EMPTORIS EMPOWER 2005 CONFERENCE DRIVES FASTER, DEEPER, WIDER DEPLOYMENT OF PROCUREMENT SOFTWARE FOR ENTERPRISE SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

Top Procurement Experts, Supply Management Executives and Market Leaders Come Together at Fourth Annual User Conference

BURLINGTON, Mass., November 3, 2005 – Emptoris, the leading provider of Enterprise Supply Management solutions for Global 5000 companies, today announced the success of its fourth annual user conference, Emptoris Empower 2005. Supply management and procurement professionals from around the globe attended the event, held this year from October 18 – 20, at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The event brought together over 110 executives and practitioners from leading companies with industry thought leaders in the procurement field to share best practices and discuss supply management issues and trends.

Headlining the event were the co-authors of the critically acclaimed book, “An Executive Roadmap to Improving Profitability and Shareholder Value.” Together, Robert A. Rudzki of Greybeard Advisors and an Emptoris advisory board member; Doug Smock, former editor-in-chief of Purchasing Magazine; and Shelley Stewart, Jr., vice president of supply chain at Tyco, highlighted key points from their book on how world-class procurement and supply management offers the potential for enormous top-line and bottom-line growth. Emptoris recently released a podcast, conducted by Rudzki, which discusses the themes highlighted in the keynote. To download the podcast, visit http://www.emptoris.com/bottomline.

“In this fiercely competitive global economy, organizations are constantly looking for new ways to increase market share and improve the bottom line,” said Avner Schneur, founder and CEO of Emptoris. “As a result, supply management continues to grow in its strategic importance for companies worldwide. With insightful presentations from procurement experts and valuable technology and strategy sessions using real world examples, this conference provided executives with an understanding of how they can further enhance their supply management strategies and directly impact their businesses.”

Emptoris Empower 2005 attendees learned how to drive a faster, deeper and wider approach to supply management while creating greater value, lowering total costs and enhancing the performance of their supply base. In addition to a welcome address from Emptoris CEO Avner Schneur, speakers included executives and practitioners from American Express, Boeing, Dow Corning, GlaxoSmithKline, H.J. Heinz, IBM and Ralcorp. These leaders provided an overview of their business objectives and challenges, highlighted the results they have achieved and revealed their future direction in the area of supply management. The event also included a presentation on market trends from Lora Cecere of AMR Research.

Attendees at this year's conference had the opportunity to participate in a variety of events including:

Executive sessions given by industry analysts and thought leaders that addressed topics such as the future of supply management, best practices and supply management technology trends;
Educational sessions, including real world case studies and panel discussions, which concentrated on key issues for improving supplier relationships, driving sourcing adoption and developing suppliers;
Training sessions focused on specific Emptoris solutions for Compliance, Supplier Assessment and Performance, Spend Analysis, Sourcing and Advanced Negotiation;
Partner-hosted sessions designed to help companies learn new strategies to enable procurement excellence;
Networking opportunities with industry peers; and
A Solutions Center that showcased Emptoris’ and its partners’ solutions and services.

Sponsors of Emptoris Empower 2005 included Emptoris partners, IBM; Intersources, a European-based e-sourcing consultancy; Opera Solutions, a consulting firm focused on applying cutting-edge proprietary techniques to improve the cost competitiveness of Fortune 500 companies; QP Group, a specialist procurement consulting business; and Rearden Commerce, a provider of the industry’s first Service On-Demand Commerce Platform.

About Emptoris
Emptoris brings innovation to supply management, empowering enterprises to realize the best value from their supply base and accelerate profitable growth. Emptoris’ solutions are used by Global 5000 companies in every industry. Customers include American Express, Bank of America, Boeing, Dow Corning, GlaxoSmithKline, Motorola, Owens Corning, Samsung America, and Toro.

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