution, clients can determine the best time and place in
the supply chain to perform the complete range of activities required to
optimize assembly, configuration and/or packaging of generic base
products or components into a market-ready state. The new network
optimization and simulation service provides clients the option of using
design and modeling software tools to expedite the analytical process
and ensure more granular and precise evaluation of large amounts of
critical data and operating variables. These robust tools also perform
simulation and testing to predict how well the suggested network design
will perform in real-world environments, resulting in valuable metrics
for inventory levels cycle time and measurement.
Proven benefits of ModusLink’s supply chain
design services include:
improved speed and accuracy of analysis, ensuring all cost trade-offs
and critical operating variables are considered for maximum results;
detailed, real-world metrics to facilitate better planning and
implementation;
tailored optimization capable of solving specific challenges and
addressing top priorities;
comprehensive analysis to reduce total supply chain costs; and
reduced risk of inefficiency and waste by maintaining a regular
schedule of network optimization.
SanDisk, the world's largest supplier of innovative flash memory data
storage products, has been using ModusLink’s
Optimized Configuration Solution since 2001 and recently implemented the
network simulation and optimization service to further streamline its
supply chain design.
“By implementing ModusLink’s
Solutions, we were able to globalize our infrastructure and execute more
standardized processes for deferred configuration and postponement,
enabling us to evolve to a highly flexible model that afforded us better
performance,” said Jon Halsey, senior director
customer fulfillment and sales operations for SanDisk. “We
use a hybrid model that enables us to maintain a presence in each
primary region of operation and remain close to our customers, while
delivering an annual reduction of more than 24 percent in total supply
chain spend.”
The integrated, end-to-end solution leverages a combination of core
services to synchronize all elements of the supply chain, including
sourcing, materials/content management, light manufacturing,
fulfillment, e-Business, returns management and asset disposition.
“With the addition of ModusLink’s
new network and simulation tools, we are able to offer our clients an
unprecedented view of their end-to-end supply chain infrastructure that
would otherwise be inaccessible,” said Scott
D. Smith, president of worldwide sales and marketing for ModusLink. “First-hand
knowledge of local processes and regulations is essential to realize the
full benefits of this type of tool. ModusLink applies its expertise to
interpret the results and develop a supply chain strategy that maximizes
success for our clients.”
Optimized Configuration Solution
The Optimized Configuration Solution combines ModusLink’s
supply chain design expertise, the industry’s
largest global footprint with techniques, tools and processes in network
optimization, discrete event simulation and inventory optimization to
execute a supply chain network and inventory strategy that can manage
the complexities of global supply and demand.
ModusLink designs and executes a more flexible global supply chain by
employing optimization methodologies such as postponement and deferred
configuration that leverage the best time and place in the supply chain
to perform final configuration, packaging and distribution of products.
By executing these key processes in-region and later in the cycle when
demand is more established, clients can improve time to market, lower
costs and optimize component and finished goods inventory to better meet
global demand. This reduces excess and obsolescence and minimizes the
need for rework if forecasts are inaccurate. Regional tax treatments can
also vary widely between a fully configured, packaged product and the
individual components. Significant savings can result if managed
correctly within the supply chain network.
For further details on SanDisk’s use of
ModusLink’s Optimized Configuration Solution,
please see the AMR Research case study titled “Network
Design: SanDisk Uses Smart Postponement to Slash Costs 60%,”
by analyst Stephen Hochman, published January 3, 2008. The case study
can be accessed at www.moduslink.com.
For more information on Optimized Configuration or to register for
ModusLink’s upcoming webcast, Supply Chain
Strategies: Configure Your Way to a Competitive Edge, on April 2, 2008,
at 1:00 p.m. EDT, which will demonstrate the new network optimization
and simulation service and other supply chain strategies, visit www.moduslink.com.
About ModusLink
ModusLink Corporation is a leading provider of global, end-to-end supply
chain management solutions. The company provides technology clients in
the software, computing, consumer electronics, storage and
communications markets with customized supply chain solutions that
improve time-to-market, productivity and customer satisfaction while
reducing risk and cost. ModusLink's services include consulting and
planning, sourcing and supply base management, manufacturing and product
configuration, fulfillment, logistics management, e-commerce and the
complete range of aftermarket services. ModusLink has more than 30
facilities in 13 countries, creating the largest global footprint in the
industry. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., the company is a
subsidiary of CMGI, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMGI). For additional information,
visit www.moduslink.com.
About CMGI
CMGI, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMGI), through its subsidiary ModusLink, provides
industry-leading global supply chain management services and solutions
that help businesses market, sell and distribute their products around
the world. In addition, CMGI’s venture
capital business, @Ventures, invests in a variety of technology
ventures. For additional information, visit www.cmgi.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements, which address a
variety of subjects including, for example, the expected benefits of the
Optimized Configuration Solution. The following important factors and
uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described in these forward-looking statements:
ModusLink's success depends on its ability to execute on its business
strategy and the continued and increased demand for and market
acceptance of its solutions and services, including the Optimized
Configuration Solution; ModusLink may not be able to expand its
operations and capabilities in accordance with its business strategy;
ModusLink may experience difficulties integrating technologies,
operations and personnel in accordance with its business strategy;
ModusLink derives a significant portion of its revenue from a small
number of customers and the loss of any of those customers would
significantly damage its financial condition and results of operations;
ModusLink frequently sells to its supply chain management clients on a
purchase order basis rather than pursuant to contracts with minimum
purchase requirements, and therefore its sales and the amount of
projected revenue that is actually realized are subject to demand
variability increased competition and technological changes in the
markets in which ModusLink competes; and risks associated with
international operations. ModusLink represents a significant percentage
of CMGI's operations and the occurrence of any of the foregoing factors
may have an adverse effect on CMGI’s results
of operations and financial results. For a detailed discussion of
cautionary statements that may affect CMGI's future results of
operations and financial results, please refer to CMGI's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including CMGI's most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements represent
management's current expectations and are inherently uncertain. We do
not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made
by us.
ModusLink is a registered trademark of ModusLink Corporation. and
CMGI is a registered trademark of CMGI, Inc. All other company
names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.