DALLAS, TEXAS, June 23, 1008 – River Logic, Inc., a leading provider of integrated business planning solutions, today announced the integration of its Enterprise Optimizer® product line with the Microsoft® Office PerformancePoint® Server 2007 and the Microsoft® Office 2007 Systems.
River Logic’s award-winning software, Enterprise Optimizer (EO), brings integrated business planning to Microsoft’s computing platform. Specifically, EO provides Office PerformancePoint 2007 users and partners with unparalleled modeling and analytics to connect business strategy with tactical execution.
Enterprise Optimizer is the only planning application that models an entire business. EO simultaneously considers business processes, customers, products, inputs, constraints, and financials to quickly identify the decisions that generate the highest financial impact. Through real-world integrated business planning, Enterprise Optimizer aligns metrics, targets, and execution requirements with strategy and financials under a single planning platform.
Michael Smith, Director of Marketing, Microsoft Business Intelligence states, “Customers tell us success means providing a business intelligence solution that offers planning capabilities to all users across the enterprise.” Smith adds, “Through its integration with Microsoft Business Intelligence, EO provides an advanced solution for integrating the planning process across functional organizations. By integrating EO along with the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack, River Logic offers a complete solution to end users as well as Microsoft Partners.”
The integration of Enterprise Optimizer with Office PerformancePoint Server 2007 addresses all key attributes and requirements for true Integrated Business Planning. These critical areas or attributes, as defined by Tim Payne, Research Director at Gartner (1), are: explicit process mapping, strong financial modeling, a holistic view of the supply chain, extensive optimization and business rule capability, collaboration, strong links to S&OP and access to supporting analytics such as product performance management, which track the performance of products through the supply chain and drive back into the strategic evaluation process.
Kevin Howe, Chairman and CEO of River Logic, said, “By combining Enterprise Optimizer with Office PerformancePoint Server, we’re delivering the most sophisticated integrated planning solution available.” Howe continued, “By integrating EO with Microsoft Office, users and partners will increase performance and literally redefine the business landscape in terms of insight and collaboration.”
About River Logic
Based in Dallas, Texas, River Logic, Inc. (www.riverlogic.com) is the leading provider of Integrated Business Planning solutions. River Logic’s award-winning product, Enterprise Optimizer (EO), links financial planning and operational performance to create a unified model of the business. EO’s integrated planning capabilities provide financial performance scenarios based on strategic, tactical and operational decisions.
(1) Integrated Business Planning Fills the Gap Between Strategic Planning and S&OP, 05/29/08, ID Number G00157655.
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Jeff Rice
Director of Marketing
214-393-4668
jrice@riverlogic.com
