Chiron Vision Licenses Commerce One's Real-Time Interbusiness Electronic Commerce Solutions; C1 SupplySite Enables Chiron to Increase Customer Service in Medical Community.WALNUT CREEK Walnut Creek, residential city (1990 pop. 60,569), Contra Costa co., W Calif., in the San Francisco Bay area; inc. 1914. It is the trade and shipping center of an extensive agricultural area where walnuts are among the major product. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 25, 1997--Commerce One, Inc., a leading supplier of real-time interbusiness electronic commerce solutions, today announced a technology licensing agreement with Chiron Vision, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of $1 billion biotechnology firm, Chiron Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CHIR CHIR Chiricahua National Monument (US National Park Service) ). Chiron Vision will license Commerce One's C1 SupplySite multimedia catalog technology to empower its more than 2,000 medical customers worldwide to purchase, in real-time, Chiron Vision surgical products. With this agreement, Commerce One will facilitate 24-hour self service to Chiron Vision customers, allowing them to focus more resources on high-value business opportunities rather than routine transactions. By integrating C1 SupplySite technology, Chiron Vision will streamline its organization by implementing a system in which electronic orders can be placed and received from customers, thus eliminating the paper process and reducing error rates. The technology will also provide a wide variety of Chiron customers in the medical community with the ability to electronically locate and select products for review, obtain current pricing, place orders, reconcile exceptions, allocate inventory and track status all from within the application. For example, hospitals that need to order ophthalmic surgical products from Chiron Vision will now be able to electronically locate merchandise in real-time, eliminating the need for re-quoting and re-ordering. This real-time process also prevents hospitals from ordering unnecessary inventory and allows them to more effectively service their patients. With the ability to access accurate, real-time information in every step of the process, from selection through reconciliation and tracking, Chiron customer service demand is reduced and customer satisfaction is increased. "Commerce One provides the most complete electronic commerce solution in the marketplace that addresses our mission-critical purchasing needs within the medical community," said Mike Pearce, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Chiron Vision. "Integrating C1 SupplySite technology not only allows us to improve customer service, but it also enables Chiron to reduce costs, increase revenue and streamline operations while providing a measurable return on investment (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). )." "Working with Chiron Vision represents Commerce One's commitment to providing enterprise electronic commerce solutions for buying and selling organizations in the medical industry," said Chuck Donchess, vice president of marketing and business development at Commerce One. "We are pleased to work with leading companies such as Chiron Vision who are implementing Commerce One's leading-edge interbusiness electronic commerce technology to meet critical business needs more effectively and receive a superior ROI." C1 SupplySite (Multimedia Catalog) C1 SupplySite (Multimedia Catalog) is a GUI-based, fully interactive multimedia catalog that works with C1 REOS REOS Regulated Emergency Oxygen System REOS Rare Earth Oxysulfide REOS Remote Electrical Optical Sensor (in situ light based system for remote monitoring of nuisance algae in reservoirs) 5 transaction server to enable users to quickly and accurately select products for review. Users obtain current pricing, place orders, reconcile any necessary substitutions, allocate inventory and track status electronically from within the application. The catalog content is created, published and maintained using C1 DataSource Content Manager, an object-oriented development and maintenance tool that controls C1 SupplySite and C1 BuySite content data. It enables maintenance of referenced data objects, including pictures, video and HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. documents. C1 SupplySite ensures that accurate pricing, packaging and configuration information is immediately distributed to customers and company personnel. These capabilities combined with the users' ability to focus on high-value opportunities, help companies open new markets more rapidly. The C1 Commerce Chain Suite Commerce One's technology strategy encompasses three key products: C1 BuySite, a proxy catalog server A catalog server provides a single point of access that allows users to centrally search for information across a distributed network. In other words, it indexes databases, files and information across large network and allows keywords, Boolean and other searches. that enables simultaneous and centralized storage of catalogs from multiple suppliers; C1 SupplySite, a GUI-based, interactive multimedia catalog that enables the selection of catalog-listed products for review or inclusion in a quotation, requisition A written demand; a formal request or requirement. The formal demand by one government upon another, or by the governor of one state upon the governor of another state, of the surrender of a fugitive from justice. The taking or seizure of property by government. , purchase order or workflow template; and C1 REOS 5 transaction server, a real-time electronic on-line transaction system which interfaces with C1 BuySite and C1 SupplySite as well as third party electronic catalogs. About Chiron Corporation Chiron Corporation was a multinational biotechnology firm based in Emeryville, California that was acquired by Novartis International AG on April 20 2006. It had offices and facilities in eighteen countries on five continents. and Chiron Vision Chiron Corp., headquartered in Emeryville, Calif., is a science-driven, market-directed health-care company that combines diagnostic, vaccine and therapeutic strategies for controlling disease. Chiron participates in four global health-care markets: diagnostics, including immunodiagnostics, critical care diagnostics and new quantitative probe tests; therapeutics, with an emphasis on oncological, infectious, neurological and cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels. Mentioned in: Lipoproteins Test cardiovascular disease ; pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. and adult vaccines; and ophthalmic surgical products for the correction of vision. Chiron Technologies conducts research and development in the fields of biological proteins, gene therapy and combinatorial chemistry Combinatorial chemistry involves the rapid synthesis or the computer simulation of a large number of different but structurally related molecules. Introduction Synthesis of molecules in a combinatorial fashion can quickly lead to large numbers of molecules. . Chiron Vision Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chiron Corp., is a global company engaged in the development of innovative products and procedures for the surgical preservation and improvement of vision. About Commerce One Commerce One, Inc., develops, licenses and markets the Commerce Chain Solution, the industry's only real-time, electronic procurement and supplier management electronic commerce solution for interbusiness transactions. The Commerce Chain Suite of products includes: C1 BuySite, a proxy catalog server; C1 SupplySite, a multimedia catalog; and C1 REOS 5 transaction server, a real-time electronic on-line transaction system. The Commerce Chain Suite provides procurement and selling organizations with the opportunity to reduce costs, increase revenue and streamline operational processes to maximize profitability. Commerce One is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Walnut Creek, Calif. Mark Hoffman, co-founder and former 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 Sybase, serves as Commerce One's president and CEO and is supported by an industry-leading management team of senior executives from top technology companies. Commerce One can be reached at 510/941-6000 or www.commerce-one.com . -0- Note to Editors: Commerce One is a registered trademark and Commerce Chain, C1 BuySite, C1 SupplySite and C1 REOS are trademarks of Commerce One, Inc. CONTACT: Commerce One Lisa Joss, 510/941-6000 lisa.joss@commerce-one.com or The Horn Group Katie Belding, 415/579-6432 kbelding@horngroup.com |
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