Lawn equipment producer taps Emptoris apps as platform for global sourcing initiatives
Burlington, MA — December 7, 2004 — Lawn equipment manufacturer Toro Company is set to use a supply management solution from Emptoris as its platform for global strategic sourcing initiatives.
Headquartered in Bloomington, Minn., Toro is a $1.5 billion provider of outdoor maintenance products for home, recreation and commercial landscapes around the world. The company will use Emptoris' Enterprise Supply Management Solution to facilitate its strategic sourcing process.
Emptoris said that its sourcing tools will complement Toro's focus on optimizing the supply chain by improving collaboration between internal stakeholders and suppliers, lowering the cost of goods and services and automating the end to end sourcing process for direct and indirect materials and services.
"Today, leading companies such as [Toro] have a total-cost focus that concentrates on improving the pricing, quality, delivery and performance of its suppliers," said Avner Schneur, CEO of Emptoris. "Emptoris is excited to work with Toro to meet these objectives."
Emptoris' eponymous Web-based supply management offering, now in version 5, is in use at such companies as American Express, Boeing, GlaxoSmithKline, Motorola, Owens Corning and Samsung America. Emptoris, a privately held company, is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Burlington, MA — December 7, 2004 — Lawn equipment manufacturer Toro Company is set to use a supply management solution from Emptoris as its platform for global strategic sourcing initiatives.
Headquartered in Bloomington, Minn., Toro is a $1.5 billion provider of outdoor maintenance products for home, recreation and commercial landscapes around the world. The company will use Emptoris' Enterprise Supply Management Solution to facilitate its strategic sourcing process.
Emptoris said that its sourcing tools will complement Toro's focus on optimizing the supply chain by improving collaboration between internal stakeholders and suppliers, lowering the cost of goods and services and automating the end to end sourcing process for direct and indirect materials and services.
"Today, leading companies such as [Toro] have a total-cost focus that concentrates on improving the pricing, quality, delivery and performance of its suppliers," said Avner Schneur, CEO of Emptoris. "Emptoris is excited to work with Toro to meet these objectives."
Emptoris' eponymous Web-based supply management offering, now in version 5, is in use at such companies as American Express, Boeing, GlaxoSmithKline, Motorola, Owens Corning and Samsung America. Emptoris, a privately held company, is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
