About Our Sponsors

Allegis

Allegis Group Services offers human capital and workforce management solutions to clients in a wide range of industries. Our offerings include managed services, recruitment process outsourcing, retained executive search, business analytics and consulting services. We assist you in maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of your programs while bringing industry best practices and world class service to every engagement. For more information, call 1.877.247.4426 or visit www.allegisgroupservices.com

Ariba, Inc.

Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions. Ariba combines industry-leading technology with the world’s largest web-based trading community to help companies discover, connect and collaborate with a global network of partners—all in a cloud-based environment. Using the Ariba® Commerce Cloud, businesses of all sizes can buy, sell and manage cash more efficiently and effectively. Over 500,000 companies around the globe use the Ariba Commerce Cloud to simplify inter-enterprise commerce and enhance results. Why not join them? To get on the path to Better Commerce visit: www.ariba.com/commercecloud/

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.

Charterhouse

Charterhouse is a family business formed in 1969. Since the mid-90’s we have been independent of manufacturing, pioneering the development of the print management model and more recently evolving into a multi-facet marketing services production company. We specialize in the production of marketing communications (printed and digital), and employ 200 people. Over half of our employees work on site at our clients premises, integrating with the brand and delivering innovation in the marketing production process. An accredited company in quality and environmental standards, we deliver cutting-edge communications for global brands such as BMW, Stanley Black & Decker, Unilever, Sony and Shell and are passionate about the quality of our service, focusing on our clients' marketing goals to deliver cost effective, sustainable solutions. For more information please contact David Fincham: david.fincham@charterhouse.tv , Tel: +44 (0)1707 262222 or visit our website: www.charterhouseproduction.com

Connolly

Connolly has 30+ years of helping clients improve their processes and recover the most money possible, all while keeping intact important client-vendor relationships. As the recovery audit experts, Connolly partners with 19 of the top 20 US retailers and seven of the largest eight Commercial healthcare insurers, using a custom approach and advanced technology to help clients improve their processes and recover the most money possible, Connolly also unlocks value from Payments-to-Sourcing. Working closely with its clients, Connolly recovers cash, prevents leakage, improves compliance and manages risk, delivering tangible and sustainable business value. Strong, open communication and earned trust with our clients enables us to better understand their business and offer advice, deliver best practices for improving processes, and streamline operations.

Corbus

Corbus, LLC, a global solutions provider founded in 1994, offers superior services combining years of experience, solid partnerships and adaptability. Corbus’ solution offering includes Information Technology (IT), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Project Management (PMO) services. Corbus creates technology-empowered solutions with industry leading processes and technologies that deliver business value to global clients through year-on-year savings and are known for the ability to work in true partnership with clients to innovate and bring cost reduction along with enhanced product quality. With competitive positioning and complete transparency, Corbus and clients together achieve success. For more information, visit http://www.Corbus.com.

Corbus is a global organization, headquartered in North America with presence in Europe and Asia Pacific markets. Corbus is a wholly owned subsidiary of Soin International LLC, a private multi-national holding company that provides strategic management, administrative systems, and financial support to a diverse array of worldwide subsidiaries and affiliates.

CombineNet, Inc.

CombineNet, Inc. is the best-in-class sourcing technology company with over 11 years in delivering exceptional value to global organizations. We offer the best-in-class sourcing solution delivered through our web-based product CombineNet ASAP (Advanced Sourcing Application Platform), to improve the way organizations source their entire range of spend categories – from the routine to the largest and most complex. CombineNet ASAP delivers benefits in increased spend savings, enhanced supplier relationships, improved team productivity, and better ROA by easily integrating with existing systems and processes. www.combinenet.com

Cost & Capital

Cost and Capital Partners is a management consulting firm that works with companies to improve cost and capital efficiency. Our client base includes Fortune 1000 companies from the industrial, automotive, electronics, hospitality, process, consumer goods, transportation and white goods industries. We work with clients to improve results and enhance visibility for strategy development. Supplier engagement is a core focus ranging from direct supplier negotiations to market and financial viability assessments. In addition to working with clients to execute sourcing initiatives, we also deliver sourcing training that enables organizations to increase their level of professionalism in supplier engagement. For more information please contact Tom Bokowy: tbokowy@costandcapital.com or visit our website www.costandcapital.com.

