i2 Technologies Solutions & Services

Selection, Design, Prototyping and Bluepriniting
As part of your selection and design process, we provide independent, non-biased expertise and leadership that crosses solution boundaries to drive a total enterprise solution design

Performance and Capabilities Assessment and Tuning
Our consultants have deep solution and business skills necessary to fine-tune your i2 applications to the current economic conditions. Get the most out of your current solution investment by tuning your forecasting algorithms, transportation management optimization strategies, supply-chain network, integrations, and your business processes

Project Staffing
eChain provides you with an alternative source for your i2 implementation project staffing needs. We have very experienced and entrepreneurial solution consultants, we are competitively priced, typically more experienced, and are focused on delivering a complete solution to your company

Total Solution Focus
eChain provides broader exposure and expertise to design and implement a total solution around your i2 application including Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), SAP IDoc integration, EDI integration, dashboard development for managing your integrations and transformations, RFID integration to i2, S&OP and other Business Intelligence (BI) metrics reporting and data visibility structures

eChain has participated in many i2 TM implementations and projects including proof of concept, upgrades, implementations, configuration, EDI integration, Track and Trace, Event notification, customized interfaces using ABPP, transportation and carrier metrics reporting and financial integration.  We have been part of the i2 Users Group, and been an i2 product expert and champion for many i2 customers.

i2 Transportation Management includes i2 Transportation Manager (TM), Transportation Optimizer, (TO), Supply-Chain Strategist (SCS), Transportation Modeler (TMod), Load Configurator. i2 creates value by synchronizing critical transportation and distribution business processes, resulting in optimal cost and service performance. Companies can minimize IT complexity and, through more accurate data, enhance collaboration with supply chain partners.

Supply Chain innovations in software and business processes can have a huge payoff in the connected Enterprise. Existing investments in Supply Chain solutions, such as demand management, inventory management, supply-chain planning and logistics realize noticeably positive return on investment once these systems are interconnected and persisted throughout the enterprise.

Supply-Chain Execution (SCEx) Services and i2 SCM solutions return millions of dollars to your company's bottom line through innovative supply chain improvements: best in class solution selection, implementation, and business process improvement. We specialize in i2 Technology SCM solutions and can help you realize these kinds of returns from your i2 SCM Solutions investment.

eChain Technology provides comprehensive supply chain experience and leadership in global enterprise supply chain engagements. Our services include review, selection, design, implementation, integration, customization and training. We have particular Core Solutions with i2 Technology applications including multiple implementations and qualifications with Demand Planning/Demand Management, Transportation Manager/Transportation Planner, and Supply-Chain Planning.

The largest contributor to working capital and improved net income is operations/supply-chain cost reduction, and the foundation of the supply chain is the demand forecast.  Improving a company forecast has immediate and dramatic impact on reduced operations cost. 

Forecast Management done right leads to Supply Chain Success. Improving company forecast accuracy by 10 to 20% can save millions of dollars in the first year.  eChain can show you where and how much your forecast can reasonably be improved, and can implement forecast improvement measure that can provide you immediate value.  If you need a best-in-class forecasting application to accomplish improved demand forecast, we recommend and support i2 Demand Management.

We can help you with improved forecasting models and model selection, collaborative planning, sales and operations planning (S&OP), and alternative forecasting approaches (regression, delphi, aggregation and top-down/bottom-up forecasting)