LEADING ANALYST FIRM PROFILES EMPTORIS CUSTOMERS’ SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSFORMATION

Emptoris Customers and Solutions Featured as Examples of High Impact Transformation

Burlington, MA – (February 8, 2008) – Emptoris, a leading provider of enterprise supply and contract management software, today announced that the company and its solutions have been featured in “Case Studies of the Supply Management Transformation Journey,” a new research report issued by AMR Research. The report examines the supply management processes and technology at six companies across the “four stages of supply management transformation and maturity.” Emptoris’ customers and solutions were the only ones featured in the highest developed stage of maturity in the report, “value-driven supply management” and Emptoris spend analysis solution was featured in the “demand-driven supply management” category.

“We are honored to have Emptoris customers recognized as leaders in achieving supply chain transformation. This study demonstrates that Emptoris is a clear leader in providing solutions that enable sustained business impact and a high-level of supply management transformation,” said Avner Schneur, president and chief executive officer of Emptoris, Inc.

The research report examines “the key elements required to advance through the four stages of supply management maturity” and includes a summary of the business issues, processes, technologies and results at each company. The report looks at companies implementing a range of supply management strategies from “market-focused supply management” through “demand-driven supply management,” up to “value-driven supply management.” The report also examines companies from a variety or industries and revenue sizes, including a $1 billion medical device manufacturer; a $4 billion technology vendor; a $45 billion life sciences company and a $65 billion telecommunications provider.

“AMR Research developed a four-stage maturity model. The model is used to help companies prioritize strategies. This model, when applied to supply management, can help companies become best-in-class performers in their transformation journey,” said Mickey North Rizza, VP of Research, at AMR Research, and the author of the report.

The report details the results of the $45 billion life sciences company, noting that, “They are externally focused on their customers, driving down costs to meet their expectations, mitigating risk with supplier awards and partnerships, and providing spending visibility across their company. The spend visibility application provided by Emptoris aggregates $16B across 150 different systems and refreshes data once a month. The application helps drive compliance by noting granular level details of buying from non-preferred suppliers. The system looks at who it was bought from, what the price was, where it was used, and the cost or product that required it. The Emptoris application is used both on the front end for sourcing and the back end to control maverick spend. It is putting more spend under management and connecting all areas of spend to the stakeholders.”

The report also notes how the $65 billion telecommunications provider uses a range of solutions in the Emptoris suite, “Emptoris technology assisted the company with spend analytics, eRFX, optimization, contract management, and supplier performance management. The report concludes that, “the results are significant for this telecom company. They have streamlined collaborative workflow both internally and externally; have a $1.2B spend under management; and average 10% cost savings per event from previous standard.”

The full report, “Case Studies of the Supply Management Transformation Journey,” was published by AMR Research in January 2008, and is available at Case Studies of the Supply Management Transformation Journey | AMR Research. Further information about Emptoris supply and contract management solutions and their “on ramp to value” is available at www.emptoris.com.

About Emptoris
Emptoris is a world leader in innovative supply and contract management software solutions that empower enterprises to realize best value and accelerate profitable growth. Emptoris solutions are used by successful Global 2000 companies in every industry. Customers include American Express, Boeing, ConocoPhillips, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft, Motorola, Owens Corning, Syngenta, and Vodafone.

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