Carlson Wagonlit

Carlson Wagonlit Travel is a global leader in travel management, helping companies of all sizes optimize their program while providing best-in-class service. Based on a program’s size and scope, we use technology and our expert team to help drive savings while enhancing service and security. Consider:

• Total travel costs can be reduced by 10% using an online booking tool within a managed program
• Many companies don’t capture or leverage hotel expenses; typically 30 to 40% of travel costs
• Traveler compliance is key to data capture: used for air, car, rail, and hotel spend negotiations as well as for emergency traveler tracking
• Average savings of 20% are achieved through consolidation
• Integrating meetings/event spend can tap previously overlooked savings opportunities
• Online, real-time, customized data helps monitor progress, illustrate current savings, and identify future opportunities

Explore how we can help you meet your cost objectives: www.carlsonwagonlit.com

Coupa

Coupa is the leading provider of cloud spend management (CSM) solutions that help companies control their indirect spending and generate savings that go direct to the bottom line. Coupa combines the best e-procurement and expense management capabilities in a single solution that is easier to use, faster to configure and deploy, and more cost-effective than anything available today. With deep domain knowledge in e-procurement and expense management, a best-in-class cloud computing platform, a fast-growing community of customers, and industry-first innovations like real-time benchmarking, intelligent expense report auditing, and crowd sourcing great deals on the Web, Coupa is leading the way in helping companies spend smarter and save more.

Emptoris

Emptoris, Inc. is a world leader in strategic supply, category spend and enterprise contract management solutions that enable companies to maximize financial performance and optimize commercial risk. The company’s suite of award-winning and industry-recognized sourcing, contract management, spend analysis, supplier lifecycle management, services procurement and telecom expense management solutions are successfully used by Global 2000 companies. Emptoris is proud to partner with industry leaders such as American Express, Boeing, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft, Motorola, Syngenta and Vodafone. For more information, please visit our new website at: www.emptoris.com.

Fullstep

FULLSTEP is a best-of-breed procurement solutions provider with offices in the U.S., Spain and Portugal, and projects spread around the globe. FULLSTEP’s eSourcing solutions give procurement professionals and suppliers best-in-class tools to build productive and successful relationships. The FULLSTEP Platform includes strategic sourcing, spend management, supply base management, process management, and sourcing analysis dashboards. Our software can be easily integrated with existing client accounting or ERP systems. FULLSTEP’s software is a modular and highly configurable tool, that can adapt to any sourcing organization and process, with quick and very efficient deployment.

IBISWorld

We pride ourselves in having a very high client satisfaction ratio, ensured by our consultants, as experts in transformation and sourcing optimization projects. As the world's largest independent publisher of U.S. industry research reports, IBISWorld provides data and analysis on 700+ industries. IBISWorld analysis enables you to map supplier industry risk and understand the business environment in which companies operate. Equip yourself with negotiating and meeting intelligence that lead to better business decisions with IBISWorld analysis.

IQNavigator

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.

JVKellyGroup, Inc. provides cost reduction and risk mitigation solutions for some of the worlds largest organizations. By offering an integrated set of analytics, sourcing services and technology, JVKellyGroup helps ensure that a companys spend is effectively analyzed, sourced, managed, and monitored.

Why JVKellyGroup, Inc.?
Clients benefit from the expertise of years of experience our consultants have in actual sourcing roles including former CPOs, VPs of Procurement and Sourcing, Buyers, Analysts and Sourcing Technology Developers. Our services will help decrease sourcing cycle time, increase potential savings capture due to expertise in commodity areas as well as improve supplier relationships and mitigate supplier risk.

Experience
With a team of professionals, averaging more than 15 years of hands-on, industry experience, our projects provide practical solutions and quantifiable benefits. JVKellyGroup has led engagements across a diverse range of industry verticals and worked with virtually every category of indirect spend.

Industries
JVKellyGroup has worked with some of worlds largest organizations across multiple industries including Financial Services, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Automotive, Business Information, Government/Public Sector and Retail.

