CGN has been selected as one of LLamasoft's Certified Solution Partners (CSP) to provide consulting services to LLamasoft clients. The CSP program aims to provide clients with partners that can deliver quality supply chain projects. CGN has been using LLamasoft's Supply Chain Guru technology since 2009 on various projects, and its partnership will enable spending more time on analysis and less on model building. Both companies see the partnership as an opportunity to grow consulting expertise in supply chain design and analysis.

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Contact:
Caitlin Bahr
Corporate Communications & Marketing Specialist
CGN & Associates
Tel. (309) 495-2406
Email: cbahr@cgn.net
CGN Becomes Certified Solution Partner for LLamasoft
Peoria, Illinois – November 16, 2010 – CGN, a global business performance consulting firm with a
presence in the United States, Europe, China and India, has been selected by LLamasoft to be one
of its Certified Solution Partners (CSP).
The CSP program was developed to provide LLamasoft clients and prospects with consulting
partners with a known track record of continuously delivering quality supply chain analysis projects.
CGN has been working with LLamasoft’s Supply Chain Guru technology since early 2009 and has
delivered significant value to its client base on a number of engagements, including projects in the
CPG and heavy industry business verticals.
“We have been impressed with the continual advancement of LLamasoft’s technology in both
optimization and discrete event simulation areas, which has enabled our solutions team to spend
more time analyzing supply chain models and less time building them. In addition, the professional
services team at LLamasoft enabled our team to get up and running quickly and their response to
simple and complex questions has been outstanding,” stated Navneet Arora, Partner at CGN.
“CGN has been a great partner to work with” says John Ames, Vice President of Alliances at
LLamasoft. “They take a collaborative approach to developing a supply chain model for analysis and
understand best practice processes for developing optimization and simulation models.
Mr. Ames added, “Our goal with our consulting partners is to help grow their consulting expertise in
the area of supply chain design and analysis, while at the same time supporting their efforts with our
team’s deep domain knowledge in our technology and modeling approach. We envision in the next
few years to have a global footprint of certified implementation partners that our clients can turn to for
best in class consulting support that spans a broad set of verticals.”
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About CGN & Associates:
CGN is a global management consulting firm with offices in the United States, Europe, China and
India. We make it possible for companies around the world to transform their organizations, improve
their performance and become more profitable. We see the big picture, identify and solve core
problems, discover new opportunities and implement the game-changing strategies that will deliver
sustainable results. We use our niche experiences and broad knowledge to solve complex problems
in all areas of your business. We become a part of our clients’ teams – creating the strategy and
providing the expertise needed to implement high-velocity, breakthrough solutions. For more
information please visit www.cgn.net or email us at contactus@cgn.net.
CGN & Associates Media Contact:
Caitlin Bahr
Corporate Communications & Marketing Specialist
CGN & Associates
415 SW Washington St.
Peoria, IL 61602
Tel: 309-495-2406
Fax: 309-495-2370
caitlinbahr@cgn.net
www.cgn.net
About LLamasoft:
LLamasoft provides software and expertise to design and improve supply chain network operations.
Supply Chain Guru™ is the leading supply chain strategic planning application available in the
market today. It enables companies to model, optimize and simulate their supply chain operations,
leading to major improvements in transportation, inventory, sourcing, and production. For more
information, visit www.LLamasoft.com or contact info@LLamasfot.com.
Llamasoft Media Contact:
Myles Romero
VP Marketing
Llamasoft, Inc.
201 South Main Street, 4th
Floor
Ann Arbor, MI USA 48104
Tel: 734-418-3119 x115
Fax: 734-418-3138
Myles.romero@LLamasoft.com
www.LLamasoft.com