CCP global's gPS Managed Service Offers Rapid Supplier Enablement.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2002 global Punchout Suite enables suppliers by connecting to buyers across multiple eProcurement systems CCP (Certified Computer Professional) The award for successful completion of a comprehensive examination on computers offered by the ICCP. See ICCP and certification. . 1. (language) CCP - Concurrent Constraint Programming. 2. global today announced the availability of its global Punchout Suite (gPS), a managed service offering to help suppliers connect with buyers to automate the procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. process. gPS is a managed service component that sits between a buyer's procurement system such as Ariba Buyer and a supplier's storefront. gPS lets suppliers communicate with buyers regardless of which eProcurement system the buyers are using without major customizations to their storefronts. gPS already integrates with the Ariba Buyer platform today to make supplier sites Ariba-ready, and plans to support platforms from other eProcurement providers later this year, like Commerce One. "gPS allows buyers and suppliers to easily communicate with each other and make transactions," said Dennis Ducham, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CCP global. "For buyers, it increases the universe of enabled suppliers. For suppliers, it allows them to deliver rich, real-time content to buyers by leveraging their existing storefronts instead of just providing static catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. pages." Currently, 26,000 suppliers are a part of the Ariba Commerce Services Network. One member of the network currently using gPS is CGXmedia, the e-commerce division of Consolidated Graphics Consolidated Graphics (NYSE "CGX") is a national, commercial printing company based in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1985 by Joe R. Davis, the company has grown to over 70 locations across 26 states and is known as the leading sheetfed, web and digital printing company in North , a Houston-based commercial printing services provider whose network of printing companies spans 25 states. "gPS connected our existing storefront to our buyer's Ariba application in one month," said James Cage, Vice President - Information Technology at Consolidated Graphics. "After evaluating CCP global's competitors, we decided that gPS was the most cost-efficient solution for storefront enablement and the quickest to market. CCP global exceeded our expectations, getting our storefront up and running on schedule and within budget." Cage said that CGXmedia and Consolidated Graphics are using the enablement capabilities of gPS to compete for the business of large corporations, including a Fortune 500 customer of Consolidated Graphics that has thousands of employees purchasing business cards, stationery The term for boilerplate in the Eudora mail client, starting with Version 3.0. Stationery files are stored on disk and brought into new messages or added to replies. See boilerplate. , and letterhead on the Ariba e-commerce platform. Through Consolidated Graphics' partnership with CCP global and its gPS solution, CGXmedia now provides Ariba-enabled, and soon to offer Commerce One-enabled, applications to its customers. "gPS serves as a point of management to facilitate eProcurement transactions," Ducham said. "gPS helps buyers and suppliers to send a wide range of transaction messages from point A to point B more effectively and in a cost-efficient manner." Currently, the gPS system facilitates robust event logging and error notifications to better manage the order transaction between buyers and suppliers. Ducham said there also are plans to later incorporate the ability to handle other message types across all procurement platforms. About Consolidated Graphics Consolidated Graphics, Inc. is the largest sheet-fed commercial printing company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Through its network of locally managed printing companies in 25 states, the Company produces high-quality, customized printed materials for a broad customer base that includes many of the most recognized companies in the country. About CCP global CCP global offers comprehensive strategic guidance for Fortune 500 procurement professionals seeking to implement eProcurement initiatives that improve control over vendor selection, create procurement efficiencies and increase profits. CCP global provides significant change management expertise, along with strategic sourcing and procurement process knowledge, to support companies during the design and installation of new eProcurement systems. This expertise helps deliver superior ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). through expanded supplier involvement, enhanced processes and thorough internal training. CCP global is the third largest Ariba System Integrator See systems integrator. , a Supplier Enablement Supplier Enablement is the process of electronically connecting suppliers (or other trading partners) to a company's supply chain. Supplier enablement is achieved when suppliers of goods and services are connected to a company's back-office systems to exchange critical business Partner, and the only certified See certification. Ariba Education Provider outside of Ariba. CCP global's Web site is www.ccpglobal.com. |
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