Metasys Technologies

Metasys Technologies Inc. (MTI) provides innovative procurement services including (spend analytics, cloud based technology, sourcing, e-invoicing and crowdsourcing), workforce management (MSP) and professional staffing solutions which are transforming the ways in which Global 2000 companies conduct business. MTI partners with our clients to develop and implement customized value driven solutions that allow our clients’ internal teams to focus on strategic decision making that delivers desired results, while shifting transactional activities to procurement services. While headquartered in Atlanta, GA, MTI services customers domestically and internationally. MTI has been recognized by the National Minority Supplier Development Council as a Supplier of the Year and as one of the Top 50 Fastest Growing Asian-American Businesses by the U.S Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC). MTI consistently ranks as a top performer with its Fortune 500 clients which include a Fortune 50 Telecommunications Company, a Fortune 50 Home Improvement Retailer, a Fortune 50 Global Package Delivery Company, a Fortune 100 Beverage Company and a Fortune 500 Financial Services Company. To gain business benefits immediately, contact MTI at 678-218-1600 or visit www.metasysinc.com

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. For cost reduction projects, Paladin offers a performance based fee option.

Paladin has partnerships with world-class technology providers including Ariba, CombineNet, IASTA, Lexington Analytics/BIQ, and Spend Radar to apply these tools on our clients’ behalf utilizing either our Paladin license or our client’s license.

Providing personal, hands-on expertise, Paladin Associates employs independent operational assessments, root-cause analysis, and proven methodology to craft practical and affordable solutions, capable of rapid implementation and measurement.

Working side-by-side with client personnel to secure quantifiable savings and long-term cost reductions, Paladin Associates has led projects that generated savings of 5% to over 25% across a wide variety of diverse Spend Categories, in both direct materials and indirect expenses. With each engagement, Paladin transfers substantial knowledge to clients to implement permanent strategic sourcing and cost reduction best practices.

Through numerous Leveraged Purchase Agreements client purchasing power is leveraged to improve profitability and cash flow.

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

ProcureStaff Technologies

Consol re-defines the Vendor Management Software (VMS) space with a truly collaborative tool that fosters visibility and enterprise management of complex services spend. A robust, configurable solution, Consol honors business unit and country specific configurations, yet aggregates spend globally to create maximum visibility, promote optimized supplier relationships, and recognize organizational efficiencies. Through an innovative modular approach to collaboration, transactional processing and data analysis, Consol delivers an unquestionably easy to use interface which brings the services procurement delivery networks together to work efficiently. The award winning analytics capabilities of Consol bring self-service, drillable reports to the user community, facilitating strong decision making power and program optimization.

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.

SC&H Group

SC&H Group is a CPA and management 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.

StarCite

StarCite, part of the Active Network

StarCite provides a technology platform that makes meetings and event planning, booking and management easier and more cost-effective for corporations, hotels, venues and meetings suppliers worldwide. StarCite delivers visibility, cost savings and control over meetings spending for businesses. Through Web-based, on-demand technology, StarCite automates and supports every key element of the meetings planning and procurement process: planning, budgeting, buying, attendance, payment, and results measurement. Using StarCite’s proprietary online marketplace, meeting buyers can connect and conduct business with thousands of hotels, venues, destinations and suppliers globally. StarCite is part of the Active Network | Business Solutions division. The Active Nework is the leading provider of organization-based cloud computing applications—serving the business events, community activities, outdoors and sports markets— with over 47,000 global business customers and 70 million annual transactions reported last year.

Summit Energy

Summit Energy provides sustainability and energy management services to businesses in a wide range of industries, leading companies to cost-effective strategies by providing energy procurement, risk management, rate analysis, demand reduction and sustainability services. Summit manages more than $20 billion in annualized energy spend for more than 650 clients worldwide.

Work Nexus

First deployed in 1998, Work Nexus was originally developed to expedite and manage the procurement and placement of contract labor via the internet. The system has continued to evolve and today includes functionality for Independent Contractor compliance , SOW administration, and indirect spend management for commodities outside of labor. As important, our system architects work closely with our customers to configure solutions that meet each one’s unique corporate culture and preexisting workflows. Ultimately, Work Nexus offers its customers proven processes that enable both workforces and spend management, all while delivering actionable business intelligence through real-time reporting.