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i2 and the i2 User Group Present the Ken Sharma Award for Excellence

Global Supply Chain Industry Leaders IBM, Transnet and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

Judged by AMR Research, the Ken Sharma Awards recognize groundbreaking supply chain practices

i2 PLANET 2005 – PHOENIX— May 12, 2005 - i2 Technologies, Inc. (OTC: ITWH), a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions designed to enable business agility, and the i2 User Group announced the global winners of the annual Ken Sharma Award for Excellence at i2 Planet 2005 here today. From the hundreds of i2 customers with planned, in-progress or completed deployments, global winners IBM, Transnet and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) were recognized for their groundbreaking supply chain best practices. AMR Research judged the entries, determining regional and global winners.

Named in honor of i2 co-founder Ken Sharma, one of the pioneers of supply chain management, the award recognizes companies and project teams involved in breakthrough best practices in all major industries around the globe. An independent panel of AMR analysts judged the entries on the basis of vision, implementation depth and breadth, time to value, and return on investment.

"Ken Sharma was a great leader in supply chain management. We were pleased to continue his legacy by judging of this year's Ken Sharma awards and recognizing these ground-breaking projects” said Lora Cecere, vice president, AMR “This year's winning projects display supply chain innovation and an impressive return on investment."

Global winners are IBM from the Americas region, Transnet from the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and TSMC from the Greater Asia-Pacific region. Regional award winners were announced in the fourth quarter of 2004 during ceremonies in Orlando, Fla., and Tokyo.

“One of the UG’s primary missions is to share best practices from supply chain implementations around the world,” said Joe Damm, i2 User Group Chairman. “The KSAs showcase some of the most innovative and efficient supply chains in the world and serve as an inspiration for all of us in the industry.”

"These companies are a true testament to the founding vision and principles laid out by Ken Sharma. i2 is dedicated to bringing supply chain efficiency to customers around the globe and we are intensely focused on and committed to the success of our customers,” said Mandy Meidan, vice president, Marketing and Customer Programs, i2. “We are privileged to support such industry-leading companies and offer our congratulations to this year’s Ken Sharma Award for Excellence winners.”

Americas Winner: IBM
IBM implemented DF in its Americas region and intends to roll out the solution worldwide. IBM reports that the solution has reduced customer delivery cycle time by 20% through real-time order scheduling and improved customer responsiveness. This also contributed to a 2% overall improvement in IBM client satisfaction in 2004 and record inventory lows.

The i2 DF application was deployed on an IBM pSeries eServer in three business releases to deliver a scalable and high performing customer order scheduling solution. Real-time integration was achieved between i2 DF and SAP R/3 using IBM WebSphere Business

Integration Server, which provides a real-time seamless framework. It is IBM's goal over the next several months to achieve additional supply chain improvements in on-time delivery and productivity, reductions in delivery cycle time and higher client satisfaction.

EMEA Winner: Transnet
Transnet, one of the largest integrated transport companies in the world, handles 60 percent of all freight moved within and across South Africa’s borders by rail, road, sea and air. The company’s goal is to create efficient distribution networks and help drive down costs for South African industries, while enhancing its competitive advantage. Transnet leverages i2 FreightMatrix to enable and sustain efficient, collaborative logistics management practices.

Transnet reports that i2 FreightMatrix enables the company to collaborate with and share information, processes and assets with customers and suppliers across its business. Transnet uses i2 FreightMatrix as the architecture for logistics collaboration projects centered on visibility to maximize its asset utilization while satisfying customer needs. Using this tool, Transnet’s shippers are able to log orders and then track the movement and whereabouts of freight at all times, online and in real-time. The company’s rail division, Spoornet, reports impressive results through collaboration initiatives with its shippers. This includes one instance of a 30% reduction in industry-dedicated wagons to do the same work. Using i2 FreightMatrix, Spoornet reports the company is able to better interact with its shippers and is able to more efficiently manage supply chains, allowing for more accurate business forecasting and contingency planning. Spoornet reports that the solution has also helped decrease costs associated with bottlenecks, missed deliveries, stock piling and more costly transportation alternatives.

Greater Asia-Pacific Winner: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a market leader in the dedicated semiconductor foundry service business, initiated a supply chain management improvement program aimed at improving customer forecast and demand support processes, improving customer order confirmation flexibility, speed and accuracy and improving customer order delivery schedule accuracy. In order to sustain the high year-to-year business growth rate, TSMC determined it was crucial to excel in its planning and execution processes. As a result, the company implemented i2 Supply Chain Planner, i2 Demand Planner and i2 Demand Fulfillment.

By using i2 solutions, TSMC operations reports it was able to improve delivery schedule accuracy and reduce excess scrap materials successfully . The company reports that committed line item performance has improved and a significant reduction in order confirmation cycle time for unplanned orders. According to TSMC, intangible benefits include better scalability and logistics operations to help the company adapt to its growth in the future.

About i2
i2 is a leading provider of demand-driven supply chain solutions designed to enable business agility. i2's flexible solutions can synchronize demand and supply across an ever-changing global supply network. Nineteen of the AMR Research Top 25 Global Supply Chains belong to companies who are i2 customers. Seven of the Fortune global top 10 are also customers of i2.

Founded in 1988 with a commitment to customer success and supply chain innovation, i2 has a history of delivering value by implementing solutions designed to provide a rapid return on investment. Learn more at www.i2.com.

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Kirsten Monberg
Corporate Communications
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