Burlington,
Mass., – (October 3, 2008) – Emptoris, a leading provider of enterprise supply and contract management software, today announced the winners of the inaugural Emptoris Customer Awards Program. The Emptoris Awards recognize the achievements of Global 2000 companies in the areas of innovation, adoption and creating bottom-line value with supply and contract management software. Eight leading Global 2000 companies were recognized for their accomplishments, including GlaxoSmithKline, Syngenta and UnitedHealthcare. The awards were presented at a special ceremony at the Emptoris Empower 2008 Conference on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
"Global business runs at such a rapid pace these days that it is important for us to stop once and awhile and calibrate our direction and focus. At Emptoris Empower, we gather together business leaders from around the globe once a year to learn from each other and examine industry best practices. We established the Emptoris Awards program to recognize some of those companies that are setting the bar in supply and contract management excellence, companies from which we can all learn. Emptoris is deeply indebted to our customers, and to these award winners, for the ideas, investments and innovations they contribute to our solutions," said Avner Schneur, president and Chief Executive Officer of Emptoris, Inc., at an awards ceremony last evening at Emptoris Empower 2008 on Cape Cod.
The Emptoris Customer Awards Program categories and winners for 2008 are:
Enterprise Transformation Award: The Emptoris – Enterprise Transformation Award is presented to the companies that best demonstrate large scale transformation or change in their contract or supply management organization. Heightened consideration was given to companies that demonstrated a marked change in processes, achieved measurable results and cost savings, and delivered value to their broader company or organization. The 2008 winners of Emptoris – Enterprise Transformation Award were Syngenta, one of the world’s largest agrochemical companies, and a Fortune 500 oil and gas company. Syngenta was recognized for its transformative use of Emptoris’ sourcing, spend analysis and contract management across its global operations in more than 90 countries. The oil and gas company was recognized for its expedited roll-out of Emptoris Sourcing and its ramp-up to large scale usage of the solution with more than 2,000 auctions; close to 100,000 bids placed by suppliers; and auctions and support conducted in eight global languages all in under two years.
Innovation Award: The Emptoris Innovation Award is presented to the companies that best exemplify the use of technology to drive innovation within their organization. Heightened consideration was given to the innovative use of Emptoris technologies to achieve specific goals of the broader company, including global expansion or green initiatives. The 2008 winners of Emptoris – Innovation Award were UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurers and a Fortune 50 company; and JCPenney, operator of more than 1,000 retail clothing stores as well as one of the largest apparel and home furnishing sites on the Internet, jcp.com, and the nation's largest general merchandise catalog business. JCPenney was honored for its use of Emptoris Sourcing and consulting to achieve increased flexibility to more quickly address changing business needs and the changing business environment. UnitedHealthcare was honored for its use of Emptoris Contracts to support and enforce the organization’s business rules which has “dramatically changed the landscape” at the company.
Driving Adoption Award: The Emptoris Award for Driving Adoption is presented to the companies that best illustrate how their strategic or creative plan drove greater solution adoption. The 2008 winners of Emptoris Driving Adoption Award were GlaxoSmithKline, the Fortune 150 pharmaceutical company, and Emerson, the Fortune 150 diversified global manufacturing and technology company. Emerson was honored for their contract management program which provided greater visibility into its business agreements across its global operations including more than 65 operating divisions and 600 sites. GlaxoSmithKline was recognized for its adoption of solutions through which it has engaged with more than 30,000 suppliers across operations in 75 countries.
Fast-Track to Value Award: The Emptoris Fast-Track to Value Award is presented to the companies who have successfully implemented an Emptoris solution in the past 18 months and demonstrated early success in driving organizational change, adoption and cost savings as a result. The 2008 winners of the Fast-Track to Value Award are Covenant Health, a leading healthcare system, and Wolters Kluwer, a leading professional publisher and intellectual property company. Covenant Health was recognized for ramping up from a contract process which was highly manual with limited automation or reporting, to a contract management software program which in a brief time is already managing thousands of contracts across its hospital and insurance company operations. Wolters Kluwer, a long-standing Emptoris Contract Management customer, was honored for its more recent implementation of Emptoris Sourcing and Emptoris Supplier Performance Management, and the use of the suite of solutions to not only reduce costs, but also to deploy standard processes and automation across the organization to “increase agility and speed.”
Lifetime Achievement Award: Emptoris also presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to “the individual that has transformed not only their own organization, but the overall views and practice of sourcing and procurement across all industries.” The award was presented to Gregg Brandyberry, Vice President of Procurement, Global Systems and Operations, at GlaxoSmithKline. Brandyberry is responsible for the development and implementation of web-enabled decision support systems, electronic procurement and e-sourcing at his organization. Under Brandyberry’s procurement leadership, the company has received the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) Award for “Best Use of Technology by A Procurement Organization,” and was recognized by AT Kearney for having deployed “a global best practice portfolio of electronic procurement tools.”
For further information on Emptoris or the Emptoris Customer Award Winners, visit www.emptoris.com.
Detailed case studies of a select number of the award winners will be made available online in the coming weeks at www.emptoris.com.
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