Hyderabad, India, December 16, 2019 – JDA Software, Inc., the leading AI-driven supply chain management platform provider, today announced the opening of a new, expanded 1.6 lakh sft. facility capable of accommodating more than 1,300 associates. The office is one of JDA’s Center of Excellence (CoE), the others being located at Bengaluru, India, Monterrey, Mexico and Warsaw, Poland. Spread over three floors, the new state-of-the-art facility is a tech-enhanced workspace that is more agile, resilient and responsive besides having abundant access to natural daylight, customized acoustic panels and themed collaboration areas. The facility is situated in Salarpuria Sattva Knowledge City, one of Asia’s largest and most futuristic IT complexes.
Shri Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce and IT, Govt. of Telangana formally inaugurated the new office yesterday. Salil Joshi, Executive Vice President, Customer Success, JDA Software hosted the inauguration, which included a tour of the office, ribbon-cutting and celebratory lunch afterwards. JDA announced this week that it has been honored with the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2020, a reflection of the spirit its associates are demonstrating with the customers, partners and community at large. In line with the key objectives of achieving $2 billion by 2022 and to make JDA “the best place to work” by 2020, the company actively endorses sustainability and has pledged to plant 2,020 trees in the state of Telangana.
“The growth of the Hyderabad facility reinforces JDA’s commitment to growing its Centers of Excellence in India,” said Joshi. “As an integral part of JDA’s growth strategy, the CoEs enable us to underscore our overall focus of supply chain transformation for our customers and leverage our locations in accelerating our Autonomous Supply ChainTM vision, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and other advanced technologies. Our new facility in Hyderabad will enable us to further boost innovation for India and the world.”
“From a humble beginning with 200 associates in 2005 in Hyderabad to about 2,500 associates across Hyderabad and Bengaluru today, JDA’s CoEs provide significant value to the organization across all business units and industry verticals enabling us to effectively serve our global customers in the local and regional markets,” said Umesh Gaur, Managing Director, CoE India, JDA Software. “Hyderabad is a prime center for tech. opportunities, and I would like to thank the Principal Secretary for his presence here today which showcases the state government’s support encouraging innovation and development in the sector.”
About JDA Software, Inc.: JDA Software provides the leading AI-driven supply chain management (SCM) platform. Our end-to-end solutions span supply chain and retail planning, execution, delivery and workforce management. Our mission is to empower companies to better predict, make and deliver exactly what their customers want – when, where and how they want it. We power free-flowing, connected global commerce – without wasted materials, energy, costs or time – to accelerate economic growth, sustainability and prosperity. JDA delivers a more Autonomous Supply ChainTM for 4,000 of the world’s leading companies including 75 of the top 100 retailers, 77 of the top 100 consumer goods companies and 8 of the top 10 global 3PLs.
