Campbell Soup Partners With StarCite To Better Manage Strategic Sourcing Of Meetings.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2002 StarCite, Inc., a provider of innovative Web-based technologies and services for the $300 billion global meetings and events industry, today announced that Campbell Campbell, city, United States Campbell, city (1990 pop. 36,048), Santa Clara co., W Calif., in the fertile Santa Clara valley; founded 1885, inc. 1952. Soup Co., global manufacturer and marketer of more than 20 brands of high quality soups, sauces, beverages, biscuits, confectionery confectionery, delicacies or sweetmeats that have sugar as a principal ingredient, combined with coloring matter and flavoring and often with fruit or nuts. In the United States it is usually called candy, in Great Britain, sweets or boiled sweets. and other foods, has selected StarCite's suite of Corporate Products and Services to more effectively source and manage its meeting procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. process. Using StarCite's technology and services, including the StarCite Online Marketplace, Campbell Soup expects to recognize improvements in workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. , and provide business managers with better service in the planning and delivery of at least 300 annual meetings. In coming months, Campbell also expects to gain improved data on its total meeting spend as employees throughout the company are trained to register their meetings on a custom version of the StarCite Online Marketplace. Besides registering each meeting, employees also can access special offers and Campbell's Preferred Suppliers; build and send requests for proposals through the Online Marketplace or a custom RapidRFP(TM); or request site selection assistance. As part of Campbell's overall strategic sourcing initiative, senior procurement manager Harry Perales Perales is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 107 inhabitants. began studying ways to improve the company's procurement of meetings and events last year. Campbell's full-time full-time adj. Employed for or involving a standard number of hours of working time: a full-time administrative assistant. full planners also asked for help with the time-consuming time-con·sum·ing adj. Taking up much time. time-consuming Adjective taking up a great deal of time Adj. 1. process of sourcing meetings. Following a 30-day pilot, Campbell Soup awarded a contract to consolidate the sourcing of all meetings through StarCite. Using a custom version of the StarCite Online Marketplace, StarCite's team of experienced staff electronically sends RFPs on behalf of Campbell, analyzes all responses and provides a rate and availability summary to the planner. StarCite also assists with contracting. Enterprise reports detail supplier utilization, cost savings and a corporate meetings calendar. "Meetings have always been a challenging area of procurement with sourcing being extremely time-consuming for our planners," said Perales, senior procurement manager for the Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J. "Using StarCite is much more efficient for our planners, as it allows them to focus on the critical areas of their jobs," Perales added. "We appreciate the trust that Campbell Soup has placed in our people, technology and company to get the job done effectively and cost-efficiently," said John Pino, founder and chief executive officer of StarCite, Inc. "We're delighted to be part of Campbell's new Strategic Sourcing Initiative on meetings and events and look forward to helping the company." About Campbell Soup Campbell Soup Company Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) (also known as Campbell's) is a well-known American producer of canned soups and related products. Campbell's products are sold in 120 countries around the world. It is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey. is a global manufacturer and marketer of high quality soup, sauces, beverages, biscuits, confectionery and prepared food products. The company owns a portfolio of more than 20 market-leading businesses each with more than $100 million in sales. They include "Campbell's" soups worldwide, "Erasco" soups in Germany and "Liebig" soups in France, "Pepperidge Farm Pepperidge Farm was founded in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin, who named the brand for a property her family owned in Connecticut (which itself was named for the pepperidge tree, Nyssa sylvatica). In 1961, the company was purchased by Campbell's. " cookies and crackers, "V8" vegetable juices Vegetable juice is a popular drink all over the world. Vegetable juice is an alternative to fruit juice. Most commercial brands do however contain a large amount of sodium. If making vegetable juice at home, a juicer that can process vegetables will be needed. , "V8 Splash" juice beverages, "Pace" Mexican Mexican named after or originating in Mexico. Mexican axolotl see ambystomamexicanum. Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum sauces, "Prego" Italian sauces, "Franco-American" canned pastas and gravies, "Swanson" broths, "Homepride" sauces in the United Kingdom, "Arnott's" biscuits in Australia and "Godiva" chocolates around the world. The company also owns dry soup and sauce businesses in Europe under the "Batchelors," "Oxo," "Lesieur," "Royco," "Liebig," "Heisse Tasse," "Bla Band" and "McDonnells" brands. The company is ably supported by approximately 24,000 employees worldwide. For more information about Campbell's, please visit www.campbellsoup.com. About StarCite, Inc. StarCite, Inc. continues to re-shape procurement and management processes for the $300 billion global meetings and events industry through their proprietary Web-based technologies and services. Its Integrated Meetings Platform(TM) enables corporations to implement more effective buying and vendor management on an enterprise and global basis. StarCite offers suppliers innovative marketing opportunities, the ability to electronically respond to and manage leads, as well as advanced technology solutions to improve their existing business processes. StarCite is based in Philadelphia. Investors in StarCite include American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. ; Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Capital Group; Maritz Travel Company; McGettigan Partners; Mellon Ventures; Networld; Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.; Strattech Partners; and Verticalnet. For more information about StarCite, or its technologies and services, please visit www.StarCite.com. |
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