i2 recently acquired the aspect of the development and inclusion of proposals in its aspect TradeMatrix products for business-to-business e-commerce. TradeMatrix i2 embedded in existing products to optimize the supply chain through the use of advanced planning and scheduling (APS) algorithms. TradeMatrix also includes opportunities for joint product development and search. Orientation has been a leader in this field, having developed an extensive database of suppliers and techniques to search it effectively. i2 has been, throughout history, have migrated away from its roots as a supplier of APS solutions and clearly ahead of his early competition to become the leading provider of B2B. i2 paid a high price for the parties, and clearly feels that aspect is critically important opportunities and, consequently, the requirements for a successful B2B software. i2 and Aspect hope that their combined strengths will TradeMatrix platform for business communities work together. For this, however, they need to successfully integrate the two companies and their cultures. "Hide
by Andrew McAfee Source: Harvard Business School 22 pages. Publication Date: February 23, 2001. Prod. #: 601008-PDF-ENG
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