Supply & Demand Chain Executive Names Oco as a Top Supply Chain Innovator in its Annual Awards Program

Oco's SaaS-based BI solutions give customers supply-chain-wide visibility, enabling them to address a number of business issues, such as helping them reduce transportation costs, improve supplier collaboration, reduce inventory while maintaining target customer service levels, and improve operational performance. "Oco's solution provided Welch's with insight to drive significant supply chain improvement in transportation, and improve collaboration with our carriers through shared information and analytics," said Bill Coyne, director, purchasing and logistics, Welch's.

Each year, Supply & Demand Chain Executive publishes the Top 100 to make its readers aware of those enablers that are leading the way in providing cutting-edge solutions and services to help enterprises address pain points in their supply chains through the application of new technologies and new processes. Based on submissions to the top 100 from end-users and solution providers, the judging committee for the top 100, including the editorial staff of the magazine, in conjunction with the editorial advisory board, has compiled a list of leading supply and demand chain innovators. Oco, as well as other final recipients, will be featured in the cover story of the June/July 2009 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, as well as online at www.SDCExec.com.

"In today's complex business environment and tough economic climate, companies must find ways to work faster and smarter," said William Copacino, president and CEO of Oco, Inc. "Oco's business intelligence solutions help them to gain visibility into cross-functional processes across their enterprises and beyond, identify and enable cost reduction opportunities, and uncover opportunities for growth. We're quite honored to be recognized for these achievements by Supply & Demand Chain Executive, since these capabilities are essential to helping companies survive the recession, and be well-positioned for post-recession growth."

"The 2009 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 includes supply chain solution and service providers that are helping their customers and clients both respond to the downturn and, more importantly, position themselves for growth ahead," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "Our goal with the '100' is to highlight a broad range of solutions and services targeted at a variety of industries, addressing the needs of companies of varying sizes, and assisting in the transformation of the diverse mix of the functions that make up the supply chain."

Oco's business intelligence solutions give organizations immediate access to timely information, helping them achieve ROI within 90 days and a return of three times their investment in the solution (3X ROI) - at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional approaches. Oco's BI solutions leverage a library of leading-edge, best-practice analytics (reports, dashboards and key performance indicators) to help companies gain new insights and drive business improvement across their organizations. Since Oco's rapidly deployed solutions can cost-effectively address particular business areas, many companies are using them to complement and leverage their existing BI investments.

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About Oco, Inc.

Oco is a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based business intelligence (BI) and data integration solutions. The company provides complete BI solutions to customers such as Casual Male, Dunkin' Brands, Fidelity Investments, Office Depot and Welch's. Oco's unique business-centric approach to BI helps companies solve targeted business issues, achieve ROI within 90 days and triple their return on investment. Leveraging a library of best-practice analytics, pre-built data models, and patented technology, Oco's SaaS-based solutions are delivered in a fraction of the time, at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions, with fewer IT resource requirements than traditional approaches. In addition to its own product portfolio, Oco also offers an on-demand BI solution through its partnership with SAP BusinessObjects. Oco was founded in 1999 and its headquarters are in Waltham, Mass. More information about Oco can be found at www.oco-inc.com.

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