Continental Airlines inks deal with Manugistics

HYDERABAD: Manugistics Group, Inc., a provider of synchronized supply chain and revenue management solutions, today announced it has signed an agreement with Houston-based Continental Airlines Cargo.

The company will install the latest application of the Manugistics Cargo Revenue Management Suite of Solutions, providing Continental with leading-edge demand forecasting and business planning capabilities for maximum return on investment.

“Since we began utilizing revenue management solutions as a means of improving profit margins, we have consistently been impressed by the high level of service, value and innovation Manugistics has provided Continental,” said Continental Airlines Cargo Revenue Management Director Ed O'Meara.

Continental Airlines Cargo has been a Manugistics customer since 1996. Manugistics has bolstered Continental's bottom line by developing solutions that help maximize the airline's network profitability, obtain network cargo capacity and demand estimates, improve utilization, coordinate alternate routing options and quantify key costs.

Manugistics' Cargo Revenue Optimizer (CRO) solution will facilitate the forecast capacity within Continental's network for thousands of shipments per day.