Through its Global Commercial Card & Services group, American Express provides a multitude of expense-management services and other business-to-business solutions to mid-sized, large and global companies worldwide, These services and solutions include the Corporate Card™, Corporate Purchasing Solutions™, and S2S SM. In the US, it is the leading issuer of commercial cards, serving more than 50% of the Fortune 500 and tens of thousands of mid-sized companies; while helping companies optimize performance and drive savings across the supply chain via S2S, its suite of source-to-settle solutions. American Express issues local-currency commercial cards in 40 countries, and International Dollar Corporate Cards in an additional 100 countries. More information can be found at www.americanexpress.com/corporateservices

A.T. Kearney consultants have the expertise to help clients realize a competitive advantage through strategic sourcing solutions. Outside purchases represent the single largest expenses for many companies – typically between 30 and 80 percent of a company’s expenditures. A.T. Kearney’s sourcing solutions help companies accelerate and maximize the value that they obtain from their suppliers.

A.T. Kearney is a global strategic management consulting firm known for helping clients gain lasting results through a unique combination of strategic insight and collaborative working style. The firm was established in 1926 to provide management advice concerning issues on the CEO’s agenda. Today, we serve the largest global clients in all major industries. A.T. Kearney’s offices are located in major business centers in 33 countries.

Asset Auctions is a full-service surplus asset recovery firm, industrial equipment auctioneer and capital asset management consultant. The company creates and manages redeployment and reutilization programs that transfer, sell, and dispose of surplus assets. Asset Auctions maximizes return for its clients and minimizes the demand on their time. Asset Auctions’ corporate clients are primarily large companies with capital-intensive operations distributed in multiple locations, nationally and internationally. Government accounts are typically in the form of exclusive contracts with state and municipal agencies for the disposition of vehicles, municipal assets, and heavy equipment.

Archstone Consulting is a global strategy and operations management consulting firm dedicated to independent advisory services. Archstone Consulting helps clients design and implement business process improvements to achieve measurable and sustainable results. Founded by consulting industry veterans, Archstone Consulting specializes in operational transformations in key business areas including: strategy, supply chain improvement, strategic sourcing, procurement, merger integration, IT and outsourcing advisory. Combining deep vertical expertise with proven functional skills, Archstone Consulting works collaboratively with clients to help them realize their potential. For additional information contact Bob Derocher 203.940.8220; rderocher@archstoneconsulting.com or visit www.archstoneconsulting.com

Biznet’s Supplier Performance Management (SPM) tool PerforMIS enables companies to track and manage supplier performance, regulatory compliance, identify and alleviate risk, spot trends and resolve problem areas. The solution facilitates the creation and easy capture of scorecard data and surveys, populates customizable calculations as key performance indicators, and displays the results on a graphically rich information dashboard giving strategic overview to the user. Automated alerts and corrective action items can be generated for immediate, weekly or quarterly review enabling companies to drive compliance and manage their suppliers more effectively.

Co-exprise is a dynamic company that designs and leverages technology to accelerate, enhance – and in fact, revolutionize -- the way organizations source complex direct material and high value indirect spend. Co-exprise technology solutions provide manufacturing companies the ability to bridge critical collaborative gaps between engineering, sourcing, and operations delivering best in class operational excellence not achievable through the use of traditional e-sourcing software. The Co-exprise solution suite includes: fast and easy conversion of engineering documents (such as 2D drawings and 3D CAD models) for use in the sourcing and implementation processes for complex direct material spend, easy to track program and project management solutions, quoting, sourcing, and implementation processes as well as supplier and contract management solutions. The result: Co-exprise customers obtain significantly reduced cycle time, higher process efficiency, and high impact, immediate, bottom line results.

Decideware helps clients deploy supplier scorecards to manage their strategic suppliers. Strategic suppliers are those who provide long-term, critical value to the company and engage in a ‘partnership style’ relationship whereby both parties invest in the relationship.

• Strategic supplier scorecards need to be designed to capture information most relevant to the job of building long term value, for both buyer and supplier.
• Decideware’s Relationship Optimizer software features the ability to capture and manipulate both qualitative and quantitative data.
  
• Decideware offers enterprise quality software with boutique consulting services to ensure successful deployments.
  

Our clients includes: Cadbury, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Hanesbrands, Burger King, Nationwide, Severn Trent, and other market leaders. Further information is available at: www.decideware.com, email: sales@decideware.com or telephone: 888-666-5553

Denali Consulting is one of the few management consultancies focused exclusively on supply chain management. Our experienced consultants add value from day one – they deliver the deepest and most current insight into strategic supply chain issues in the industry.

Denali Consulting’s core areas of expertise are:

• Supply Chain Assessment, Strategy & Transformation
  
• Strategic Sourcing
  
• Logistics Optimization
  
• eSupply Chain Enhancement
  
• Supply Chain Organizational Design & Development

Denali Intelligence offers subscription-based market intelligence designed specifically for sourcing professionals. Our comprehensive, category-specific market reports help clients develop high-impact sourcing strategies, prepare successful negotiations, and understand important market trends affecting their spend categories.

Denali Intelligence offerings include:

• Category-Specific Market Intelligence Reports
  
• Weekly Market News
  
• Monthly Market Updates
  
• Global Supply Market Research
  
• Quarterly Business Unit-Specific Market Summaries
  
• Custom Market and Supplier Research
  
• Index Development & Tracking

SupplyStaff focuses exclusively on supply chain staffing and recruiting. We provide innovative workforce solutions in the areas of procurement, logistics, and sourcing. SupplyStaff understands fully the specialized skills, competencies, and attributes required of supply chain professionals.

