group inc. type private industry supply chain management manufacturing planning retail planning and operations founded 1985 founder james donald armstrong and frederick m. pakis headquarters scottsdale arizona united states area served worldwide key people bal dail chief executive officer products software website jda.com jda software group inc. is an american software and consultancy company owned by new mountain capital providing supply chain management manufacturing planning retail planning store operations and collaborative category management solutions 2 headquartered in scottsdale arizona . the company has more than 4 000 companies as customers in the manufacturing distribution transportation retail and services industries . 3 subsidiary companies include redprairie i2 technologies manugistics e3 intactix and arthur . 2 contents 1 history 2 major acquisitions 3 references 4 external links history edit james donald armstrong in 1978 founded calgary alberta as a canadian ibm mid range software provider . in 1985 armstrong sold the canadian business and along with frederick m. pakis formed u.s. based jda software inc. in cleveland ohio . after signing a contract with a phoenix based automotive retailer in 1987 all eight jda employees relocated to the new headquarters in arizona . after ten years of operation as a privately held firm jda became a public corporation on march 15 1996 re purchased the original canadian jda company and reestablished presence in canada . in 1998 jda completed their first major acquisition the arthur retail division 4 a vendor of planning and allocation software . in april 2000 the company announced the acquisition of intactix division 5 a provider space management software for retailers suppliers and manufacturers with more than 3 000 customers . citation needed in september 2001 jda acquired e3 corporation 6 adding 500 customers in retail and wholesale distribution in 20 countries . jda acquired manugistics in july 2006 7 expanding their product line with supply management demand management and pricing and transportation and logistics applications . on november 5 2009 jda announced its intent to acquire i2 technologies a dallas based provider of supply chain solutions . 8 the acquisition was completed in january 2010 . in june 2010 dillard s department stores won a 246 million judgment against i2 claiming damages from use of two supply chain management systems . jda announced efforts to reduce or reverse this judgment noting dillard s still uses the software in question and has done so since 2000 . 9 on december 21 2012 10 redprairie a privately held supply chain workforce and all channel commerce software provider headquartered in alpharetta georgia in the united states bought jda software for 1.9 billion . 11 on april 2 2013 jda announced the release of jda eight 12 a cloud based version of its flagship supply chain software product . jda claims that its software is the first and only platform that connects critical supply chain functions from forecasting to transportation with built in business analytics . citation needed on october 28 2014 jda unveiled a new brand identity and logo for jda featuring the tagline plan to deliver . 13 on may 4 2016 veras retail completed the acquisition of three software solutions that had been idled by jda jda win dss jda crm and jda store . the crm is now called veras reach and the pos veras checkout 14 on august 8 2016 jda is reported to be exploring to sell the company to honeywell international inc. 15 the sale was challenged on august 16 2016 by the blackstone group giving an alternative option to jda by offering a financing plan . 16 major acquisitions edit acquired by and merged with redprairie completed on december 21 2012 i2 technologies acquired on january 28 2010 manugistics acquired in year 2006 arthur retail e3 corporation intactix extract references edit jda software company overview hoover s . hoover s inc. a b about us . jda.com . jda software review . supply chain software.net . jda software to acquire pricer ab s intactix subsidiary to expand product suite with space planning solution . free online library . the free library . jda software acquires intactix phoenix business journal . phoenix business journal . april 7 2000 . supply chain software manugistics acquired by jda . supplychaindigest . jda software acquires e3 world s leading provider of inventory optimization solutions . internetretailer . jda software set to buy i2 technologies again . phoenix business journal . november 5 2009 . http www.zdnet.com blog btl dillards wins 246 million in damages vs jda i2 35888 http www.jda.com company press releases pid 2165 redprairie to buy jda software for .9 billion . the new york times . november 1 2012 . http www.jda.com solutions jda eight http www.jda.com view press release plan to delivertm with jda company identity touts customer value ability to deliver more intelligently and delight today s end consumer veras retail to acquire and extend jda point of sale solutions . exclusive honeywell explores acquisition of jda software sources . reuters . reuters . retrieved 18 august 2016 . exclusive blackstone challenges honeywell with jda financing plan sources . reuters . reuters . retrieved 18 august 2016 . external links edit jda s official website v t e jda software key people james d. armstrong acquisitions i2 technologies manugistics arthur retail e3 corporation intactix retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jda software & oldid 741493979 categories supply chain managementsupply chain software companiescompanies formerly listed on nasdaqhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2013articles with unsourced statements from july 2015official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 21 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view