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AArete

AArete is an operations strategy consulting firm with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. AArete offers a variety of operational improvement services, including Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Process Optimization. AArete's leadership team has over 20 years of experience in developing Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain focused practices within consulting firms, as well as leading million dollar Non-Salary Cost Reduction and Process Improvement engagements. AArete's Non-Salary Cost Reduction focus demonstrates their understanding that a business cannot be truly great without great people. Despite today's unpredictable economic times, AArete remains passionate about enabling firms to reduce Non-Salary costs as quickly as possible to preserve their most critical resource, their people. AArete is able to achieve significant bottom line savings on their engagements through utilization of their proven sourcing methodologies, their expertise in data-driven analytics, as well as their use of the Knowledge Management Center™ an internal intellectual property repository rich with benchmarking data and industry focused studies. A coupling of AArete's demonstrated approach and talented leadership team allows them to offer a truly comprehensive understanding of their client's procurement environment in a rapid timeframe. Strategic Sourcing is just one example of where AArete can save significant bottom line dollars for your organization, come and see where else AArete can save you today. www.AArete.com

Allegis Group Services

Allegis Group Services® Inc., provides human capital and workforce management solutions to customers in a wide range of industries globally. Our offerings include Managed Services(MSP), Recruitment Process Outsourcing(RPO), Executive Search and Consulting Services.

Whether you’re looking to optimize your contingent workforce program, outsource your organization’s recruitment needs or analyze key market trends to better serve your business needs, Allegis Group Services can help. Through distinct service offerings, we employ industry best practices and our experience to assist our customers in maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of their workforce programs. Allegis Group Services - Transforming the Way the World Acquires Talent.

Amerex Energy Services

Amerex Energy Services is a division of Amerex Brokers LLC. Amerex Energy Services is a national energy consultant that provides industrial, commercial and institutional clients with a wide array of sophisticated energy and energy-related financial tools designed to provide a stable platform to manage risk. Founded in 1978, Amerex is a leading over-the-counter energy brokerage offering services in electricity, natural gas, emission credits and allowances, renewable energy credits, retail energy procurement, energy consulting and energy data services. From its office in Houston, Amerex offers liquidity and timely execution to meet the needs of a global client network of more than 1,000 firms including thousands of traders and risk management professionals. For additional information, please visit www.amerexenergy.com.

Amerex Brokers LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:GFIG), a leading provider of wholesale brokerage services, clearing services, electronic execution and trading support products for global financial markets. GFI Group Inc. provides brokerage services, market data, trading platform and analytics software products to institutional clients in markets for a range of fixed income, financial, equity and commodity instruments. GFI operates one of the largest wholesale energy brokerage businesses in North America both directly and through its Amerex and StarSupply businesses.

Ariba

Beeline

Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, with offices worldwide, Beeline is the market leader in flexible workforce solutions managing active contractors and contingent and project-based labor spend. Through Beeline’s ever-expanding global network of local knowledge, we have the tools to partner with you anywhere in the world.

Beeline is a strategic business unit of Adecco Group, the world’s leading provider of HR solutions. With close to 32,000 employees and 5,500 offices in more than 60 countries and territories around the world, Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services, connecting more than 700,000 associates with over 100,000 clients every day. For more information on Beeline, visit www.beeline.com.

Bureau van Dijk

Bureau van Dijk (BvD) is one of the world’s leading providers of business intelligence solutions. We work with over 100 of the world’s leading data providers to create global information solutions that empower procurement professionals.

We are best known for our range of company information products, combining detailed intelligence with powerful software for superior usability and efficiency. BvD provides unrivalled coverage on over 100 million privately held companies and over 75,000 publicly held companies across 212 countries.

BvD has provided global business intelligence and procurement solutions for over 25 years. BvD’s procurement solutions empower cost reduction, credit risk analysis and strategic purchasing. Our products incorporate proprietary research on companies’ financials, financial strength data, news, activities, ownership structures, changes in ownership, M&A deals and rumors, historical background, geographic operations, and core products and services. Our solutions are easily integrated with internal systems and portfolios to add value to your existing data.

Carlson Wagonlit Travel

CWT delivers efficient and innovative solutions to optimize travel and meetings and events management, by leveraging our global reach with the best people and superior service.

