Leading Life Sciences Manufacturers Renew Verticalnet Subscriptions; Two FORTUNE 500 Pharmaceutical/Medical Device Manufacturers Re-up for Verticalnet On-Demand Solutions.MALVERN Malvern, England: see Great Malvern. , Pa. -- Verticalnet (Verticalnet Inc., Malvern, PA, www.verticalnet.com) A company that was an early pioneer in the development and operation of business-to-business Web portals for scientific, industrial and manufacturing industries. , Inc. (Nasdaq: VERT), a leading provider of supply management solutions, today announced that two FORTUNE 500(TM) Life Sciences manufacturers have renewed their subscriptions to Verticalnet's on-demand e-Sourcing solutions. One of the world's largest research-driven pharmaceutical and health care products companies has renewed its subscription to the Verticalnet Program Manager and Negotiation Manager modules to continue to accelerate their sourcing cycles and achieve their aggressive sourcing savings targets, while ensuring process consistency and maintaining a central knowledge base to share best practices throughout their global sourcing organization. The pharmaceutical manufacturer, who has also licensed the Verticalnet Spend Manager module to achieve global spend visibility, has over 1,000 registered users that have completed over 1,300 sourcing events with over 1,500 suppliers since 2003. Additionally, a $5 billion medical technology company with offices in 50 countries has recently renewed their subscription for the Verticalnet Negotiation Manager module. Since subscribing to the Verticalnet solution, the Company has used the Verticalnet on-demand eSourcing software to host over 130 RFX RFX Receiver/Fixture Interface RFX Royal Foreign Exchange (Royal Bank of Canada) RFx Request for Information, Proposal or Quotation RFX Tactical Experimental Reconnaissance Aircraft RFX Record Field Exchange and reverse auctions events, and has sourced 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. from 750 suppliers. "These two renewals are evidence of the value that Verticalnet is delivering to leading Life Sciences companies," said Nathanael V. Lentz, Verticalnet 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. . "With increasing pressure to control all areas of healthcare costs, Supply Management has become a critical capability for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. We are pleased that two global Life Sciences manufacturers have renewed their commitment to Verticalnet's on-demand solutions and look forward to helping them continue deploying world-class supply management processes." About Verticalnet Verticalnet is a leading provider of supply management solutions that enable companies to identify and realize sustained value across the supply management lifecycle. Going beyond traditional spend management and sourcing approaches, Verticalnet's solutions provide the visibility, insight and process control required to maximize the sustained value realization from supply management. Large enough to help customers attain supply management success worldwide, yet nimble nim·ble adj. nim·bler, nim·blest 1. Quick, light, or agile in movement or action; deft: nimble fingers. See Synonyms at dexterous. 2. enough to provide individual attention and remain focused on customer priorities, Verticalnet has helped numerous Global 2000 companies take their supply management efforts to the next level through an optimal blend of software, comprehensive services, and deep category knowledge and domain expertise. To learn more, please visit us at www.verticalnet.com. Verticalnet is a registered trademark or a trademark 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. and other countries of Vert Tech LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . |
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