Summit Business Media today
announced that Andrew L. Goodenough has been named President and CEO.  The CEO title
was previously held by William F. Reilly.  Reilly, one of the most successful
investors in B2B media, will continue to serve as Chairman, in a non-executive
capacity, and remains a major investor in Summit.  Goodenough, 52, was named
President of Summit in September 2007.

"Going into the formation of Summit in November 2006, my plan was to drive
the initial growth of the business for several years as CEO, and then step
back to the Chairman role," Reilly said.  "I am delighted to be able to report
that Summit, in less than two years, is off to a great start and has taken its
place as a major B2B media company with more than 26 magazine titles, 150
reference books and electronic products and 100 live events.  We've built a
best-in-class management team led by Andy Goodenough, and I'm pleased to be
able to step back to that Chairman role sooner than expected and turn over the
day-to-day executive reins to Andy and his team."

"We are very pleased with Summit's success to date and Andy's role in
leading us to this point," said Jim TenBroek, Managing Director at Wind Point
Partners, Summit's largest investor.  "We also have the utmost respect for
Bill Reilly as a gifted manager and trusted friend in initiating this
transition.  We look forward to continue working with him as Chairman and
investor.  Moving forward, Andy Goodenough and his strong management team are
well positioned to take advantage of opportunities as they continue to
implement Summit's growth strategy."

Summit Business Media was formed in November 2006 through Wind Point
Partners' acquisition of Highline Media and Pfingsten Publishing in
partnership with Reilly and management of Highline Media.

Goodenough has been a senior B2B executive and entrepreneur for more than
30 years.  He was President of USB Corporation and Publisher of U.S. Banker
before its sale to Thomson Media in 1993, and then served as the President of
Thomson's Banking Publishing/Conferences Group.  The group published and
hosted more than 80 products and events including American Banker, U.S.
Banker, Bank Technology News, National Mortgage News, Credit Union Journal and
many others.  Goodenough later created the business plan for a new financial
services information company in 2002, secured equity funding from Spire
Capital in January 2003 and in October of that year, launched Highline Media
and acquired The National Underwriter Company, now a core asset in Summit's
operations.  Highline Media was acquired as part of the formation of Summit in
November 2006.

Goodenough is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont and holds an MBA
degree in finance and marketing from New York University.

About Summit Business Media

Summit Business Media was formed through Wind Point Partners' acquisition
of Highline Media and Pfingsten Publishing in November 2006.  The leading B2B
media and information company for the insurance, investment and professional
services markets, Summit publishes the insurance titles National Underwriter
Property/Casualty and Life/Health weeklies, Life Insurance Selling, Agent
Sales Journal, American Agent & Broker, Claims, Tech Decisions and Florida
Underwriter, and financial titles Wealth Manager, Research, Futures and
Mortgage Originator. In July 2007 the Company acquired Wicks Business
Information, and added Investment Advisor, Credit Union Times, Inside Counsel
and Treasury & Risk magazines, continuing to expand its footprint in the
financial industry as well as adding the legal and accounting markets, as part
of its growth into the professional services marketplace.  In July 2008, the
company acquired WiesnerMedia's Financial Group of B2B media and marketing
services, including Senior Market Advisor, Boomer Market Advisor, Benefits
Selling and Bank Advisor magazines, as well as ProducersWEB.com and the
Advisors Data Source.  In the Reference arena, the company publishes TaxFacts
and Fire, Casualty and Surety Bulletins, and, through its Highline Data unit,
financial and market information on insurers, agents and company benefit
plans.  Summit also sponsors the international Investment Conferences on
global mining investment, a dozen conference events affiliated with its
magazine brands, and via its Executive Enterprises unit, nearly 100
professional education seminars annually.

Summit is also one of the leading organizers of consumer art expositions
and providers of business-to-business information to the art market.
Source-earthtimes.org

Businesses familiar with the benefits of recycling can glean even more from ECO International, LLC's acquisition of inventory retailer AuctionDrop(TM), effective June 16th 2008.

Wescorp Energy (OTCBB: WSCE) Closed at $0.41. Today announced that Total Fluid Solutions Inc. (TFS), its wholly-owned subsidiary, has signed a master lease agreement with an oil and gas company with operations in Texas, Kansas and Wyoming, to use TFS's safe, effective and economical process for cleaning and separating oil from produced water. Under the terms of the contract, Wescorp Energy will construct, deploy and operate up to 256 water remediation units and provide trained technicians qualified to operate and service the equipment.

The lease rates for this contract will provide Wescorp with a full return of capital expenses and each unit will provide positive cash flow in less than 12 months. Under the terms of this contract, there are 5 standard through-put or volume capacity designs for the water remediation units being 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000 and 5,000 barrels per day (BBLS/day). The daily lease rate is determined by the through-put capacity of each particular unit, with rates ranging from $900 to $2500 per day.

"This order for up to 256 of our patented water remediation units is monumental for Wescorp," commented Mark Norris, Chairman of Wescorp Energy and former Minister of Economic Development in the Alberta Provincial Government on the completing of the lease contract. "The anticipated reoccurring revenue from these units is expected to allow the company to grow by quantum leaps.

This technology has been designed and constructed to operate in oil and gas fields for the life of the producing wells - often as long as 15 or 20 years. We believe that this large initial order, primarily based on results from our 2,000 barrel-per-day commercial test unit, will lead to strong product acceptance by the industry. By reducing the amount of hydrocarbon in the produced water, this technology reduces environmental liabilities, the frequency of service and repairs on disposal and injection wells, and recovers additional hydrocarbons. Environmentally conscious companies are winning by reducing operation costs and increasing operating margins."

What They Do: Wescorp Energy is an oil and gas operations solutions company focused on commercializing technologies that overcome tough operations challenges facing oil and gas operators today. Wescorp combines its intellectual capital, oil and gas industry experience, best practices methodologies and its market offerings to deliver these solutions in a timely, economic and environmentally friendly manner.

What They Do: Wescorp Energy is an oil and gas operations solutions company focused on commercializing technologies that overcome tough operations challenges facing oil and gas operators today. Wescorp combines its intellectual capital, oil and gas industry experience, best practices methodologies and its market offerings to deliver these solutions in a timely, economic and environmentally friendly manner.

How They Trade: WSCE has a 52 week high of $0.51 and a 52 week low of $0.33. Volume averages approximately 146K shares a day.

Eden Energy (OTCBB: EDNE) Closed at $0.36. Announced yesterday after market close a corporate update on the Company’s exploration and development programs. The Noah Project in Nevada has been a primary focus of the Company since its inception in 2003. Starting with the groundbreaking work of Dr. Alan Chamberlain of Cedar Strat Inc., Eden matured the Noah project into a high quality drillable target. In April of 2007 the Company announced a farmout and joint venture agreement with a large Texas-based private company for the drilling of the Noah project. In April 2008 the Company announced that the Noah well had been plugged and abandoned after reaching a depth of 7,080 feet.

Subsequent to the Noah well drilling and after a careful review of the technical aspects of the Cherry Creek project the Company has decided not to pursue further activities and will not be renewing leases it holds in the project area. Eden Energy has participated in the drilling of two wells at Chinchaga in northwestern Alberta and has an interest in approximately 23,000 acres in the area. Both wells have been plugged and abandoned, however the Company views this area as highly prospective and will continue to monitor industry activity before making a decision of further drilling.