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) is a global leader specializing in business travel management. CWT is dedicated to helping companies of all sizes, as well as government institutions and non-governmental organizations, optimize their travel programs and provide best-in-class service and assistance to travelers.

By leveraging the talents and know-how of its people around the world and providing leading-edge technology and innovative solutions, CWT enables clients across the globe to drive savings while delivering service and enhancing security and sustainability.

CWT also plays a major role in meetings and events management, providing strategic know-how and a host of services and technology solutions that help companies make the most of their investment.

Corporate Imaging Concepts

Corporate Imaging Concepts provides U.S. and international distribution of promotional products for high-volume, multiple-location clients. On average, we have cut our client costs by 20 percent due in part to our proprietary technology that connects our clients directly to our suppliers. Combined with branding expertise, award-winning customer service and volume-leveraged supplier relationships, we are a turnkey resource for all aspects of branded merchandise service and programs, including:

∙Company Stores (online/in-house)
∙Employee Uniforms & Apparel
∙Executive, Employee & Client Gifts
∙Golf Events
∙Health & Fitness
∙Printing
∙Quality & Safety Programs
∙Recognition & Awards
∙Tradeshows, Meetings & Conventions
∙Travel & Promotions

Contact David Sherman at Davids@corp-imaging.com or 847-412-6616. www.corp-imaging.com

Coupa

Credit Risk Monitor

CreditRiskMonitor is designed to save you time. Created for professionals, CreditRiskMonitor provides financial risk analysis and real-time news on over 40,000 public companies worldwide. Our subscribers get fresh, complete commercial credit reports that include our proprietary FRISK® bankruptcy scores, Payment Scores, Counterparty Quality scores from banking specialist IRA, and ratings from Fitch, Moody’s and S&P. Corporate financial news is filtered for relevance, and we present pre-computed analytics using the latest full financial statements, spread over 5 quarters and 5 years. Data is easily downloadable, for further spreadsheet analysis. We also enable you to score the confidential financial reports you collect from key suppliers and customers.

Find out why over 30 percent of the Fortune 1000 use CreditRiskMonitor, and say things like, “I consider our contract with CreditRiskMonitor to be the BEST value we have.”

Cvent

Cvent is the world's largest meetings and event management technology company and mobile event applications provider. With over 1,000 employees worldwide, Cvent offers web-based software for meeting site selection, online event registration, event management, e-mail marketing and web surveys. Over 100,000 clients in 150 countries manage hundreds of thousands of events, surveys and e-mail campaigns utilizing Cvent technology. The company has processed over $2 billion in online payments and has managed over 30 million event registrations and survey responses for its clients. Cvent's client base ranges from small non-profits to large corporations, and includes over 30 companies from the Fortune 100.

Cvent helps organizations gain control of meeting spend with a comprehensive solution that allows them to implement enterprise-wide Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) programs. The Cvent SMM software solution streamlines the corporate meetings and event process from the planning and sourcing phases through registration and travel booking.

DCR Workforce is an award winning service provider for contingent workforce and services procurement management. For DCR, achieving highly efficient workforce management transactions is just the starting point. Our MSP and VMS solutions provide the knowledge, assistance and cloud-based platform(Smart Track) needed to manage, procure and analyze your talent with complete transparency, real-time control, high performance and decision-enabling business intelligence.

DCR Workforce serves global clientele including several Fortune 1000 companies. With our assistance, clients such as Lockheed Martin, Meads International, Savi Technologies and Raytheon Javelin Joint Venture realize greater efficiencies, spend control, improved workforce quality and 100% regulatory compliance.

We are a woman-owned, minority-owned company with operations throughout North America.

Epiq Technologies

Epiq Technologies is the leading provider of business commerce network connection-ready spend management solutions. Epiq offers industry-leading cloud applications together with a large web-based trading community to facilitate streamlined global trading and open collaboration. The applications are a great fit for nearly any vertical industry or company size and even have flexibility to be specially configured for a number of industries or business models. Epiq helps companies around the world to simplify and enhance source-to-settle processes and supplier relationships to deliver dramatic results. For more information, visit: www.epiqtech.com

Ernst & Young

Fieldglass

Fieldglass, Inc. provides the leading SaaS platform to procure and manage contingent workers, services such as statement of work projects, independent contractors, and specialized talent pools.

