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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Informatica Corporation, provider of business analytics software, today announced that Schneider National's successful implementation of the Informatica data integration platform has met the company's growing demand for business insight and analysis in the competitive transportation marketplace. Schneider National uses the Informatica data integration platform to integrate and analyze critical transportation and operations data from numerous disparate systems, which has resulted in improved staff productivity, reduced costs, improved supply chain performance and increased competitive advantage. "The Informatica data integration platform is a key element of our data warehousing and business intelligence initiatives, greatly enhancing Schneider National's ability to leverage supply chain data to reduce costs and improve customer service," said Steve Matheys, CIO of Schneider National. "Leveraging Informatica, we have been able to uncover huge savings by more accurately tracking and procuring customer payments." Schneider National uses the Informatica data integration platform to help integrate and analyze data from eight disparate systems spread across several business units. The resulting centralized data warehouse allows hundreds of Schneider employees, customers and partners to analyze financial data, carrier maintenance and equipment schedules, and claims and carrier performance. Since the initial implementation of its data warehouse built upon Informatica in 1999, Schneider National has improved its operational efficiency by gaining valuable insight into critical business processes, such as equipment servicing, customer claims, risk management, and loss prevention. "In today's competitive environment, shippers and freight-service providers must have insight into all aspects of their business operations to ensure efficient traffic flow, prevent bottlenecks in their supply chains and ensure optimal customer service," said Sanjay Poonen, vice president of worldwide marketing at Informatica. "We are pleased that Schneider National, a company with proven a track record of providing expert transportation solutions, has achieved such a high level of success in using the Informatica data integration platform to manage such a core, business-critical function." In addition to using the Informatica data integration platform to build a supply chain analytics solution for its parent company, Schneider Logistics has also built its own data warehouse based upon Informatica software that it uses to increase customer effectiveness. Schneider National, Inc. is North America's leading provider of premium truckload and intermodal transportation solutions, as well as an international provider of supply chain execution services and technology. The company has a significant presence in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Schneider serves more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies with the broadest portfolio of services in the industry. Schneider's services include van, intermodal, dedicated, expedited, brokerage, bulk, and specialized services. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Schneider National has a track record of providing expert transportation solutions and is currently ranked number one in dry-freight, industrial, glass and bulk motor carriers in the Logistics Management & Distribution Report Quest for Quality Awards. Schneider also is ranked number three on the Transport Topics Top 100.