The White River Dome project in the Piceance Basin has become the Company’s primary focus. The White River Dome project combines good commercial returns while providing a large number of low risk development locations. Under its Drilling and Development Agreement, Eden may continue to drill wells and earn acreage in the federal exploratory Ant Hill Unit.

What They Do: Eden Energy Corp. focuses on large scale oil and gas projects with significant resource potential. Its current focus is the development of the White River Dome project in the Piceance Basin, Rio Blanco County, Colorado.

How They Trade: EDNE has a 52 week high of $1.20 and a 52 week low of $0.23. Volume averages approximately 149 shares a day.

Del Global Technologies Corp. (OTCBB: DGTC) Closed at $1.55. Today announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with New Medical Imaging (NMI) of Taiwan, ROC, to sell and market NMI’s Gemini family of full-field, portable DR flat panels in the Americas. Del Medical will feature the Gemini flat panels at booth #738 at the AHRA 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition, held July 27-31, 2008.

The Gemini flat panels are easily integrated into Del’s tables, which allows existing customers to upgrade or field retrofit their digital imaging systems. All of the Gemini products feature the latest flat panel technology and are DICOM compatible. Lightweight and portable, these flat panels facilitate multiple applications, while ensuring patient comfort and safety. Sharp, clear images appear on the screen in a matter of seconds resulting in significant workflow benefits.

What They Do: Del Global Technologies Corp. is primarily engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of high performance diagnostic imaging systems for medical, dental and veterinary applications through the Del Medical Systems Group. Through its U.S. based Del Medical Imaging Corp. and Milan, Italy based Villa Sistemi Medicali S.p.A. subsidiaries the Company offers a broad portfolio of general radiographic, radiographic/fluoroscopic, portable x-ray and digital radiographic systems to the global marketplace.

How They Trade: DGTC has a 52 week high of $3.40 and a 52 week low of $1.15. Volume averages approximately 7K shares a day.

DigitalPost Interactive (OTCBB: DGLP) Closed aqt $0.09. Today announced the launch of Qwik-Edit(SM) -- a new, user-friendly photo-editing solution for its re-brandable digital media-sharing platform. This exciting new feature enables even the most novice Internet users to enhance their favorite family photos in one, easy step -- no downloads or special skills required.

Designed to work within DigitalPost Interactive's easy-to-use digital media-sharing platform, the new photo editor contains Crop, Rotate, Tint, Lighting, Auto-Correct, and Red-Eye features along with unique personalization tools for creating custom photo borders. Beginning today, users of TheFamilyPost.com and private-label versions of this compelling family website service can edit any photo posted on their site without the need for additional programs or third-party applications.

What They Do: DigitalPost Interactive is a SaaS (Software as a Service) and application provider that delivers B2B and B2C digital media-sharing solutions that are both easy to offer and easy to use. The company's visually-stunning, user-friendly Web 2.0 technology gives consumers a single, engaging place online for permanently storing and sharing a lifetime of digital media and memories, connecting with family and friends, and keeping organized in today's digital world.

How They Trade: DGLP has a 52 week high of $1.05 and a 52 week low of $0.08. Volume averages approximately 95K shares a day.
Source-transworldnews.com

During a press conference today at the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Exposition, American Express Business Travel announced plans to launch a business-to-business online networking community for the corporate travel industry. A first-of-its-kind resource, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will bring together a consortium of industry decision makers, suppliers, and experts in the industry's most extensive online, community platform. Also announced was NBTA's commitment to become the online community's first industry content partner. American Express Publishing's Executive Travel magazine will also provide content to the site. Designed as a place for members to connect, share and learn, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will draw together the combined expertise and wide variety of perspectives of American Express Business Travel, NBTA, industry publications, suppliers and editorialists. In addition to these affiliations, users will be empowered and encouraged to participate in online discussion boards, editorial reviews, hot topic polls, product development councils and provide feedback on what they want to hear about from the industry. Other features will include a resource center with white papers, surveys and other
research, RSS feed, blogs and benchmarking ability. Membership to the site will be open to the entire business travel community. "The latest online innovation from American Express,
BusinessTravelConnexion.com will grant corporations and individual travel professionals access to the wealth of information and expertise of our organization and members of the broader business travel industry, while asking them to supplement the site's value by contributing from their own experiences," said Lyell Farquharson, Vice President and General Manager,Business Travel Canada, American Express. "With the advent of new technology we're witnessing the business travel industry moving toward online resources and automated services, and our objective with this new, interactive network,is to continue to evolutionize the business travel experience." Kevin Maguire, CCTE, President and CEO, NBTA commented, "As a leading source of business travel industry information, NBTA continually seeks new opportunities to deliver valuable resources to the business travel community. We are pleased to work with American Express Business Travel on BusinessTravelConnexion.com; it's a tremendous opportunity to deliver thought leadership through a new media vehicle to reach an even greater portion of the business travel community."

Farquharson continued, "NBTA's and Executive Travel's content partnerships add tremendous value to the industry intelligence we want showcased on the site. Through their contributions and others who are interested, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will allow companies to leverage the collective intelligence of the industry to become more informed and better equipped to make the most prudent travel management decisions."

"Executive Travel is thrilled to be a part of the BusinessTravelConnexion.com community. Executive Travel's content will provide a unique dimension to the site by offering the perspective of the traveller.

It is beneficial for business travel managers and procurement officers to have insight into the minds of travellers to help define the approach for corporate travel programs. In today's fast-paced and ever-changing environment, there is a need for a place where knowledge can be shared easily and quickly, and we feel BusinessTravelConnexion.com does exactly that," said Janet M. Libert, editor of Executive Travel magazine. As a first step toward a truly collaborative community, American Express Business Travel is accepting suggestions for content and features at www.BusinessTravelConnexion.com or at the Company's booth (No. 2239) on the NBTA Expo floor in Los Angeles. Through each of these venues, individuals may register to offer thoughts and receive updates on the site's progress until its launch, currently planned for this fall.

About American Express Business Travel

American Express Business Travel(www.americanexpress.com/businesstravel),
a division of the American Express Company, is dedicated to helping its clients realize the greatest possible value from their investment in travel through increased cost savings,
outstanding customer service and greater spend control. For small businesses, medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations, American Express Business Travel provides a combination of industry-leading booking technology, travel management consulting expertise, strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation support, and customer service available online and offline, around the world.

American Express operates one of the world's largest travel agency networks with $26.4 billion in global travel sales in 2007.

American Express Company (www.americanexpress.com) is a diversified worldwide travel, financial and network services company founded in 1850. It is a world leader in charge and credit cards, Travellers Cheques, travel, and business services.

Source-cnw.ca

As businesses are getting more environmentally conscious, this phenomenon has fuelled businesses across the world to use Business to Business (B2B) portals as their international business tool for all their trading needs. However, in the early 1990's, though the concept was well accepted by the business world, traders were skeptical about the positive results. But today leading B2B portals have proved beyond doubt the world that the concept is not only fast and cost effective, but also an eco-friendly medium to do international trade.

Top trade shows still attract many companies to showcase their products and services, but a majority of small and medium enterprises (SME) have totally resorted to do the same through B2Bs. And this in fact, has reduced unnecessary movement of people and commodities to several such shows resulting in lowering cost of marketing as well as energy to every business entity involved.