The highly-configurable product suite provides transparency into the entire workforce and helps companies optimize programme performance and make more strategic labour decisions.
Backed by proven experience and the industry’s largest customer base, Fieldglass serves Global 2000 firms in nearly 70 countries. Customers such as Johnson & Johnson, Monsanto, salesforce.com and GlaxoSmithKline realize greater efficiencies, control spend, improve quality and enforce compliance. For more information, visit www.fieldglass.com

Hubwoo

Hubwoo is a leading collaborative business network provider, connecting companies to enable more productive B2B commerce. Through The Business Network, Hubwoo’s open, collaborative business platform, and our suite of source-to-pay applications, Hubwoo makes it easier for companies to search, connect and collaborate. The Business Network drives values for organizations by connecting them to over one million active businesses around the globe, streamlining B2B collaboration and commerce. With Hubwoo, buyers can source smarter, buy smarter and pay smarter. Sellers can market smarter, sell smarter and invoice smarter.

IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management

IBM Emptoris Strategic Supply Management solutions enable companies to maximize financial performance and optimize commercial risk. The suite of award-winning and industry-recognized spend analysis, strategic sourcing, contract management, supplier lifecycle management, services procurement and telecom expense management solutions are successfully used by Global 2000 companies. For more information, please visit: www.ibm.com/procurement-solutions

Insight Sourcing Group

Insight Sourcing Group, Inc., is a management consulting firm focused exclusively on strategic sourcing, spend analytics and procurement process transformation. Founded in 2002 in Atlanta, ISG has delivered an impact of 10 to 30% earnings (EBITDA) for many companies by driving down the cost of the materials and services they already buy. ISG has delivered over a 800% one-year average ROI for their clients, resulting in a significant earnings impact. ISG also created SpendHQ (www.spendHQ.coom), an innovative spend visibility solution.

IQ Navigator

For more than a decade, IQNavigator has been the leading provider of innovative technology solutions that help global enterprises better manage all types of procured services and their non-employee workforces. IQNavigator’s VMS software enables clients to intelligently manage and optimize the cost-effectiveness, compliance, visibility and efficiency of complex services procurement and contingent workforce programs. For more information, visit www.IQNavigator.com.

MSX International

MSX International (MSXI) is the leading global provider of outsourced business solutions, technology services and human capital solutions with over 4,500 industry experts in 48 countries and two strategic business units: MSXI Human Capital Solutions are recognized as a driving force in the recruiting, administration and supply of talent for the Managed Service Provider (MSP). Its proprietary STAR methodology offers our customers unequalled cost savings, efficiency and productivity analysis and metrics. MSXI Retail Network Solutions provide OEMs with process optimization strategies and outsourcing as well as technology solutions that enhance the customer experience, improve technical expertise, reduce warranty costs and increase overall dealership profitability. A commitment to executional excellence as well as a proven history of technological innovation within both business units has distinguished MSXI as a valuable partner to some of the world’s largest companies. MSXI is headquartered in Warren, Mich. with additional offices worldwide. For more information, please visit www.msxi.com.

Office Depot

Office Depot, Inc. is a global supplier of office products and services and operates in three business segments: North American Retail Division, North American Business Solutions Division and International Division. Office Depot has annual sales of approximately $11.5 billion, employs about 39,000 associates, and serves customers in 60 countries around the world. Office Depot provides products and services through 1,675 worldwide retail stores, a dedicated sales force, top-rated catalogs, and global e-commerce operations.

Paladin Associates

Paladin Associates is a Sourcing Services company staffed by veteran professionals from GE, P&G and similar industry leaders. All Associates have over 25 years of business experience.

Services include staff augmentation, strategic sourcing projects, technology implementations, spend analysis, complex optimization projects, sourcing event management, strategic sourcing skills training, procurement transformation, and other cost reduction initiatives.

Paladin can offer technology alternatives and flexibility through partnerships with world-class technology providers including Ariba, CombineNet, IASTA, Lexington Analytics/BIQ, and Spend Radar.

Projects have generated savings of 5% to over 25% across a wide variety of diverse Spend Categories, in both direct materials and indirect expenses.

Through numerous Leveraged Purchase Agreements client purchasing power is leveraged to improve profitability and cash flow. For cost reduction projects, Paladin offers a performance based fee option.

More information, case studies, and client testimonials at www.paladinassociatesinc.com.

