an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message logictools type subsidiary of ilog an ibm company industry supply chain management and applications founded 1995 chicago illinois headquarters chicago illinois key people david and edith simchi levi products supply chain consulting services and applications number of employees 100 website ilog logictools supply chain software logictools inc. provides strategic supply chain optimization software . it offers a suite of supply chain planning solutions including network design and planning supply chain and inventory planning and optimization solutions supply chain scheduling applications distribution and stocking solution and production sourcing and asset planning solutions . it serves consumer packaged goods distribution high tech manufacturing process and chemical and retail industries . the company was founded in 1995 and is based in chicago illinois . since april 11 2007 logictools has been a subsidiary of ilog which became an ibm company in january 2009 . on march 31 2015 llamasoft acquired the ibm ilog supply chain applications which includes ibm ilog inventory and product flow analyst ibm ilog logicnet plus xe and ibm ilog transportation analyst . contents 1 products and services 2 key people 3 recent developments 4 books 5 external links products and services edit this article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords . specific concerns may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article if you can . march 2015 inventory and product flow analyst logicnet plus xe transportation analyst . key people edit david simchi levi ph.d. co founder and consultant david simchi levi phd serves as chief science officer of ilog . dr. simchi levi co founded of logictools inc. now part of ilog in 1995 and serves as its consultant . he serves as the editor in chief of operations research the flagship journal of informs . he also served as the editor in chief of naval research logistics . he served as chief executive officer of logictools inc. he served positions in leading academic institutions including berkeley columbia university university of illinois urbana champaign university of michigan purdue university georgia tech and virginia tech . he served as chairman and director of logictools inc. he served as member of the board for several scientific journals . dr. simchi levi serves as professor of engineering systems of mit . he has won awards for his work in supply chain logistics and transportation . he has consulted and collaborated extensively with private and public organizations . he is co author with julien bramel of the logic of logistics published by springer in 1997 . his new book designing and managing the supply chain co written with philip kaminsky and e. simchi levi was published by irwin mcgraw hill in august 1999 . the book received the book of the year award and the outstanding iie publication award given in 2000 by the institute of industrial engineers . dr. simchi levi received his ph.d. in operations research from tel aviv university . edith simchi levi vice president of operations edith simchi levi is a co founder of logictools inc. and also serves as its vice president of operations . ms. simchi levi has extensive experience in software development and numerous consulting projects in logistics and supply chain management . she co wrote designing and managing the supply chain and other publications related to supply chain management and e business . she received her b.s. in mathematics and computer science from tel aviv university . recent developments edit on april 11 2007 ilog completed the acquisition of logictools a chicago based provider of supply chain planning applications specializing in network design and inventory optimization . logictools applications are based on the ilog cplex optimization product . on july 28 2008 ibm and ilog announced an agreement regarding a proposed acquisition by ibm of ilog . on january 6 2009 the acquisition of ilog by ibm was completed . on march 31 2015 llamasoft acquired the ibm ilog supply chain applications which includes ibm ilog inventory and product flow analyst ibm ilog logicnet plus xe and ibm ilog transportation analyst . books edit operations rules by david simchi levi mit press 2010 designing and managing the supply chain by david simchi levi philip kaminsky and edith simchi levi mcgraw hill education 2007 the logic of logistics by david simchi levi julien bramel and xin chen springer 2005 managing the supply chain the definitive guide for the business professional by edith simchi levi and philip kaminsky mcgraw hill professional 2004 designing and managing the supply chain concepts strategies and case studies by david simchi levi philip kaminsky and edith simchi levi irwin mcgraw 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