Besides, instead of traveling to meet a new client to a foreign land, traders found this new rendezvous in the form of B2B portal. In business development process, after making initial interactions through emails, they sometimes even confirm their business facilities through video-conferencing before inking the deals, and this too is made possible through B2Bs.

According to studies, more than 60% of SME utilize the services of B2Bs directly or indirectly. Though there is a flurry and mushrooming of several B2Bs with claims of providing complete business solutions, leading B2Bs are still largely sought after in the e-commerce arena.

B2Bs are environmentally appealing mainly because of the non-involvement of any kind global warming material being used in the business development process.

. The complete business process except product delivery involves just electronic interaction and transaction.

. Products or services are presented to the client/clients by redirecting them to their respective websites from their B2B profile or through the same profile itself depending upon the B2B package their have opted for.

. Avoids physical presence in all stages of business, and in abstract services even delivery is made electronically.

B2Bs generated huge revenues as compared to other business models engaged in global trade without emitting any harmful green house gases or cutting trees which was otherwise used extensively in paper-based business processes of the past. Perhaps serious concern for the deteriorating health of the environment due to climate change and other related issues have prompted businesses to take a paradigm shift to opt for B2Bs.

Most B2Bs expect bringing in such awareness among traders will also help these portals to grow besides other positive aspects. In addition, these portals hope environmentally conscious traders to market B2B concept to non-users through word of mouth or other means to adopt it as part of 'save the planet slogan'. Some of the B2Bs provide even international services including transport, go-between and other services, besides the regulars, import and export to put their use into good effect.

Apart from the eco-friendly aspects of these portals there are other attractive reasons for traders to adopt this model such as, negligible cost involved in marketing operations of any given company, user-friendliness and not to mention the speed in delivering goods. Though there are any scales to measure the amount or number of benefits to the environment after the arrival of B2B portals is available, looking into the features as well as the time presence, one is made to believe, they have made a huge positive impact in the eco front. The eco-conscious traders, if they have not started utilizing these services, will certainly adopt this business tool as a medium for their global and even for their domestic trading needs very soon.

Source-powerhomebiz.com

During a press conference today at the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) International Convention & Exposition, American Express Business Travel announced plans to launch a business-to-business online networking community for the corporate travel industry. A first-of-its-kind resource, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will bring together a consortium of industry decision makers, suppliers, and experts in the industry’s most extensive online, community platform. Also announced was NBTA’s commitment to become the online community’s first industry content partner. American Express Publishing’s Executive Travel magazine will also provide content to the site. Designed as a place for members to connect, share and learn, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will draw together the combined expertise and wide variety of perspectives of American Express Business Travel, NBTA, industry publications, suppliers and editorialists. In addition to these affiliations, users will be empowered and encouraged to participate in online discussion boards, editorial reviews, hot topic polls, product development councils and provide feedback on what they want to hear about from the industry. Other features will include a resource center with white papers, surveys and other research, RSS feed, blogs and benchmarking ability. Membership to the site will be open to the entire business travel community. "The latest online innovation from American Express, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will grant corporations and individual travel professionals access to the wealth of information and expertise of our organization and members of the broader business travel industry, while asking them to supplement the site’s value by contributing from their own experiences,” said Charles Petruccelli, president, American Express Global Travel Services. "With the advent of new technology we’re witnessing the business travel industry moving toward online resources and automated services, and our objective with this new, interactive network, is to continue to revolutionize the business travel experience." Kevin Maguire, CCTE, President and CEO, NBTA commented, "As a leading source of business travel industry information, NBTA continually seeks new opportunities to deliver valuable resources to the business travel community. We are pleased to work with American Express Business Travel on BusinessTravelConnexion.com; it’s a tremendous opportunity to deliver thought leadership through a new media vehicle to reach an even greater portion of the business travel community.” Petruccelli continued, "NBTA’s and Executive Travel’s content partnerships add tremendous value to the industry intelligence we want showcased on the site. Through their contributions and others who are interested, BusinessTravelConnexion.com will allow companies to leverage the collective intelligence of the industry to become more informed and better equipped to make the most prudent travel management decisions.” "Executive Travel is thrilled to be a part of the BusinessTravelConnexion.com community. Executive Travel's content will provide a unique dimension to the site by offering the perspective of the traveler. It is beneficial for business travel managers and procurement officers to have insight into the minds of travelers to help define the approach for corporate travel programs. In today's fast-paced and ever-changing environment, there is a need for a place where knowledge can be shared easily and quickly, and we feel BusinessTravelConnexion.com does exactly that," said Janet M. Libert, editor of Executive Travel magazine. As a first step toward a truly collaborative community, American Express Business Travel is accepting suggestions for content and features at www.BusinessTravelConnexion.com or at the Company’s booth (#2239) on the NBTA Expo floor in Los Angeles. Through each of these venues, individuals may register to offer thoughts and receive updates on the site’s progress until its launch, currently planned for this fall. Industry participants are also invited to become a fan of the BusinessTravelConnexion Facebook page. Updates and additional information are available at http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Express-Business-Travel- ConneXion/20901582371. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) About American Express Business Travel American Express Business Travel (www.americanexpress.com/businesstravel), a division of the American Express Company, is dedicated to helping its clients realize the greatest possible value from their investment in travel through increased cost savings, outstanding customer service and greater spend control. For small businesses, medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations, American Express Business Travel provides a combination of industry-leading booking technology, travel management consulting expertise, strategic sourcing and supplier negotiation support, and customer service available online and offline, around the world. American Express operates one of the world's largest travel agency networks with $26.4 billion in global travel sales in 2007. American Express Company (www.americanexpress.com) is a diversified worldwide travel, financial and network services company founded in 1850. It is a world leader in charge and credit cards, Travelers Cheques, travel, and business services.

Source-newsticker.welt.de

WAUCONDA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fidelitone Logistics, an industry leader in providing comprehensive third party logistics (3PL) services, has been selected as one of the Top 100 Third-Party Logistics Providers for 2008 by Inbound Logistics magazine.

“It’s a global world, and without the best-in-class supply chain solutions offered by Top 100 companies such as Fidelitone Logistics, business logistics professionals going global would face enormous difficulties,” said Felicia Stratton, Editor, Inbound Logistics. “For its ability to help customers explore new markets and new opportunities both domestically and around the world, Inbound Logistics is proud to recognize Fidelitone Logistics as a 2008 Top 100 3PL.”

“We are honored to have been selected by the team at Inbound Logistics as one of the top 3PL providers in the country for 2008,” said Fidelitone Logistics president Josh Johnson. “Fidelitone Logistics is committed to providing the very best in 3PL services and supply chain management, and we’re ecstatic our team’s hard work is getting recognized by such an esteemed industry publication.”

The Inbound Logistics (IL) editorial staff selected the Top 100 3PL service providers out of over 300 submissions from companies nationwide.

Each year, Inbound Logistics editors select the best logistics solutions providers by carefully evaluating submitted information, conducting personal interviews and online research, and comparing that data to readers’ burgeoning global supply chain and logistics challenges. IL editors selected this year's class of Top 100 3PLs from a pool of more than 300 companies. The service providers selected are companies that, in the opinion of IL editors, offer the diverse operational capabilities and experience to meet readers' unique supply chain and logistics needs.

