The 2005 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100

American Express (New York, NY). Customer: F500 textile products company (Southeast U.S.). Area(s) of Enablement: Payment, Supply Chain Integration & Technology Infrastructure/ERP, Decision Support. Comments: Gained visibility into $50 million in travel & entertainment.

Aras Corp. (Lawrence, MA). Customer: Freudenberg-NOK (Plymouth, MI). Area(s) of Enablement: Product Lifecycle Management. Comments: Improved development process, met quality reporting compliance.

Arena Solutions (Menlo Park, CA). Customer: Color Kinetics (Boston, MA). Area(s) of Enablement: Product Lifecycle Management. Comments: Helped reduce engineering change order cycle time 75%.

Ariba Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA). Customer: Alcoa (Pittsburgh, PA). Area(s) of Enablement: Sourcing, Procurement, Decision Support. Comments: Helping company meet goal of $1.2 billion in savings for 2004-07.

Avendra LLC (Rockville, MD). Customer: Hyatt Hotels Corp. (Chicago, IL). Area(s) of Enablement: Procurement. Comments: Helped drive compliance with corporate procurement contracts.

Avolent Inc. (San Francisco, CA). Customer: Office Depot (Boca Raton, FL). Area(s) of Enablement: Payment. Comments: $1 million in annual hard savings .

BAX Global Inc. (Irvine, CA). Customer: Leading hair-care and cosmetics supplier (So. Calif.). Area(s) of Enablement: Fulfillment/Logistics, Supply Chain Integration & Technology Infrastructure/ERP. Comments: Exceeded requirements for on-time delivery, order accuracy.

Best Software (changing to Sage Software) (Irvine, CA).Customer: KUKA Robotics Corp. (Clinton Township, NJ). Area(s) of Enablement: Order/Demand Capture, Sourcing, Procurement, Fulfillment/Logistics, Supply Chain Integration & Technology Infrastructure/ERP, Decision Support. Comments: Single source for critical data; automated, streamlined processes.

Cactus Commerce (Gatineau, Canada). Customer: Energizer Battery Inc. (St. Louis, MO). Area(s) of Enablement: Supply Chain Integration & Technology Infrastructure/ERP. Comments: Met retailer mandate to become UCCnet compliant.

CenterStone Technologies (Denver, CO). Customer: F500 apparel company (U.S.). Area(s) of Enablement: Order/Demand Capture, Fulfillment/Logistics, Supply Chain Integration & Technology Infrastructure/ERP. Comments: Order processing cost down 75%, while retailers increased orders.

Choice Logistics (New York, NY). Customer: Hitachi Data Systems (Santa Clara, CA). Area(s) of Enablement: Fulfillment/Logistics. Comments: On-time deliveries up to 99%, inventory accuracy level at 99.9%.

Commerce One LLC (San Ramon, CA). Customer: Major oilfield services company (New York, NY). Area(s) of Enablement: Procurement, Fulfillment/Logistics, Supply Chain Integration & Technology Infrastructure/ERP, Decision Support. Comments: Long-term e-procurement solution covers 75% of overall spend.

Cube Route Inc. (Toronto, Canada). Customer: Arctic Glacier Inc. (Winnipeg, Canada). Area(s) of Enablement: Fulfillment/Logistics. Comments: Reduced incomplete deliveries from 17% to

Demand Management Inc. (St. Louis, MO). Customer: Under Armour (Baltimore, MD). Area(s) of Enablement: Order/Demand Capture. Comments: Solution "changing the way we plan business," says customer.

diCarta (San Carlos, CA). Customer: Software provider for retail industry (West Coast U.S.). Area(s) of Enablement: Customer Relationship Management, Decision Support. Comments: Time spent creating, negotiating, approving contracts cut ~ 60%.

DSSI LLC (Southfield, MI). Customer: Metaldyne Corp. (Plymouth, MI). Area(s) of Enablement: Order/Demand Capture, Sourcing, Procurement, Payment, Supply Chain Integration & Technology Infrastructure/ERP, Decision Support. Comments: Indirect procurement cost savings of 27%.

DW Morgan Co. (Pleasanton, CA). Customer: Redback Networks (San Jose, CA). Area(s) of Enablement: Order/Demand Capture, Sourcing, Procurement, Fulfillment/Logistics, Payment, Customer Relationship Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Supply Chain Integration & Technology Infrastructure/ERP, Decision Support. Comments: Global inventory visibility, depots to serve customers cut >50%.

EC Sourcing Group Inc. (South Orange, NJ). Customer: Connell Purchasing Services (Naperville , IL). Area(s) of Enablement: Sourcing. Comments: Sourcing cycle times cut 40-60%, in addition to hard savings.