February 01, 2004

i4cast to Present at National Manufacturing Week

Houston, Texas, February 01, 2004 – i4cast, a total cost management solution provider, announced today that Chris Kelso, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, will be presenting at National Manufacturing Week.   Mr. Kelso’s presentation, Understanding the Financial Supply Chain for Profitability Improvement, will be 2:00-2:50 p.m. on February 23.   National Manufacturing Week takes place February 23 – 26, 2004 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. 

 Mr. Kelso’s presentation will cover the following topics and concepts:

• Understanding the financial supply chain

• How to impact and evaluate a company

• Importance of supply chain collaboration

• Understanding financial supply chain collaboration

• Understanding of Total Cost Management

• How to impact profitability

About i4cast

i4cast™ is a leading Total Cost Management solution focused on delivering right-time, accurate cost for the enterprise-wide financial supply chain.  i4cast™ has developed an Internet-based Total Cost Management solution encompassing global cost & profitability modeling, contract & commodity cost management and supplier performance, development and collaboration.  i4cast™ decision support tools allow clients to have the very best costing information to build and manage greater product profitability, reduce cost of goods sold, enhance costing collaboration and improve time to market capabilities.