The Top 100 providers will be featured in the July issue of the Inbound Logistics magazine and in the publication’s online “3PL Decision Support Tool,” where readers can enter in their outsourced logistics requirements and find solution providers best suited to meet their specific needs.

Founded in 1929, Fidelitone Logistics is a privately-owned business headquartered in Wauconda, a northwest suburb of Chicago. With nationwide facilities, access to immediate space anywhere in the country and a worldwide distribution network, Fidelitone Logistics provides vendor management support for more than 2,000 well-known consumer, industrial and MRO related brands and more than six million individual SKUs, shipping millions of packages via all carriers for our clients. Services range from forecasting, procurement and inventory management through distribution, last-mile delivery and return logistics.

To learn more about the 3PL solutions Fidelitone Logistics provides, visit http://www.fidelitone.com.

ABOUT FIDELITONE LOGISTICS

Fidelitone Logistics is a recognized 3PL leader in supply chain management solutions and execution excellence. With nationwide facilities, Fidelitone Logistics services a wide array of customers, including Best Buy, Black & Decker, DMSI and the nation's largest provider of home services. For media inquires, contact Lauren Littlefield at Dittoe PR at 317-202-2280 x.17 or laurenl@dittoepr.com. For more information on Fidelitone Logistics, visit www.fidelitone.com.

ABOUT INBOUND LOGISTICS

Inbound Logistics is the pioneering publication of demand-driven logistics practices, also known as supply chain management. IL’s educational mission is to help businesses efficiently manage logistics, reduce and speed inventory, and neutralize transportation cost increases by aligning their supply to demand and adjusting enterprise functions to support that paradigm shift. More information about demand-driven logistics practices is available at www.inboundlogistics.com.

Source-businesswire.com

NHS Supply Chain has awarded a contract extension to iSOFT to host its e-commerce and logistics operations until 2010. This contract extends a ten-year arrangement with the supplier, initiated by NHS Supply Chain predecessor NHS Logistics.

Operated by DHL Logistics, NHS Supply Chain manages over four million NHS orders a year and aims to provide savings of over £1 billion to the NHS over ten years. NHS Supply Chain is overseen by the NHS Business Services Authority and delivers equipment and supplies to 600 NHS hospitals, GP surgeries and other healthcare organisations from six regional distribution centres. Its e-commerce services include e-trading, e-ordering, e-cataloguing, e-billing and online forecasting.

iSOFT, which was acquired by IBA Health Group in October 2007, offers a fully hosted managed service and a dual data centre operation. The company says that its applications are run in tandem at two separate data centres to guarantee a disaster-tolerant solution. And its warehouse management and distribution applications are developed and supported by IBA subsidiary iB Solutions under a separate contract.

iSOFT UK and Ireland managing director Paul Richards commented: "We have an enviable record of providing a consistently reliable service over many years. Importantly, the long-standing relationship with NHS Supply Chain is built on a true partnership in which we constantly review and develop our service model with the customer to ensure we continually meet its evolving business requirements."

The company has an established relationship with the NHS, having worked with the organisation in relation to the National Programme for IT and having one a number of contracts, including one to upgrade laboratory information systems at a number of NHS trusts in Wales.

Revolution Health, the high profile health information company founded by Steve Case, has been through its share of troubles over the last year or so: first it laid off about 60 employees from its Health Networks division eight months ago, and last month it laid off another 50 employees, about 20 percent of its present workforce, reports industry newsletter AISHealth. The company says the latest round of reductions was due to a reorgfollowing its December acquisition of HealthTalk, an online source of chronic-care information and programming, the story says. The company now has about 200 employees.

A not-so-secret-secret: Revolution is exiting out of its B2B services (direct-to-employer Web portal business ), and will only focus on consumer health portal/info, and the company confirmed it...it will continue to sell its portal capabilities through licensing partnerships with distributors such as Medco Health Solutions, the company says.

With this reorg, all of Revolution's acquired businesses will have a single sales force, one content group and one marketing team. The key point is that the company is "yet to show a really cohesive and compelling business strategy," the story mentions.

We have also been hearing some rumblings of the company looking for strategic options...among some of the options we have heard being discussed is outsourcing some or all of the online ad sales to a network like Glam Media or others. Glam has entered into health network sales recently, and has interests in looking at anchor tenants to own in the sector. More when we have more?

Meanwhile, Steve Case spoke at our EconHealth conference earlier this year in March, and the video is embedded below. Click on the "Browse Video List" button to view the two videos in this series.

Source-washingtonpost.com

Taiwan --- Alibaba.com, a major business-to-business (B2B) Web portal, launched its Taiwan Web site yesterday, providing an online marketplace for global trade and other services for importers and exporters. Taiwan's version of alibaba.com will join its Chinese, Japanese and American counterparts.

David Wei, CEO of the company, said alibaba.com already has 40,000 Taiwanese members. He illustrated the resourcefulness of the Web site by stating that after its release, all forms of businesses can be established through alibaba.com.

Wu Shing-han, a representative from UPS Taiwan, commented on how Taiwan businesses will benefit from the services provided by alibaba.com. He noted that the Web site will help maintain the competitiveness of Taiwanese businesses by facilitating greater exchanges between Taiwan and China. He further added that alibaba.com will also connect Taiwan to the rest of the world, thus creating a forum in which Taiwan businesses can expand outside Taiwan. "Rather than flying everywhere, you can just simply go on alibaba.com," Wu exclaimed.

Tsui Jen-fu, an official of alibaba.com, reinforced this sentiment by stating that as alibaba.com's greatest market will be in China, greater emphasis and resources will be placed on the Chinese version, thus allowing Taiwanese businesses to benefit as well.

Steve Kang, sales manager of the Taiwan branch of alibaba.com, stated the Web site has provided a growing online population. "In China, alibaba.com has 24.8 million registered members; outside China, alibaba has 4.9 million registered members around the globe," he said.

"We aim to help Taiwan's small and medium enterprises (SMEs)," Kang emphasized. He explained that while 97.7 percent of Taiwan companies are SMEs, they only contribute to 18 percent of Taiwan's exports. "This shows that there is still much room to grow for these companies," he said.

Manager of CP Group International Co. Ltd., Liu Chih, recommended alibaba.com, saying that since becoming a member of alibaba.com, his company's sales have increased 100 times within two years, from NT$1 million to NT$100 million.

When asked about whether any cultural conflicts would arise between the Chinese and Taiwanese versions of the Web site, Wei responded that rather than conflicts, the creation of the Web sites will lead to greater diversity, which Wei said is beneficial, adding that several of the board members are also Taiwanese.

Source-asiamedia.ucla.edu

In the near future, possibly in 5-10 years, the size of China's economy could exceed the size of the US economy if the robust rate of growth continues. Japan's economy is one of the largest in the world and South-Korea's economy is growing fast and also India's economy. With that being said it is very clear the Asian economies play an important role on the global markets today and that role could become even more important in the near future.

Having access to the best financial information on the Asian financial markets is necessary for any global trader whether he is trading on the foreign exchange market, stock market or on the commodity market.

Financeasia.com is a Web service that provides news and commentary on Asian business deals and the Asian financial market with content categorized by country and topics. RSS feeds are available in various categories.

Sources : www.b2btoday.com

Search engines don't provide us with results updated to the minute, yet, but that day may come sooner than later. We have the news search engines at our disposal, but then a lot more is included.

