Manugistics
Manugistics is a software application for resource planning and supply chain management, used by corporations in North America, the UK, and Ireland.
Manugistics is also the name of the company that develops and markets this and other applications. The Manugistics supply-chain application was originally written in APL.
History
The company was originally known as Scientific Time Sharing Corporation (STSC), formed in 1969 in Bethesda, Maryland with some of the people who originally implemented APL as a programming language at IBM. In 1970, STSC released APL*PLUS, a new version of the APL language with many extensions oriented toward allowing to develop business applications.
- 1979 - the company name was changed to STSC, Inc.
- 1982 - APL*PLUS/PC launched, the first version of APL on the personal computer
- 1982 - acquired by Continental Telecom Inc.
- 1992 - name changed to Manugistics
- 1993 - initial public offering
- 1995 - the APL product line was sold to LEX2000, Inc.
- 1999 - Cognos Corporation acquired LEX2000
Table of Manugistics acquisitions:
Company |
Date |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Digital Freight Exchange, Inc. (DFE) |
May 2002 |
Collaborative transportation logistics services |
Western Data Systems of Nevada, Inc. (WDS) |
April 2002 |
Maintenance, repair and overhaul and make-to-order software |
SpaceWorks Inc. (acquired technology only) |
July 2001 |
Order management software |
PartMiner CSD, Inc. |
May 2001 |
Product design and sourcing software |
One Release, LLC |
May 2001 |
Software development services |
STG Holdings, Inc. |
January 2001 |
Advanced factory planning, scheduling and simulation software |
Talus Solutions, Inc. |
December 2000 |
Pricing and revenue optimization software |
TYECIN Systems, Inc. |
June 1998 |
Supply chain planning and simulation software for the semiconductor industry |
ProMIRA Software, Inc. |
February 1998 |
Supply chain planning software for complex industries, including high technology, electronics, telecommunications and motor vehicle and parts |
Synchronology Group Ltd. |
June 1997 |
Manufacturing, planning and scheduling services |
Avyx, Inc |
May 1996 |
Developer and services provider of manufacturing scheduling software |
Marketing Systems GmbH |
June 1994 |
Continued financial concerns for almost a decade starting in 1998, tough competition from vendors of similar software and a crash of The Dot com boom heralded the steady deterioration of this famed Supply chain Software company. After struggling for 9 years, it returned to positive numbers in 2006 and finally was sold off to rival retail-demand-chain software maker, JDA Software 1.
- Common STOCK
Manugistics Group began trading on the Nasdaq in August 1993 at $10 per share under the symbol "MANU". The shares rose, and had two 2-1 stock splits. The company never paid a dividend.
MANU was bought by JDA Software for $2.50 in cash. If you bought 1 share at $10 at its IPO in 1993, you would have had 4 shares at $2.50 or $10 when the company was bought; or a ZERO percent gain.
MANU's primary competition was from I2 Technologies "ITWO" and PeopleSoft, now a division of Oracle.
Manugistics employed 1,200 employees and had $300 million in annual revenue at its peak in 2001.
- Headquarters
Manugistics is now headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, the headquarters of JDA. Manugistics was based in Rockville, Maryland.