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Panjiva Debuts Unlimited User Pricing Model to Meet Demands of Large Buying Organizations
Citing growing demand for knowledge sharing among sourcing teams, company makes its supply chain intelligence platform available for $999 monthly

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New York — January 26, 2010 — Supply chain risk management specialist Panjiva will make its supply chain intelligence platform available via an unlimited user pricing model, citing growing demand for knowledge sharing among sourcing teams within large buying organizations.

"For $999 per month or a discounted $10,000 annually, organizations can arm their sourcing teams with complete transparency into the global supply chain," Panjiva said in announcing the new offer. "Users receive the accurate, independent information needed to identify and research manufacturers and suppliers before doing business with them, as well as monitor existing suppliers."

In the past, sourcing teams have struggled to identify and track overseas suppliers quickly and easily, a task that is compounded in large, multinational organizations. Panjiva said that companies can now provide an unlimited number of employees across teams, geographic regions and business units with greater levels of visibility into detailed global trade activity, without the burden of a custom solution build out, lengthy deployment or costly technology and training investments.

By operating "in the Cloud," Panjiva said it provides access to data at any time, from anywhere, ensuring every member of the sourcing team is armed with the most accurate and up-to-date supplier information.

Panjiva provides data on over 1 million suppliers and manufacturers across 190 countries. With the implosion of supply chains in 2009, this supplier database attracted a record number of clients in the fourth quarter, as international organizations and Fortune 500 companies realized the value of technology tools to more efficiently share supply chain intelligence and supplier data across globally dispersed teams, the solution provider said.

"With many overseas manufacturers going out of business over the past year, buyers need a reliable way to search for dependable new suppliers, especially now that they are beginning to return to their prerecession purchasing levels," said Josh Green, Panjiva's CEO. "We remain committed to helping sourcing teams improve knowledge sharing across their organizations and close the data gap that has long inhibited buyers from successfully finding new suppliers and tracking current ones."