The Web community is answering this need with clever link lists; RSS search engines, rolling links lists or whatever it is called. The need for specialized desktop feed readers is diminishing since RSS feed reading and management can be done entirely in the Web browsers.

We recently found a very useful new Web site that publish aggregated results from some of the most popular and recognized tech and business blogs. A simple and clear presentation of constantly updated headlines makes it easy to use and accessible for anyone with a browser.

Source : www.b2btoday.com

Five-year agreement brings leading-edge marketplace to
Aliant's subsidiaries and suppliers

Saint John/Montreal, September, 6, 2000 -BCE Emergis and Ariba
today announced they have signed a five-year, multi-million
dollar agreement with Aliant Inc. to provide a fully-managed
business-to-business corporate marketplace and e-procurement
solution. The agreement will extend to all Aliant's subsidiaries
and approximately 400 of their major suppliers across North
America.

Aliant, which includes NBTel, IslandTel, Maritime Telegraph and
Telephone Company (MTT), and NewTel, will be the first large
corporation in Atlantic Canada to benefit from the BCE Emergis
e-procurement solution, a fully-managed Internet-based
marketplace featuring Ariba's (R) B2B Commerce platform.

The integrated solution will create economies of scale and supply
chain efficiencies for Aliant, its subsidiaries and suppliers.
Aliant expects to improve the management of its $800 million
(Cdn) in annual purchases which include indirect and direct
goods.

"This initiative will streamline our procurement process and make
it more cost effective, as spending is directed through the B2B
e-procurement solution," said Perry Jarvis, Director of
Procurement for Aliant. "By giving our employees and suppliers a
common e-commerce environment, we can leverage our appreciable
buying power to create improved economies of scale."

"Through this agreement, we are extending our e-commerce
expertise into Atlantic Canada and to Aliant's large group of
national suppliers," said Christian Trudeau, Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer, BCE Emergis. "Furthermore,
it expands on our existing relationship with the Aliant companies
that already market our services in their existing portfolio of
e-business solutions."

"This agreement with Aliant is further proof of the strength and
success of Ariba's alliance with BCE Emergis," said Kevin Dwyer,
Vice President of Ariba Canada. "Ariba and BCE Emergis are
committed to helping Aliant receive a fast and significant return
on their investment and to improve their overall bottom line,
through B2B eCommerce efficiencies."

The Emergis enabled marketplace, which embeds the Ariba B2B
Commerce Platform, helps companies realize greater economies of
scale and commerce process efficiencies by providing an open
trading environment - via the internet - rich in services such as
payment, business document exchange, order management and
security services. With the Emergis B2B e-Commerce infrastructure
and the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform, Aliant employees can
electronically approve and aggregate corporate purchasing from
each employee's desktop and direct spending to preferred
suppliers, that can also benefit from the rich service
environment of the Emergis enabled marketplace.

The Aliant group of advanced technology companies (TSE:AIT) and
its staff of 10,000 professionals deliver full service,
integrated solutions through its core lines of business: wireline
and wireless telecommunications, information technology, remote
communications services, and internet-based business solutions.
From its base in Canada, Aliant serves North American and
international customers. For more information, visit Aliant at
www.aliant.ca.

Ariba, Inc. is the leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce
platform and network services provider. Through the Ariba B2B
Commerce platform - an open, end-to-end infrastructure of
interoperable software solutions and hosted Web-based commerce
services -- the company enables efficient on-line trade,
integration and collaboration between B2B marketplaces, buyers,
suppliers and commerce service providers. The global reach and
best-of-breed functionality of the Ariba B2B Commerce platform
creates Internet-driven economies of scale and process
efficiencies for leading companies around the world. More
information can be found at www.ariba.com.

BCE Emergis delivers network-centric e-commerce services that
significantly improve customer processes through secure B2B
exchanges. Combining e-commerce, e-payment and security services,
BCE Emergis offers clients in the healthcare, financial services,
telecommunications and transportation industries a full suite of
core and vertical-specific services that are the essential
building blocks and infrastructure required for e-commerce. BCE
Emergis is one of the top e-commerce providers in North America
and its shares are included in the TSE 100 Composite Index. For
more information, please refer to www.emergis.com.

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements
that reflect the current views and/or expectations of BCE Emergis
with respect to its performance, business and future events. Such
statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. Actual results and events may vary significantly.

Source  :  bce.ca

Mutually beneficial collaboration is only possible when different players have access to full information, which is never possible with a competitor in a pure, competitive market. Therefore, the obvious question is whether the supplier would attempt to take advantage of the relationship with the buyer.

The answer is "no," because pivotal to this relationship is "full information." The buyer still has access to prices from other suppliers, and it's in the buyer's best interest for the supplier to stay away from a monopolistic approach to pricing. Sustaining a good relationship allows the buyer to prosper from its superior quality and ability to deliver.

Buyers can have any number of such partnerships, with "partners" either in the same competitive space or mutually exclusive in the products and services they provide.

To make such a system work, the buyer's system should be able to rate:

• Product quality.

• Mean Time to Failure of the product.

• Ability to deliver the product on time.

• Ability to maintain competitive price compared with other suppliers of similar scale and size.

This allows buyers to keep suppliers honest, and for suppliers to keep existing business by maintaining a high rating on buyers' systems. And if two or more suppliers in the same space maintain a consistently high "buyer rating," buyers can determine the supplier for a particular product by awarding the contract on a predetermined basis, or in a specific order.

Any supplier failing to maintain the high rating can be either penalized by being skipped over for a contract or being completely removed from the system for a certain time period. Along with the obvious cost benefits, this system includes all the value adds such as superior quality, reliable delivery and competitive pricing.

The timelessness of Nash's theory requires that the underlying system stand the test of time. In the B2B world, both longevity and adaptability of the technology are important. In terms of longevity, the technology should not have to be changed often. From the adaptability perspective, a company needs to interact with different systems. An XML-based solution would be ideal.

When done right the first time, this B2B solution can be implemented in about 90 days or less with just a couple of people -- and B2B's promise of enhancing specialized buying is just around the corner.

Source : houston.bizjournals.com

Business to business, or B2B, e-commerce swept through the business world with huge potential. But the ride continues to be bumpy. In today's economy, many companies are re-evaluating and re-strategizing the scope and scale of their B2B business models.

Online exchanges and reverse auction sites, which were considered to be the keys to success, failed to deliver. Yet there are solutions, especially from the perspective of specialized buying, that can make B2B really pay off.

Buying cheapest doesn't work well

First, the big problems. In reverse auctions, the lowest price wins. These are unfavorable for suppliers that have to whittle away profit margins to win bids. In fact, suppliers are better off not competing on an cost-only basis that eliminates the "value add" they bring to the entire supply chain process.

With no real way to differentiate their products, these exchanges did a huge disservice to the suppliers. Buyers, who looked like the overall winners, were quick to discover that buying from the cheapest supplier actually added more problems. Since the most important part of the supply process is the actual delivery of the product, failure to deliver results in mismanaged expectations and missed deadlines.

But the theory by Nobel laureate John Nash -- made famous in "A Beautiful Mind" -- lets companies interact with each other to maximize both individual payoffs and overall outcome. The problem, though, is that competing suppliers try to undercut each other on price, which weakens suppliers in general since each wants to reach their own best outcome.

