I2 Technologies

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The correct title of this article is i2 Technologies. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

i2 Technologies, Inc.

Type	Public (NASDAQ: ITWO)
Founded	1988
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas, USA
Key people	Sanjiv Sidhu, Chairman Michael McGrath, CEO
Industry	Supply Chain Management Enterprise Software
Revenue	$340 million USD
Employees	1300
Website	www.i2.com

i2 Technologies is a supply chain management industry company. The company was founded in 1988 by Sanjiv Sidhu and Ken Sharma in Dallas, Texas.The company founded by Sanjiv Sidhu was known as Intellection prior to being i2 Technologies. Today the company has more than 1500 customers.

i2 Technologies has specialized in supply chain optimisation software.. The company is still situated in Dallas, but has offices around the world including Japan, Belgium, and Australia.

Today, i2 has the bulk of its R&D done in various centers in India. These off-shore centers also provide product support and professional services.

The company offers products & services in various areas of planning such as:

Factory planning
Supply chain planning
Demand management
Inventory optimisation
Supplier collaboration
Perfect order fulfillment
Customer collaboration
Supply chain analytics
Master data management
Agile business process platform
Transportation logistics
Performance manager
Supplier relationship management

Sanjiv Sidhu also claims to have arrived independently at the same conclusions as cognitive psychologist George A. Miller regarding the number of elements that one can process effectively at any given time, his official biography states: Based on his observation that even the smartest people can juggle no more than nine variables when making decisions, he proposed a design for computer software based on artificial intelligence and advanced simulation techniques. This, however, may not be more than an addition to the urban legend surrounding 7+/- 2