CSA Delivering Consulting Services for One of the World's Largest Retailers

April 15, 2010 – Harrisburg, PA — CSA has been awarded a subcontract with JDA Software to provide Supply Chain Management (SCM) consulting services to a global retail company that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. The company’s primary goal is to strengthen their customer shopping experience by ensuring merchandise is available when the customer comes into one of their 3,500 retail locations.

One of the key components to meeting this goal is to improve forecast accuracy. CSA has been brought in to implement a demand management solution that will leverage advanced statistical analysis techniques which will produce a baseline forecast that segments demand patterns by their unique selling behavior (i.e. slow moving, seasonal, lumpy). We will also be assisting the client with incorporating their promotional and external event impacts into the final forecast. Ultimately these improved forecasting recommendations will enable the client to better synchronize their customer demands with their available sources of supply. The end result being increased customer satisfaction as the customer will be able to purchase what they want when they want.

“From a Marketing and Sales (M&S) perspective, the JDA relationship we have established has opened up a channel to some of the largest and most respected commercial firms in the world”, said David Hickey, Director of Commercial Business Development for CSA. “We will continue to aggressively focus on this relationship with an end goal of establishing one of the premiere supply chain consulting practices in the United States. Leveraging advanced planning tools such as JDA will enable us to deliver the types of insight, answers and results our customers are looking for in order establish a competitive advantage in the market place and ultimately drive profits.”

About CSA — CSA is a professional services firm providing strategic and operational performance solutions to government and commercial clients. CSA helps clients achieve their goals by enhancing organizational performance and maximizing return on investments. The firm focuses on helping clients plan and execute processes associated with procurement and acquisition, life cycle asset management, supply chain management, program/project management, training and enterprise performance management. The firm delivers services by combining deep process expertise with strong program management disciplines, analytics and a focus on performance results.

About JDA® Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) — JDA is the leading provider of innovative supply chain management, merchandising and pricing excellence solutions worldwide. JDA empowers more than 6,000 companies of all sizes to make optimal decisions that improve profitability and achieve real results in the discrete and process manufacturing, wholesale distribution, transportation, retail and services industries. With an integrated solutions offering that spans the entire supply chain from materials to the consumer, JDA leverages the powerful heritage and knowledge capital of acquired market leaders including i2 Technologies®, Manugistics®, E3®, Intactix® and Arthur®. JDA's multiple service options provide customers with flexible configurations, rapid time-to-value, lower total cost of ownership and 24/7 functional and technical support and expertise.

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