Although economists dismiss this sort of behavior as "irrational," it is more the norm than the exception. Suppliers cannot work together on a long-term basis because it is hard to predict what a competing supplier is planning to do. The short-term payoff from a competing supplier's ability to find and "cut a better deal" is enough of a reason. That makes it virtually imperative that they team up with a buyer, and vice versa.

Source : houston.bizjournals.com

Oracle Supply Chain Exchange, Oracle Transportation Exchange and Oracle Product Development Exchange are Oracle's first move into the supply chain functionality for the marketplace.

According to Jeremy Burton, senior VP of worldwide marketing the functionality will propel Oracle beyond the ability to provide software to post catalogues and carry out spot buys and auctions, which has been a large part of its core b2b platform Oracle Exchange Marketplace and E-business Suite solutions until now.

Supply Chain Exchange will enable companies to publish their internal supply chain plans onto the marketplace, for their suppliers to view, make changes and respond to. According to Burton, this may help encourage suppliers to take advantage of marketplaces, because with visibility they will be able to access information about the supply chain and make better decisions on how to control their inventory. He said: “Until now the real value proposition [for suppliers] was to join a marketplace so that [buyers] could get 10% off what they can pay [suppliers]. The problem is that suppliers don't know how much they can afford to sell.”

Product Development Exchange provides information management, document management and project collaboration techniques to manage the development of products to provide more visibility of the process to senior management. Transportation Exchange allows companies to analyse and plan their logistics and transport processes within the marketplace, to allow the efficient delivery of goods. All products can be integrated.

Since the launch of Oracle Exchange, it has attracted big names like KLM in the Aeroxchange, Sainsbury's in the GlobalNetXchange and Barclays B2B.com. However, it has held off integrating supply chain functionality unlike other exchanges based on i2, with its inherent supply chain management capabilities or Ariba, with lower level collaborative functions brought in by acquisition.

Oracle also unveiled its Exchange Partner Initiative (OEPI), which will provide value-added services such as financial management, integration and business services to marketplaces using preferred partners.

The initiative, which currently has 30 members will enable services such as escrow, security and trust services, catalog management, integration technology, end-customer support, systems integration, business incubation and business planning.

Members include ABN AMRO, Mercator, Requisite Technology, TIBCO Software, Vignette, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Autonomy.

Product Development Exchange and Supply Chain Exchange are available immediately, Transportation Exchange will be available in the Spring. Oracle claims to have existing customers that have signed up but no testbed platforms.

ACCOUNTANTS in Worcestershire are being asked to ditch their pinstriped stereotype to get more businesses using new technology.

The National B2B Centre, the e-business centre for excellence for the West Midlands, believes that accountancy firms hold the key to getting more firms to adopt e-business practices that could earn more than £2bn for the regional economy.

The centre is hosting a seminar in Birmingham on Tuesday, July 15 with online accountant groups AccountingWEB and PracticeWeb to help accountants to assist small companies on how to do business in the internet age.

The training seminar will equip accountants with new skills such as how to build effective websites and will explain the mysteries of search engine optimisation to help accountants build sites that attract traffic and new business.

The web experts will also explain how accountants can protect themselves from online intruders and to ensure they comply with all the red tape associated with e-business.

The web skills workshop for accountants is the first step in the National B2B Centre’s strategy to convene a special interest group for accountants in the region that will help them to pass their e-business expertise on to their clients.

Martin King-Turner, managing director of the National B2B Centre, said: “Accountants probably hold more sway with their clients than any other sector.

“So if we can develop their skills in this field and ensure they know all of the benefits involved with using e-business – whether it’s using an online system to share data or driving more traffic to the website using search engine optimisation – they can then provide leadership to their clients.”

The event is taking place at the Burlington hotel in central Birmingham for more information contact Rachel Sparks at AccountingWEB on 0117 915 3344.

Canon India Pvt. Ltd recently announced its first ever B2B brand showroom in India—the Canon “Business Solutions Lounge”. Here, customers can understand the use and application of various Canon Business Imaging products. The lounge is a fresh concept aiming to provide a comprehensive display of Canon’s range of business offerings in a non selling environment to enterprise customers and professionals. The lounge was inaugurated by Kensaku Konishi, President & CEO, Canon India and Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice President, Canon India.

This is Canon’s first fully owned international class interactive and informative B2B outlet in the country. The state-of-the-art lounge provides the appropriate ambiance and a platform for new products as well as new technologies and solutions to be showcased and experienced.

Bharadwaj, said, “We at Canon believe that there is a need for a platform for us to showcase our products’ superiority and unique technologies while allowing customers to experience the complete range of business imaging solutions [offered by us]. By visiting the lounge, a customer can not only obtain first hand information on the latest products to be able to make an informed choice of purchase, but is also not under any commitment to purchase.” More than 15 products are displayed in the showroom.

The Canon Business Solutions Lounge will exhibit a range of copiers, laser multi-functional devices, faxes, document scanners, color networked copiers, large format graphic machines, digital color press and document print management and scan solutions under one roof. The total investment made in this lounge is 2 Crores and Canon has similar budget set aside for upcoming lounges.

Bharadwaj said, “We are going to launch similar B2B showrooms in Mumbai and Bangalore within the next three months. We have empowered our sales people to bring customers at any time convenient to them and even in late evening hours from Monday to Saturday. We don’t expect walk-ins. Rather we want to give demos by appointment.”

wedish business communication company Intellecta AB (OMX Stockholm: ICTA B) said on Friday (11 July) that it has agreed to acquire Hil-Anders Advertising Agency AB (Hilanders).

The purchase consideration comprises a fixed cash part of SEK20m and additional payments based on future performance.

in connection with the acquisition the sellers have also agreed to acquire Intellecta shares for a total of SEK2.4m on the OMX Nordic Exchanges.

Hilanders is Sweden's leading B2B agency and is expected to achieve revenue of SEK80m in 2008.

The acquisition will strengthen Intellecta's offering especially within market communication.

Intellecta, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, provides agency and information logistics services to companies in Sweden and Denmark. The company has some 450 employees and reported revenue of SEK471m in 2007.

One British pound (GBP) is worth approximately 11.86 Swedish kronor (SEK).

3G iPhone, with push email and other advanced features, is good fit for business, and demand will reflect that, says O2 business sales director

O2 said it was expecting huge demand for the 3G iPhone in the corporate and SME sector following its launch into select members of the B2B dealer channel on July 11.

Sixteen members of O2's B2B Centre of Excellence can sell the device, with six more to follow at a later date. Its consumer sales channels remain the same (O2, Carphone Warehouse and Apple stores only).

O2 business sales director Ben Dowd said the network was now ready to make the device available to selected B2B dealers because features such as GPS and push email make it suitable for corporate and SME users.

Said Dowd: "These dealers are the partners who we have long standing relationships with and have consistently delivered for O2.

"It wasn't an option to extend the device to them when we launched it in the first instance.

"There were obviously challenges for business users with the consumer focussed device, it didn't have push email, and it now has VoIP capabilities, corporate security features and application software that can be opened to developers. Corporates can upload their own software.

"The original price was high for many customers to pay and we have recognised that. Now we have broken down some of the barriers that were there before, it opens up the iPhone to a huge market.

"The new pricing for the iPhone is absolutely in the mix with BlackBerry and other PDA type devices."

