STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 15, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Intentia International AB (publ.) (Other OTC:IAINF) (XSSE:INTB) today announced that on March 31, Intentia signed a contract with Amigon, Alpha Group's information and communication services company, to implement Movex, Intentia's enterprise and e-collaboration application. Alpha Group is the main distributor in Europe for a world leading fast-food service restaurant chain. Perfect partnership, competence in distribution and the rich functionality of Movex were the main factors for selecting Intentia.The project, called ESSCOT (European Software Systems for Supply Chain of Tomorrow), covers the implementation of common processes for all distributors in Europe. In addition to traditional application component groups such as purchasing, logistics, quality assurance, sales and distribution, the system will also include Intentia's solution for e-business and portals.
In the initial phase, the customer has ordered 570 Movex licenses, with an additional 1,500 licenses planned for the European rollout within the next 12 to 36 months.
According to Luca Gnecco, CIO of the Alpha Group, "Intentia's approach of pursuing perfect partnerships with its customers convinced the Alpha Group and the related distributors to select Intentia". Intentia was also able to prove that it has the necessary industry know-how and that Movex features excellent functions to improve their business processes. As a result, Intentia was the clear winner in the selection process, which included other leading ERP vendors. "Technology was another key factor in the selection process. Intentia demonstrated that its Java-based solution meets the customer's requirements, now and into the future," said Luca Gnecco.
This contract once again demonstrates Intentia's strategic strength. Jan Nilsson, President of Intentia Central Europe commented, "Our decision to invest in future-proven technology as well as industry competence continues to pay off." The contract also represents another strategic win in the distribution sector where Intentia in recent years has signed major deals with companies like Hagemeyer, Auto Distribution, TDL Group, Harvey Norman and Olympus. "We are proud that the Alpha Group selected Intentia as its partner and look forward to successful, long-term cooperation with them," concluded Jan Nilsson.
About Alpha Management GmbH
Alpha Management GmbH Administration Logistics Production Holding, with headquarters in Duisburg/Germany, is the holding company for 34 European companies. The Alpha Group as "Supply Chain Integrator" develops and runs the logistics infrastructure for a global chain of fast-food service restaurants in Europe. More than 3,600 restaurants in 32 countries daily receive their deliveries from 38 distribution centers with more than 2,600 employees within the Alpha Group.
For more information on Alpha Management please visit Alpha Management and Amigon at www.alpha-management.de or www.amigon.de
About Intentia
Intentia is one of the world's leading suppliers of e-collaboration solutions. Our vision is to become the leading global e-collaboration solutions vendor by supplying our customers with tomorrow's solutions today. Intentia offers a one-stop shop for all e-collaboration needs within numerous industry segments. We develop, implement and maintain our own solutions to produce the highest possible level of customer satisfaction. The Intentia Solution consists of applications covering customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), partner relationship management (PRM), business performance measurement (BPM) and e-business.
Intentia has more than 3,200 employees and serves over 3,400 customers in the manufacturing, maintenance and distribution industries via a global network spanning some 40 countries. Intentia is a public company traded on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (XSSE) under the symbol INT B.
For more information on Intentia please visit Intentia's Web site at www.intentia.com.