HP announced that it has been chosen as the global service provider for Compuware Corporation’s software product fulfillment and supply chain management.

Through a five-year agreement, HP will help Compuware strengthen its ability to rapidly deliver software and documentation to customers around the world. HP now has become the single point of accountability for management of Compuware’s product fulfillment supply chain for its physical and electronic software.

As a result, Compuware is able to deliver software and documentation to customers worldwide through a leaner supply chain that speeds time to market, lowers costs and improves customer and channel partner satisfaction. Compuware customers continue to have rapid access to the latest versions of Compuware software in whatever format they prefer, including electronic delivery.

As part of the agreement, HP will provide product and order fulfillment for the hundreds of orders processed weekly for nearly 150 Compuware software products. To do this, HP will leverage its material requirements planning and inventory management processes to provide order management, commodity supplier management, on-demand printing, software replication, assembly, order fulfillment, and product distribution services to Compuware’s customers and channel partners worldwide.

More information on HP’s software supply chain management services is available at http://h20219.

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