The 3G iPhone will be sold on existing O2 business tariffs, with an £8.51 unlimited data bolt on. The 8GB device will cost £84.26 on a small business regular user tariff but will be free on higher tariffs.

The 16GB version will be £135.32 on a small business regular user tariff, £51.06 on small business frequent user and medium business tariffs, and free on large business tariffs.

Corporate customers will receive bespoke tariffs, with trials already undertaken with companies including Logica, McDonalds and Citigroup.

"Feedback has been very positive in terms of interface, usability, and being able to deploy that sort of device in the corporate marketplace," said Dowd.

"It's consistent with Apple's approach in the States, trialling the device with Fortune 500 companies, and getting the feedback that is absolutely fit for purpose as a business device.

"According to O2 customer research, iPhone ARPU is 30 per cent higher than the average user, and 80 per cent of iPhone users are using 10 or more services connected to the device.

"Sixty per cent of iPhone users more than 25MB data a month, compared with less than one per cent of other contract users achieving that level of usage."

Said Dowd: "Usage of the iPhone is comparable to that of a laptop. We have found that customer satisfaction of the iPhone is much higher than with other devices."

The 3G iPhone is to launch on prepay at a later date but O2 is not revealing price details as of yet. It will also not sell refurbished versions of the old 2G device.


SOURCE : b2bnewsworld.info

There’s a growing level of commitment among both small and midsize firms towards the adoption of applications that would support more environmentally friendly supply chain initiatives, according to a new survey from market intelligence firm IDC.

Framingham, Mass.-based IDC questioned 250 decision makers at small and midsize enterprises involved in the manufacturing, wholesale, and distribution industries and found that even among the smallest of the supply chain companies, support for green initiatives is emerging.

According to the survey, small and midsize companies will seek to use manufacturing applications that support a renewable way of producing products; mobile-enabled applications that help conserve energy and human resource applications that will help train workforces in the areas of green manufacturing.


Source by bizjournals.com

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) promises to revolutionise stock management, but few applications exist so far. Now, European researchers are perfecting a platform to unlock the potential of RFID.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) promises to revolutionise retailing through advanced stock management, sophisticated promotions and supply chain optimisation. But cost-effective solutions have proved elusive because serious technical and business hurdles exist. Few efforts have addressed the problems in a consistent way.

The EU-funded SMART project is putting the finishing touches to a complete RFID application platform that addresses the technical problems, and presents options for an integrated solution to the business issues.

In some ways, RFID is like an electronic barcode. It can be read at a distance using an RFID reader, which means that people do not need to scan it manually. As goods enter a warehouse they can be automatically logged into the inventory.

Retailing revolution
RFID reduces the risk of human error, offers instant stock levels and can be tied to back-end systems, initiating orders automatically when stock starts to run low. It is a very simple principle, but the potential applications could revolutionise retailing.

For example, if a shelf needs refilling, the system can alert management automatically. If a product is reaching its sell-by date, RFID could notify retailers to discount the product.

“It means they have a better chance of selling stock, rather than dumping it, so the store runs more efficiently and more profitably,” explains Katerina Pramatari, scientific coordinator of the SMART project.

Even more advanced applications can be put in place. If one product is selling well at store A, but selling badly at store B, RFID-powered inventory systems could initiate the transfer of the product from one store to another.

Sophisticated applications, and serious challenges
These are just the initial plans, and more sophisticated applications could emerge over time. For example, a reader could scan a customer’s entire basket, and then present the total, vastly increasing speed and cutting costs at the checkout.

The promise of RFID is enough to make retailers drool, but serious obstacles exist. For a start, while RFID tags are relatively cheap – they can cost as little as 10 cents – putting them on every product quickly becomes very expensive. Currently, RFID tags in retailing are mainly used on pallets. There is also a question over who bears the cost, the retailer or the supplier.

The research faced a lot of technical challenges, according to Pramatari. “Getting the right RFID tag to ensure reliability and readability was an important decision. In the end, we chose Generation 2 tags because they are cheaper and can be read more reliably from a greater distance,” she explains.

Given that these chips will be attached to every packet, cost and reliability are important factors, especially for smaller businesses. The SMART team also had to adapt the technology for use with meat products and in cold storage.

The RFID installation, itself, took significant research time. “We had to ensure that we got the greatest range from the RFID readers for all the applications we wanted to test, using the fewest possible number of readers. Once we started to install the RFID tracking onsite we discovered we had to adjust our layouts to the specific conditions in each store,” explains Pramatari.

“Developing back-office functions was another technical challenge, as was developing web services so that the retailer could automatically communicate stock levels, for example, to the supplier. That, of course, required discovery services, which would ‘discover’ the appropriate retailer for a given piece of stock.”

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MILWAUKEE, BUSINESS WIRE -- RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimization company, announced today that Chris Hickey, senior vice president of sales, was chosen as a supply chain industry Rainmaker by DC Velocity magazine. The magazine's editorial advisory board selected Hickey as one of twelve Rainmakers - industry leaders who advance the practice of supply chain management.

Hickey, a six-year RedPrairie veteran, has been involved in the supply chain industry for twelve years. His sales leadership has delivered profits every quarter for RedPrairie. Under his sales leadership, RedPrairie now serves eleven of the top 20 global retailers and seven of the top ten consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in the world.

Hickey has played a key role in RedPrairie's evolution to providing solutions that manage the supply chain from end-to-end, enabling the optimization of people and products from manufacturing all the way to the store shelf.

"Historically the distribution center has been primarily concerned with fulfilling orders and with trailers leaving on time. But if you are delivering to a store and they cannot receive it efficiently or get it out onto the shelf and to the customer in a timely fashion, it doesn't matter how quickly it moved through the distribution channel. Logistics professionals need to be open-minded and look at the entire supply chain. In the retail environment, they need to be aware of how they are sending product out to the store. They need to prepare it, so that it can be efficiently moved into a selling position. Our view of end-to-end takes into account the distribution process as well as the point of final consumption, addressing both physical movement of product and management of labor across the entire network," said Hickey.

"We are very proud of Chris for achieving the supply chain industry Rainmaker award," said Mike Mayoras, CEO of RedPrairie. "The strategic E2e(TM) approach that Chris has set as a vision for our sales team enables our customers to pull together and chase the same goal - an optimized consumer-driven approach to best manage their people and products throughout the supply chain. And that has led to the astounding growth that RedPrairie has experienced over the past six years that Chris has been with us."

In addition to his work at RedPrairie, Hickey has served as a member of several key logistics industry associations, including APICS - the Association for Operations Management, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, and the Warehousing Education and Research Council.

About RedPrairie Corporation

RedPrairie is a world leading consumer driven optimization company. Built on an advanced Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) developed over the past 15 years, the RedPrairie integrated suite of solutions offers on-demand capabilities to over 32,000 sites worldwide for many of the world's largest companies.

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All World Sourcing, Inc. (AWS), the leading global marketplace that proactively matches B2B buyers and suppliers of small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that it will pay a 3% rebate (up to $500) to buyers for their first Buy Request that is completed by a supplier through our website. AWS helps small and medium-sized businesses to source from the best supplier. Our online sourcing platform allows buyers to submit a Buy Request, select the suppliers that you want to bid on your request, and then sit back and pick the best offer! With over 9,400 pre-qualified suppliers from around the world, you will get the best bids in terms of price and quality.

