Collabria, Inc. Selected by Oracle as e-Business Solution Provider Within Oracle Supplier Network.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1999-- -- Collabria to Provide Innovative e-Business Solutions For Print Procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. to Oracle's Customers -- Collabria, Inc. announced today that it has been selected by Oracle Corp. as a member of the Oracle(r) Supplier Network. The Oracle Supplier Network is a group of companies selected to provide content and related services to Oracle Exchange -- a major new initiative by Oracle to provide an on-line business-to-business marketplace -- and also integration with Oracle's Internet Procurement applications. The combination of Collabria PrintCommerce and Oracle's procurement solutions further streamlines the print industry supply chain by seamlessly integrating a customer's print order with the print manufacturing and fulfillment process. Collabria offers an e-commerce solution that dramatically reduces the cost of procuring, manufacturing, and distributing printed material. A client, using the service, logs in to their customized, secure Web site, personalizes their printed material (e.g., letterhead, business cards, brochures, data sheets) and completes an order form. The client then approves an on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. proof and submits their order. The print manufacturer receives a printing press ready file dramatically reducing pre-press costs and reducing the time needed for production and fulfillment of their customer's order. Alan Hu, 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 Collabria, said, "We're delighted to partner with Oracle in this strategic initiative. Oracle and Collabria share a common goal of delivering e-business solutions that offer dramatic cost efficiencies in business-to-business supply chains. Collabria's focus on print automation enhances Oracle's enterprise procurement and supply chain integration solutions. The combined solution will offer dramatic savings to customers." Kevin Miller For other persons of the same name, see Kevin Miller (disambiguation). Kevin Miller (born 1968) is a conservative American talk radio host and political pundit who has been featured on many national news programs, including The Today Show, Leeza Gibbons, CNN, and MSNBC. , Vice President, Internet Procurement, Oracle Corp., added, "Collabria is a valuable addition to the Oracle Supplier Network. Collabria's expertise in the $90 billion commercial printing industry is a welcome addition to Oracle Exchange, and we expect that Collabria will help meet the unique needs of print procurement and management via the Internet." About Collabria... Collabria based in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , provides print manufacturers and resellers a fast, easy and affordable path to e-business. Collabria delivers compelling e-business solutions including print, supply chain and procurement management applications via an Internet-based service model. Print manufacturers and distributors take advantage of these solutions today to expand and strengthen their customer relationships while realizing hard dollar savings from simplified and automated business processes Many computer systems are available in the commercial marketplace that address the various aspects of Business Process Management. Most address one specific set of functionality; for instance, some allow the processes to be mapped (see Business Process Mapping) and documented (such as . Corporate purchasing, forms, and marketing managers realize significant savings from on-line print ordering, management and distribution efficiencies. Collabria is privately held and is founded by printing industry veterans with an insider's clarity of its pains and challenges. The company is funded by premier venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , Weiss, Peck & Greer, and Internet Capital Group. About Oracle Exchange and Oracle Internet Procurement... Oracle Exchange is scheduled to be the world's first open business-to-business on-line marketplace providing an e-business procurement community where any company can buy business goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. using any purchasing technique. Oracle Internet Procurement is a complete purchasing solution for production, non-production, MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , service and administrative purchases. Oracle Internet Procurement enable organizations to move beyond current best practices and realize dramatic reductions in total spending and procurement cycle times. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. All other trademarks, registered trademark and brand names are the property of their respective owners. |
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