"Companies are striving to operate more competitively and profitably byoptimizing their supply chains from raw materials to the end customer," saidFred Lizza, CEO of Optiant. "The best practices that we share are based onfirst-hand experiences that managers can apply within their own companies toimprove operations, maximize efficiency, and minimize inventory costs."

Sean Willems is one of the industry's leading thinkers in supply chainoptimization and is responsible for ground breaking research that has beenapplied by Fortune 500 manufacturing companies. His findings are at the coreof Optiant's supply chain design solution, and he continues to lead thealgorithm-driven research that will form the foundation of the company'sfuture offerings. His applied research addresses many of the most criticalissues manufacturers face: life-cycle transitions, strategic inventorymanagement, vendor selection strategies, and cost reductions for all partieswithin an integrated supply chain. Dr. Willems is published in leading supplychain journals, and regularly addresses industry conferences.

Sean Willems' presentation will be held in Room 503 from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PMon Monday, October 6, 2008.

Optiant will also demonstrate its PowerChain Inventory solutions in Booth301 at the CSCMP Learning Exchange, taking place in conjunction with theAnnual Conference on October 6.

About Optiant

Optiant maximizes business results by reducing inventory, freeing workingcapital, minimizing supply chain costs and enhancing service levels. Weprovide next generation inventory optimization, network design, and supplychain business intelligence technology and services.

Optiant's solutions optimally balance resources, total costs, and customerservice across the supply chain to deliver greater profitability, increasedcustomer satisfaction, more efficient use of capital, and a resilient supplychain that fully handles uncertainty in supply and demand. Optiant'sPowerChain(R) tactical and strategic solutions deliver on-going business valueto world-leading manufacturers including Black & Decker, Boston Scientific,Celanese, Gillette (a P&G division), Hershey Company, Home Depot,Hewlett-Packard, IKEA, Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Nestle, and Procter &Gamble.

Delivering millions of dollars in returns, Optiant's industry-focusedsolution, certified for integration by SAP, generates quantifiable businessresults within 90 days of implementation. Optiant's solutions are based onaward-winning research from MIT and decades of experience dedicated to theidentification and realization of supply chain efficiencies. For moreinformation, please visit http://www.optiant.com.

Disclaimer: This contains forward looking statements which reflectManagement's current views and estimates. The forward looking statementsinvolve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results todiffer materially from those contained in the forward looking statements.Potential risks and uncertainties include such factors as general economicconditions, foreign exchange fluctuations, competitive product and pricingpressures and regulatory developments.

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