This is a great opportunity to try our sourcing services and save up to $500!

Fremont, CA (PRWEB) July 16, 2008 -- All World Sourcing, Inc. (AWS), the leading global marketplace that proactively matches B2B buyers and suppliers of small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that it will pay a 3% rebate (up to $500) to buyers for their first Buy Request that is completed by a supplier through our website.

"This is a great opportunity to try our sourcing services and save up to $500!" says Tony O'Yang, founder of AWS. "As our sourcing services are free to buyers, now there is even more reason to give us a try for all of your sourcing needs. Think of us as your personal sourcing agent that not only works for free, but even pays you when you finalize a purchase through us. Now that's compelling!"

AWS helps small and medium-sized businesses to source from the best supplier. Our online sourcing platform allows buyers to submit a Buy Request, select the suppliers that you want to bid on your request, and then sit back and pick the best offer! With over 9,400 pre-qualified suppliers from around the world, you will get the best bids in terms of price and quality.

Passive, browse-oriented sites such as Alibaba.com merely allow buyers and sellers to post their inquiries and leave it to chance that buyers and sellers will find each other after sorting through thousands of "buy" and "sell" leads. All World Sourcing proactively works with pre-qualified suppliers to bid on a buyer's request, much like how a personal sourcing agent would. The advantage is shorter turnaround times, better bids, and ultimately, savings for the buyer!

For complete details, please visit All World Sourcing $500 Rebate.

About All World Sourcing, Inc.:
All World Sourcing, Inc. (AWS) is the leading global marketplace that proactively matches B2B buyers and suppliers of small and medium-sized businesses. Members list their Buy Requests for their business needs and receive bids from thousands of feedback-rated suppliers from industries such as Electronics and Electronic Components, Toys & Gifts, and Fashion & Apparel. Our mission is to create the most efficient B2B marketplace for global commerce. Our solution combines the advantages of a personalized sourcing consultant with the efficiency and scalability of a web-based company.

For more information, please visit www.AllWorldSourcing.com.

14th & 15th October 2008, Hilton London Metropole

Implement demand-driven supply strategies to improve the efficiency of your supply chain and provide an unbeatable service to your customers

DDSC 08 will take place in London this October and provides the strategies you need to implement an effective pull-supply chain. This event has been produced by the Extended Supply Chain team following research undertaken with conference delegates and experts in the supply chain arena.

Business advantage has recently been gained through the use of Total Quality Management, technological advances & Lean Manufacturing methods - what's next? Industry has shifted from the factory-centric world, where the manufactures have the power to a customer-centric world where manufacturers must align themselves and their activities with the conditions of the global marketplace. Is your supply chain ready for this?

In today's competitive environment, product features and price have to obey the requirements of the market and product quality is no longer the major differentiator. Companies must now compete on the performance and quality of their delivery service, and demand driven supply chains are increasingly being utilised to go beyond customer requirements in efficiency and accuracy of supply.

If you are involved in the supply of a product where the customer's requirements matter, whether you are delivering a physical, infrastructural or electronic product, then you will benefit from attending the DDSC 08.
Event experts include:

Chris Dyson, Head of Supply Chain, Nokia Siemens will share his experiences of connecting customers to the back end to maximise supply chain excellence
Ensuring top down commitment from the boardroom to demand creation and supply capability team-working for Aidan Murphy, Managing Director, Supply Chain Bulmers Ireland

AMR Research will explain the role that globalisation, multi-channel distribution and increased competition are playing in driving forward demand driven supply chains

To find out more or reserve your place visit our website - www.ddsc2008.com - call +44 (0) 20 7970 4770 or email ddsc@centaur.co.uk Preferential rates for this event end on the 31st July 08, so get in touch soon.

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Digital Movers and Information Solutions (ISI) develop Insight*Point-of-Sale, a completely hosted collaboration solution for retailers and suppliers.

Mashpee, MA (PRWEB) July 15, 2008 -- Digital Movers (www.dmovers.com), a premier provider of outsourced electronic commerce services, and Information Solutions (www.isnetusa.com) a software solution provider to importers of apparel, handbags, and other soft-goods, announced today the joint release of Insight*Point-of-Sale, a web-based business intelligence solution that promotes collaboration between retailers and their supply chain partners.

Using a combination of sophisticated data warehouse design concepts and presentation tools in a completely hosted environment, Insight*Point-of-Sale analyzes POS data provided via EDI transactions and provides retailers and their suppliers with current and historical visibility into the movement of products through the supply chain. Users can query, drill-down and analyze voluminous data in real-time to uncover sales trends, stock-outs, overstocks, missed selling opportunities and a host of relevant data that previously had been difficult or impossible to interrogate intelligently.

Our customers are soft-goods importers and, as such, have to deal with numerous UPCs, colors, styles and sizes. The volume of POS data they were receiving presented significant challenges when it came to collaboration and business intelligence

"Digital Movers has been a proud partner of ISI for many years providing EDI solutions that integrate seamlessly with ISI's world class supply chain/ERP solutions. The offering of Insight*Point-of-Sale is another natural opportunity to match ISI's development expertise with Digital Movers' hosted EDI services," said Ken Konikowski, president, Digital Movers. "Retailers have increasingly made more and more valuable information, including POS data, available to their supply chain via Electronic Data Interchange. The problem is that many companies do not have the applications or the expertise to properly analyze this data and are unable to effectively mine actionable intelligence from the mounds of data. Insight*Point-of Sale is offered in a hosted, outsourced environment so that these companies need only an Internet connection and a web browser to be able to access and analyze this important information and facilitate collaboration."

"Our customers are soft-goods importers and, as such, have to deal with numerous UPCs, colors, styles and sizes. The volume of POS data they were receiving presented significant challenges when it came to collaboration and business intelligence," claimed Jeffrey Clayton, president of Information Solutions. "Our customers have found that thanks to our unique database design they are able to quickly and effectively manage their POS data and, because it is a hosted solution, they require no additional software or hardware. Insight*Point-of-Sale accommodates analysis for both the executive dashboard level with pre-defined web reports and pull-down menus as well as the intense query capability required by analysts."

A web-based demonstration of Insight*Point-of-Sale can be arranged by visiting Digital Movers' web site at http://www.dmovers.com/informationrequest.aspx.

About Digital Movers:
Digital Movers is the premier provider of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) outsourcing services to companies that need to communicate commerce transaction data electronically with their suppliers, customers, transportation and financial partners. For over twenty-five years, Digital Movers has provided expert EDI, XML and Communications processing for companies of all sizes in the retail, healthcare, manufacturing, grocery and transportation verticals.

For additional information, please visit www.dmovers.com or contact Digital Movers at sales@dmovers.com or 888-896-7703.

About Information Solutions:
Since 1982, Information Solutions has been providing software solutions to importers of apparel, handbags, and other soft-goods, enabling them to maximize productivity, optimize efficiency, and increase profitability.

ISI's flagship offering is Envision, a complete Supply Chain Management software solution designed in concert with leaders in the apparel and accessories industry. Envision is a completely integrated application that addresses a company's processing requirements including product inception and sourcing, customer fulfillment, distribution management and financial and executive analysis.

For additional information, please visit www.isnetusa.com or contact Information Solutions at sales@isnetusa.com or 732-346-2500.

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