Our History
JDA has been serving the supply and demand chain for nearly 30
years:
- A Canadian Entrepreneur - 1978 to 1985
In 1978, James D. Armstrong formed JDA Software Services in
Calgary, Alberta, which grew to be one of Canada's largest IBM
midrange software providers.
- Success as Retail Software Company - 1985 to 1999
The Canadian business was sold in 1985 and Mr. Armstrong, with
a partner, formed the U.S.-based JDA Software, Inc. in Cleveland,
Ohio. The company's vision was to deliver quality, packaged software
and consulting services to address the retail industry's information
management and transaction processing needs. After signing a
substantial contract with a Phoenix-based automotive retailer in
1987, all eight JDA employees relocated to new corporate
headquarters in Arizona.
After ten years of successful
operations as a privately-held firm, JDA became a public corporation
on March 15, 1996. We also re-purchased the original Canadian "JDA"
company in 1996 and re-established our presence in Canada.
With
the financial freedom to strategically expand JDA's solution offering,
we looked externally for complementary, high-value solutions. We
completed our first major acquisition in 1998, the Arthur Retail
division, which provided JDA with the market leader in advanced
planning and allocation software along with approximately 240 loyal
customers.
- Expanding into New Markets: Consumer Goods and
Wholesale-Distribution: 2000-2005
To build upon our heritage in retail systems, we initiated a
strategic plan in 2000 to provide solutions for consumer goods
manufacturers and wholesale-distributors. This launched a period of
aggressive acquisition activity during which JDA successfully
finalized and assimilated eight acquisitions. Of these acquisitions,
two in particular enabled JDA to diversify our revenue base, expand
our product offering and boost our market leadership with companies
outside of retail. These acquisitions included:
- April 2000: Intactix division, the market-leading provider of
space management solutions for retailers, suppliers and
manufacturers, which added more than 3,000 customers worldwide.
- September 2001: E3 Corporation, the global leader of
inventory optimization systems, which added 550 customers in
retail and wholesale-distribution in 20 countries.
During these years JDA innovated and expanded our Store
Systems with the addition of workforce management software and a
Java-based point-of-sale application. We also established our
revenue management suite by acquiring applications for advertising,
marketing and promotion management along with trade funds
management. Another key acquisition during this period enabled JDA
to offer advanced optimization and data mining applications.
- Enabling the Customer-Driven Value Chain: 2006
to Present
To further respond to the needs of our growing customer base,
JDA acquired Manugistics in July 2006. This provider of demand and
supply chain solutions enabled us to grow our product line with
supply management, demand management and pricing, and transportation
and logistics applications. It has also enabled us to re-think the
traditional way of viewing how to optimally supply goods to the
consumer. We have coined the convergence of supply and demand chain
processes involved in providing goods to the end consumer as the "
Customer-Driven
Value Chain."
JDA is uniquely positioned to support
an optimized Customer-Driven Value Chain. We can help our customers
to optimally plan various aspects of their business - from raw
materials acquisition, through manufacturing and replenishment, to
the shelf. Our unbeatable combination of advanced optimization and
execution solutions deliver clearly differentiated expertise and
compelling innovation. Whats more, our solutions provide insight
into customer's behaviors and patterns, enabling proactive action
as changes occur.
Our enduring commitment to the
global supply and demand chain market's evolving requirements has
secured our leadership position. Our extensive customer base
consistently demonstrates their loyalty by extending their
investment in JDA Solutions. In fact, existing JDA customers
represent more than 65% of software license sales each quarter, a
true testament to the real demand chain results that JDA repeatedly
delivers.
