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Prophet by Baxter(TM) Drives Dramatic Results for Network Appliance,
Inc.
AUSTIN, TX - (January 20, 2001) - Baxter Planning Systems, an eight-year
old software solutions provider that specializes in logistics planning systems
for service side inventory, announces the proven results of its next generation
of technology which is specifically configured to meet the complex requirements
of the service parts industry.
One among many of Baxter's major customers, Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ:
NTAP), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content delivery
solutions, protects against competitive inroads by delivering two to four-hour
support, a promise that it keeps more easily, thanks to Prophet by Baxter.
"Prophet by Baxter has improved our ability to have the right parts at the right
place at the right time at a service level of over 99 percent, a tremendous gain
over historical rates," says Network Appliance Service Logistics Planner, Alex
Ricafrente, a ten-year veteran in the field. "The difference between the manual
system management and Baxter's automated solution is night and day," Mr. Ricafrente
said.
Prophet by Baxter(TM), the first advanced distribution planning software specifically
enabled for use by a standard web browser, is currently used by companies in
the high technology, medical equipment, aerospace and automotive industries.
"Prophet by Baxter is proving extremely powerful and cost-effective because Baxter
Planning Systems specializes in the service parts market space," said Greg Baxter,
a former inventory supply planner and now president and CEO of Baxter Planning
Systems. "This in-depth understanding helps us develop sophisticated software
applications that simplify planning and logistics for a business that depends
on same day service and materials availability to run at peak profitability and
effectiveness."
Prophet by Baxter is a modular suite of planning and forecasting solutions,
available online or easily integrated with standard in-house legacy systems.
Equally powerful for companies with inventory in one central location or any
number of locations across the globe, Prophet by Baxter optimizes warehouse
and/or stocking locations based on service contracts and required response
times to ensure that products are in the right place at the right time to meet
demand. It also takes the guesswork out of planning and maintaining stocking
levels and inventory deployment by simulating real life situations in "what
if" scenarios that predict the effect of changes in the supply and distribution
chains.
About Baxter Planning Systems, Inc.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, Baxter Planning Systems pioneered the development
of Web- and ASP-based planning and forecasting solutions for the service parts
logistics industry. The software development and consulting company develops
solutions for the high-tech, aerospace, medical equipment, and automotive markets.
With systems installed in Fortune 500 companies across the United States and
worldwide, Baxter customers regularly achieve extraordinary levels of service
parts inventory optimization. For more information on Baxter, or to access
Prophet via the Internet, visit
www.bybaxter.com.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file storage and content delivery,
has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both
the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers,
including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola,
and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp® solutions.
http://www.netapp.com.