SupplyStaff provides:

• Contract Services
  
• Temp-to-Hire
  
• Direct Placements
  
• Executive Search

Leveraging next generation information access technology, Endeca solutions for Manufacturing enhance information visibility throughout the entire supply chain from design engineering to aftermarket service and support. And, with Endeca's ease of use, every decision maker will be able to find, analyze and understand data across the entire enterprise. Accelerate your information visibility and minimize your cost with solutions built on the Endeca Information Access Platform, designed specifically for global manufacturing organizations.

IQNavigator is a leading provider of on-demand services procurement software and managed service programs. The company’s award-winning suite of integrated applications enable Global 2000 companies such as Charles Schwab, Entergy, Northrop Grumman, Schlumberger, Shell and Sony Electronics to gain control and visibility into their multi-million-dollar services procurement costs. With proven domain expertise and innovative technology solutions, IQNavigator can help customers quickly and easily turn complex services spend into a new source of value, competitive advantage, and continuous bottom-line improvement. For more information please visit www.iqnavigator.com.

JVKellyGroup, Inc. is a leading professional services firm that specializes in developing and implementing innovative spend management solutions. With a team of professionals averaging more than 15 years of hands-on, industry experience, our projects provide practical solutions and quantifiable benefits. The firm’s solution set includes Strategic Services, Operations Management, and Performance Management.

With expertise in virtually every category of indirect spend, JVKellyGroup is working with some of world’s largest companies across a diverse range of industry verticals including Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Automotive, Business Information, Government/Public Sector and Retail. To learn more, please visit www.jvkg.com.

Positive Purchasing is a strategic consultancy and training company with global reach. We can help enable dramatic improvements in your organization in the following areas:

1 - Delivering dramatic results using our world-class Category Management approach
2 - People development including competency assessment, inspirational training and education programmes.
3 – Purchasing toolkit and processes
4 - Supply side CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) to reduce risk and ensure corporate CSR objectives are achieved within supply chains.
5 - Supplier Relationship Management for the critical few suppliers.
6 – Purchasing strategy development and executive coaching.
7 – Low cost country sourcing

As organizations face ever increasing pressure to reduce supply side reduce costs and improve purchasing effectiveness in a socially responsible way, Positive Purchasing provides solutions that deliver dramatic results through our team of experienced, highly talented and motivated practitioners.

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, found in 1967, is one of he world’s leading strategy consultancies. With 37 offices in 26 countries, we have successful operations in all major international markets. In 2007, we generated USD 900 million in revenues with approximately 2000 employees.
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants advises major international industry and service companies as well as public institutions. Our services cover all issues of strategic management – from strategy alignment and new business models, processes and organizational structures, to technology strategies.

Roland Berger is an independent partnership owned by about 160 partners. It’s global Competence Centers specialize in specific industries or functional issues. We handpick interdisciplinary teams from these Competence Centers to devise tailor-made solutions.

At Roland Berger, we develop customized, creative strategies together with our clients. Providing support in the implementation phase is particularly important to us, because that’s how we create real value for our clients. Our approach is based on the entrepreneurial character and individuality of consultants – “It’s character that creates impact.”

Jeff Flannery is the Managing Partner and Founder of The Teldar Group, the world’s leading executive search firm specializing in procurement and supply chain executives. The Teldar Group has helped several Fortune 500 companies build world class procurement organizations. Prior to founding the Teldar Group, Jeff began his procurement career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their supply chain consulting practice. Later, he joined Freemarkets where he managed one of their largest accounts, HJ Heinz. Jeff has consulted and recruited for numerous Fortune 500 clients on four continents including BP, Chevron, IBM, ConAgra, Danaher, and Nestle, just to name a few. Mr. Flannery holds a Bachelor of Arts in Finance from the University of Northern Iowa and a Masters of Business Administration in Strategy from Indiana University.

TPI, a unit of Information Services Group, Inc. (ISG) (NASDAQ:III) is the founder and innovator of the sourcing advisory industry, and the largest sourcing advisory firm in the world. We are expert at a broad range of business support functions and related research methodologies. Utilizing deep functional domain expertise and extensive practical experience, TPI’s accomplished industry experts collaborate with organizations to help them advance their business operations through the best combination of business process improvement, shared services, outsourcing and offshoring. For additional information, visit www.tpi.net.

The smart cube is a global professional services firm that provides customized business and investment intelligence to major corporations, investment banks, private equity firms, and management consultancies throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.  The firm has three major divisions:

• A corporate research group that provides industry- and function-specific research and analysis (including targeted analytics for procurement and supply chain management, strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions and marketing),
  
• An investment research group that focuses specifically on equities, fixed income, FX, and commodities, and
  
• A Data Analytics group that delivers sophisticated, insightful analyses of client data (consumer, retail, supply chain data and beyond).
  

The firm has offices in Chicago, New York, Detroit, London, Hong Kong, Timisoara and New Delhi.  For more information about the smart cube, please visit www.thesmartcube.com.

Vinimaya, Inc. is a software solutions company that markets innovative next-generation E-Procurement Catalog and B2B Shopping Solutions for both buyers and suppliers. Vinimaya's patent-pending SmartSearch Catalog allows users to search and shop directly from suppliers' web sites, industry marketplaces, supplier networks and catalog databases concurrently from a single user interface, without ever leaving their e-procurement system. SmartSearch Catalog also has built-in compliance support, giving the buying organization the ability to manage or audit supplier-provided pricing, create sub-catalogs and control user views. Vinimaya products are 100% compatible with systems from Ariba, SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft among others and are used by global companies such as Alcoa, 3M, Corning, EDS, Sunoco, UPMC and Agilent Technologies.