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Twenty-three of Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2017 Companies modeled with LLamasoft

Ann Arbor, Mich. (June 13, 2017) - LLamasoft, the global leader in supply chain optimization software and solutions, has supported supply chain optimization projects for 92 percent of the global companies recognized as part of The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2017*. The annual Supply Chain Top 25 report identifies global supply chain leaders and highlights best practices for heads of supply chain and strategy organizations. Twenty-three of the 25 companies listed in the 2017 report have utilized LLamasoft supply chain design and planning software.

"We believe companies make it onto the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 by being good at all three aspects of supply chain management --- Execution, Planning, and Design," said Toby Brzoznowski, Executive Vice President of LLamasoft. "So, it is not surprising to us to see such a large percentage of companies who have leveraged LLamasoft technology on this list when you understand their commitment to building and maintaining Supply Chain Design Centers of Excellence."


Companies named to the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2017 include:
Unilever
McDonald's
Inditex
Cisco Systems
H&M
Intel
Nestlé
Nike
Colgate-Palmolive
Starbucks
PepsiCo
3M
Johnson & Johnson
The Coca-Cola Company
Nokia
BASF
Schneider Electric
Walmart
HP Inc.
L'Oréal
Kimberly-Clark
BMW
Diageo
Lenovo
Samsung Electronics


*Gartner, Inc., The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2017, Stan Aronow, Kimberly Nilles, Jim Romano, May 24, 2017.

About LLamasoft, Inc.
LLamasoft supply chain design software helps organizations worldwide design and improve their supply chain operations. LLamasoft solutions enable companies across a wide range of industries to model, optimize and simulate their supply chain network, leading to major improvements in cost, service, sustainability and risk mitigation. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, LLamasoft is a leader in supply chain excellence and innovation, advancing technology focused on continuous improvement of enterprise supply chains for the world's largest organizations.

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LLamasoft, Inc.
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ginger.stegmier@llamasoft.com
734.669.3215

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