Perfect Commerce

PRO Unlimited

For over 20 years, PRO Unlimited has delivered a full range of services to address procurement, management and compliance issues related to contingent (non-employee) workers. PRO's purely vendor-neutral software-as-a-service (SaaS) based Vendor Management System (VMS) and Managed Services Programs (MSP) help companies reduce costs and address critical areas including: Supplier Management, Worker Classification, On/Off Boarding, Co-employment, Headcount & Expense Tracking and 1099 Contractor Management.

SC&H Group

SC&H Group is a CPA and consulting firm that specializes in performing contract compliance audits for complex organizations with significant spend under contract. Our breadth of experience allows us to conduct audits efficiently, increase transparency, verify compliance, enhance internal controls, and provide a significant ROI. We are CPAs who bring a focused, professional and unique approach to auditing contracts. Other services we perform include: Risk Management, IT Audit, SAS 70 Type II audits, Real and Personal Property Tax, and Unclaimed Property Consulting. For more information about SC&H and the services we provide, please visit www.SCandH.com.

Scanmarket

Scanmarket is a global leading provider of eSourcing and eProcurement solutions and services supporting proficient buyers in professional companies with: Spend Analysis, eRFx, eAuction, Contract Management and Consultancy Services.

The user-friendly cloud solution is extremely flexible and customizable. The platform has received international praise and success for its innovative approach towards offering extremely advanced functionalities and possibilities, while keeping it simple and accessible for all buyers in an organization. Scanmarket also provides a wide range of consultancy services within the eSourcing and eProcurement area - such as supplier sourcing, buyer and supplier training, strategy creation, fully managed auctions etc., and are being considered as the top experts within the eSourcing industry.

Schneider Electric

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries & Machine Manufacturers, Non-residential Buildings, Data Centers & Networks and Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the company's 130,000 plus employees achieved sales of about $26 billion in 2011, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy. www.schneider-electric.com/us

Staff Management | SMX

Founded in 1988, Staff Management | SMX is a recognized leader in comprehensive Managed Service Provider and Outsourced Workforce Management programs. We implement workforce strategies for our clients that optimize workforce mix, improve retention and reduce employment costs related to overtime and health care. Our programs provide best talent, drive compliance, yield tangible savings and build sustainable value. Winner of the 2012 American Business Award for Company of the Year, Staff Management | SMX is ranked one of the top MSP providers worldwide by buyers on HRO Today’s 2012 MSP Baker’s Dozen and among the Largest Global Staffing Providers by the Staffing Industry Analysts. Staff Management | SMX has been a charter member in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement IMAGE Program since 2006 and holds Workers’ Compensation Risk Certification.

Superior Group

Founded in 1957, Superior Group provides a wide range of complementary and highly-configurable workforce and productivity solutions. Primary offerings include contract and direct staffing, managed service programs, vendor management systems, recruitment process outsourcing, and independent contractor compliance programs. With tenured teams throughout the United States—as well as in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, India, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom—we specialize in collaborative, high-touch customer service. This allows us not only to deliver adaptive programs that flex with evolving customer requirements, but also to maintain an overall customer of over 97%.

TCG Consulting

TCG Consulting is a global professional services firm that provides assessment, sourcing, strategy, benchmarking, compliance, implementation and management of corporate travel-related expenses. For over 18 years, TCG has delivered a full range of client-driven solutions featuring corporate travel, payment and expense management. TCG has delivered an unmatched 28:1 client ROI, having successfully completed more than 870 client engagements in over 109 countries on 6 continents.

TCG’s profile includes corporate program assessments, benchmarking and strategy, sourcing, implementation, compliance and outsourced management. Our associates possess category-specific expertise, and this strategy allows TCG’s clients to receive all the needed guidance from a single source, providing significant return on investment for their consulting assignments.

ZeroChaos

Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, ZeroChaos is the world’s largest vendor-neutral Managed Services Provider. Since 1999 we have been helping companies rethink their contingent workforce strategies to achieve greater quality, process efficiency, and cost containment. Built on innovation, our solutions are at work in over 96 countries across the globe, successfully serving a variety of clients. Our services and products include Managed Services Programs, Vendor Management Systems, Compliance and Risk Mitigation, Background Screening, Private Label Sourcing, and Professional Payroll Services.