LeapFrog Implements Oracle Supply Chain and Procurement Applications

Oracle(R) E-Business Suite Enables Learning Leader to Better Manage Supply

Chain Operations

    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LeapFrog
 Enterprises, Inc. ( LF) has successfully implemented Oracle(R) Supply
 Chain Management applications to lower inventory, increase visibility
 across global operations, better plan for spikes in demand and improve
 procurement practices. A leading designer, developer and marketer of
 innovative, technology-based educational products and proprietary content,
 LeapFrog enhanced its supply chain management practices with Oracle
 Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Oracle Global Order Promising, Oracle
 Demand Planning and Oracle Advanced Procurement.
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     Prior to implementing Oracle, LeapFrog relied on a customized point
 solution and homegrown applications to manage its forecasting, demand
 management and procurement processes. To support its high-volume business
 and complex supply chain, LeapFrog needed to move to an integrated system.
 Based on the success of its previous Oracle implementation, the company
 retired its legacy environment and implemented Oracle Supply Chain
 Management applications.
     "We complete 80 percent of our business within a six-month period to
 help ensure that our learning products and games are on the shelves of
 Wal-Mart, Target and Toys "R" Us for the Christmas shopping season," said
 LeapFrog CIO Robert Moon. "With Oracle, we now have the scalability and
 visibility we need to support the dramatic fluctuations in our supply chain
 and ensure that we meet our customer demand while reducing inventory
 levels."
     Better Visibility Improves Inventory Levels, Reduces Planning Cycle
     With Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, LeapFrog now has an
 accurate view of the entire planning process to create comprehensive supply
 chain plans that combine long-term forecasts and short-term scheduling.
 Oracle Demand Planning collects data across sales, marketing, finance and
 production and then uses workflow capabilities to route information, manage
 processes and monitor performance. Forecasts are checked against actual
 results allowing LeapFrog to continually improve plans. Additionally,
 Oracle's Global Order Promising enhances the company's ability to make
 real-time, reliable delivery commitments to customers and helps determine
 the best supply location based on product and order request date.
     LeapFrog has seen considerable benefit from the functionality within
 Oracle Advanced Procurement which automates and transforms supply
 management and inventory control practices. With users in Macau, Hong Kong
 and London, LeapFrog needed a way to centralize its purchasing structure
 while meeting country-specific compliance regulations. Oracle's leading
 "Center Led Procurement" capability has allowed the company to streamline
 its purchase orders, internal sales orders and automate transactions
 between contact manufacturers in Asia and distribution points in the United
 States, Europe and Asia. As a result, LeapFrog has reduced the total number
 of global transactions required to run its operations.
     Throughout the implementation, LeapFrog worked closely with Oracle's
 development team to provide product feedback and insight. In addition to
 deploying Oracle Supply Chain Management applications, LeapFrog also relies
 on Oracle Database, Oracle iSupplier Portal, Oracle Financial Management,
 Oracle Manufacturing and Oracle Order Management.
     About LeapFrog
     LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. ( LF), is a leading designer,
 developer, and marketer of innovative, technology-based learning products
 and related proprietary content, dedicated to making learning effective and
 engaging for all ages, at home and in schools, around the world. The
 company was founded in 1995 and is based in Emeryville, California.
 LeapFrog has developed a family of learning platforms that come to life
 with more than 100 interactive software titles, covering important subjects
 such as phonics, reading, writing, math, music, geography, social studies,
 spelling, vocabulary, and science. In addition, the company has created
 more than 35 stand-alone educational products for children from birth to 16
 years. LeapFrog's award-winning U.S. consumer products are available in six
 languages at major retailers in more than 35 countries around the world.
 LeapFrog SchoolHouse's multisensory products currently reach students in
 more than 100,000 classrooms across the US. LeapFrog SchoolHouse is a
 business division within the Education & Training Group of LeapFrog
 Enterprises, Inc.
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