Vinimaya CEO Gary Hare Named 2007 "Pro to Know" & "Indirect Spend Guru" by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine
NEW YORK, NY & SHELTON, CT
(April 9, 2007)
For the second year in a row, Gary Hare, President and CEO of Vinimaya Inc., the fastest-growing provider of supplier enablement solutions for e-procurement, has been named a "Provider Pro to Know" by Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine. The magazine also named Hare as an "Indirect Spend Guru" for his innovation and thought leadership in helping businesses by "promoting new ways to reign in the indirect purchasing monster."
Supply & Demand Chain Executive Provider Pros to Know is a listing of executives at supply chain solution and services providers who have made significant contributions to elevating the status of Supply Chain. Their collective role as "enablers" of transformation cannot be underestimated and is deserving of recognition, according to the magazine.
Hare was recognized for his significant contributions in "helping improve the strategic importance" of Indirect supply chain management and procurement in reducing costs and increasing efficiencies throughout organizations. Hare, who co-founded TPN Register, the world’s first commercial supplier network dedicate to Indirect and MRO e-procurement, and holds an U.S. Patent for a "Full Service Secure Commercial Electronic Marketplace", has used his insider’s view of the challenges and limitations of supplier networks and processes like XML punchout and EDI in developing "next generation" supplier enablement solutions at Vinimaya.
Vinimaya’s flagship product is the patent-pending ViniSyndicate Catalog Integration System™. ViniSyndicate uses distributed Internet search technology in place of centralized catalog databases and XML punchout connections to allow e-procurement system users to search, browse and create shopping carts using content directly from suppliers’ web sites and online catalogs. This approach simplifies, speeds up and significantly lowers the cost of catalog enablement for both buyers and suppliers. ViniSyndicate also addresses one of the most significant eProcurement challenges – user adoption – by providing single user interface access to all catalogs concurrently, both online and stored, providing functionality like cross-supplier (e.g., federated) search, item compare and saved carts, which is not supported by today’s supplier networks nor XML punchout.
ViniSyndicate is compatible with all leading e-procurement systems such as Ariba Buyer, Oracle iProcurement, PeopleSoft Enterprise eProcurement and SAP EBP among others. Complementing ViniSyndicate is Vinimaya’s EasyOrder™, their Internet EDI offering, and EasyPortal™, their standalone OnDemand ePurchasing offering, which combines the capabilities of ViniSyndicate and EasyOrder for companies without an eProcurement system, or those using a P-Card. Vinimaya also offers a full range of catalog, transactions and portal solutions for suppliers.
Vinimaya counts among its clients many leading global 500 companies, including Alcoa, Sunoco, 3M, Corning and Agilent Technologies among others.
"This year's Provider Pros to Know have shown themselves to be thought-leaders in their respective supply chain segments," said Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "Their efforts in developing the tools and processes necessary for supply chain transformation, and in promoting new approaches to supply chain enablement, have earned them a place on this year's Provider Pros listing."
"I’m proud to receive this award from Supply & Demand Chain Executive," said Hare, "and applaud the magazine for their ongoing support and recognition of the people and companies who are focused on bringing new ideas and innovative solutions to the marketplace."
About Vinimaya
Vinimaya, Inc. is a privately held software solutions company that provides Supplier Enablement Solutions for E-Procurement for both buyers and suppliers, based on the patent-pending Vinimaya Intelligent Agent Server (IAS)™, that are 100% compatible with e-procurement systems such as Ariba Buyer, SAP EBP, Oracle iProcurement and PeopleSoft Enterprise eProcurement among others. Visit http://www.vinimaya.com or call 888-808-8464.
"Vinimaya", "ViniSyndicate", "ViniSyndicate Catalog Integration System", "ViniSyndicate Supplier Integration System", "EasyOrder", "EasyPortal", "Vinimaya Supplier Solutions" and "Vinimaya Buyer Solutions" are registered trademarks of Vinimaya, Inc. All other product and company names listed may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Leonard Lee
Vinimaya, Inc.
612-670-3445
llee@vinimaya.com
SOURCE: Vinimaya
