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SignalDemand Named to JMP Securities' Hot 100
List Recognizes Best Privately Held Software Companies
| Source: SignalDemand
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - May 19, 2008) - SignalDemand, the leader in on-demand
price and margin optimization software, announced today that it was named
to JMP Securities' Hot 100 for 2008, a report profiling the 100 leading
private companies in the software industry as selected by the research team
at JMP Securities. SignalDemand was the only on-demand pricing company
recognized on the list of noteworthy companies.
"The selection process for the Hot 100 is rigorous, and we are thrilled to
be named to this elite list," said Michael Neal, CEO and chairman of
SignalDemand. "World-class manufacturers rely on SignalDemand software
day-in and day-out to help them compete and win in times of uncertainty and
complexity. Our applications harness the advanced math once reserved for
Wall Street to help Main Street companies tackle the real profitability
challenges they face every day."
"With SignalDemand's software, our customers are experiencing a profit
improvement of 2 to 4% of sales, resulting in an increase in profits of
over 20% in most situations -- no small feat in today's volatile commodity
markets," Neal added. "The old way of making pricing decisions -- using
only a spreadsheet and gut feel -- is no match for the powerful algorithms
embedded in our applications that work overtime to generate pricing and
product mix recommendations for the thousands of items in a company's
portfolio."
Using patent-pending econometric modeling and sophisticated pricing
algorithms, SignalDemand helps large-scale manufacturers determine the best
pricing, supply utilization and product mix across regions, channels and
customers. As the only price and margin optimization provider to deliver
applications to manufacturers solely through a SaaS (Software as a Service)
deployment model, SignalDemand is able to deliver significant margin and
profit gains soon after implementation.
The Hot 100 recognition adds to the growing list of accolades bestowed on
the price and margin optimization company. In March of this year,
SignalDemand was the sole pricing vendor recognized by Gartner, a leading
analyst firm, as one of the "Cool Vendors in Manufacturing in 2008."
Gartner specifically highlighted SignalDemand's on-demand platform as a key
ingredient for realizing the benefits of price and margin optimization.
About SignalDemand
SignalDemand provides manufacturers with on-demand software and services to
achieve maximum profit margins in the face of volatile markets and
increasingly complex pricing decisions. Using patented, comprehensive
mathematical models to process thousands of variables, SignalDemand's
technology allows customers to adjust supply and demand on a continual
basis. By recommending best price, supply utilization and product mix in
moments, SignalDemand enables better day-to-day decision-making. Companies
such as Cargill, Farmland Foods, Hormel, National Frozen Foods, Rich
Products, Seaboard Foods and Ventura Foods rely on SignalDemand for
immediate and ongoing improvement of financial performance. For more
information, please visit www.signaldemand.com.