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18 Apr 2013 | Progress MN: GovDelivery
Started in a basement office in 2000, St. Paul-based GovDelivery has grown to become a major platform for government communication, allowing municipalities and agencies to connect with the public at a whole new level. In 2012, the 10 billionth email was sent through GovDelivery, and CEO Scott Burns feels like this is just the beginning.
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22 April 2013 | Paul Snell
The decision to outsource procurement at Zurich has given the function greater credibility in the business, according to the head of UK procurement.
Simon Ellis also said the process of outsourcing purchasing had also helped the insurance group clarify its policies and processes.
“The sign off from the global executive that we were going to outsource [means] we are taken seriously now within the organisation because we have met the challenge and we have also signed a long-term partnership deal with this provider. So it is really being taken seriously at a global and local level,” he told delegates at the ProcureCon Indirect event in London last week.
In 2010, the company announced it aimed to save $500 million (£328 million) by 2013, with procurement making a significant contribution. Ellis said at the time that purchasing was a tactical function, with a savings methodology referred to internally as ‘monopoly money’ that had ‘no credibility’.
“The business realised something needed to change and we had a burning platform – we needed to deliver a hell of a lot more than we had previously,” he said.
The function was reviewed at the end of 2010, with the options of boosting the in-house capability or outsourcing the activity. For Zurich, it was not about reducing the cost of the function, but delivering the required savings quickly.
It was forecast the company would need to employ 70 to 100 extra procurement staff, on top of the 270 employees to deliver the savings, if the in-house option was selected. “The difficulty in recruiting the depth and level of expertise would be time consuming and difficult, and once we got them in, the difficulty in keeping them up to speed, making sure that they had an ongoing expertise and their skills remains fresh and dynamic would be a problem,” Ellis said.
Procurian was selected as the outsourcing provider, and the transformation, dubbed ‘project London’, is up and running in the UK, North America, Spain and Switzerland. In 2013, it will be expanded to other locations in Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific in 2014.
Zurich has retained around 50 procurement staff and has 600 savings projects underway, completion of which will meet purchasing’s contribution to the $500 million target.
Ellis added that the process of outsourcing had forced the company to map processes. “It also drove Zurich to make decisions and clearer policies and practices, particularly around due diligence, around contracting – it forced us to write these things down and be clear to people,” he said.
Peter Smith - February 26, 2013 1:31 PM | Categories: Reviews
We’ve featured Procurian, the procurement outsourcing services provider, in terms of news stories every so often. But I haven’t spoken to them for some time, until I met Alun Baker and Graham Moore the other day at their London offices near Marylebone station.
The firm globally has around $30 Billion annual spend under management, with Harley-Davidson their latest iconic client win announced recently. The European operation has grown over the last couple of years, with around $5B spend managed now. Their major new client, Zurich Insurance Services, clearly has been a strong driver of that growth. That contract was won against stiff competition, and Procurian have around 10 significant clients within Europe now. They are served by over 50 staff based in London, and slightly more in Prague – “over 130 in Europe in total, and all but a handful are delivery people – category and sourcing specialists”, says Baker.
und die negative Marktreaktion bietet meines Erachtens Gelegenheit für weitere Rückkäufe.
• Repurchased approximately 161,200 shares of ICG common stock for $2.1 million; expect to meet annual share repurchase goal of $10 million
•Realized approximately $81 million for sales of Channel Intelligence to Google and Investor Force to MSCI
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Headquartered in New York and founded in 2000, BOLT Solutions Inc. (formerly SeaPass) offers the leading online sales and client service platform for anyone who wants to sell or buy insurance online. The Bolt Platform supports all of the insurance needs of its customers, while driving market share, retention and increased revenue for its insurance industry partners.
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GovDelivery is the leading provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions. GovDelivery’s digital subscription management solution provides organizations with a fully-automated, on-demand public communication system. Organizations using GovDelivery provide citizens with better service and access to relevant information by proactively delivering new information through email, mobile text alerts, RSS and social media channels. GovDelivery’s clients include the U.S. Departments of Defense, State, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, Homeland Security, Justice, Health and Human Services, state agencies across 30 states, the cities of Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis and hundreds of other organizations across the public sector.
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Founded in 1996 and based in Chicago, MSDSonline is a leading provider of on-demand EH&S compliance solutions, offering products and services for managing and authoring material safety data sheets (MSDSs), managing hazardous chemical inventories, reporting workplace incidents, training employees and administering other critical EH&S information. The company’s mission is to provide sustainable solutions that help customers improve employee safety, streamline compliance and reduce potential exposures to workplace hazards and risks. MSDSonline has been recognized for the last five years on Inc. magazine’s list of America’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies.
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Procurian, the procurement outsourcing specialist, is driving a fundamental change in the way today’s businesses achieve financial agility and fund growth. Procurian is the only procurement outsourcing specialist with superior market intelligence integrated into an operational approach, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in realized savings.
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The Outsourcers: Travel Procurement Services Providers Say They Aim To Supplement, Not Replace, Internal Resources
May 13, 2013
By Jay Campbell
Outsourcing is a dirty word. It raises thoughts about offshoring and cutting jobs. These connotations probably are somewhat deserved, since labor savings often is part of the model. But that's only part of a proposition in which external providers can bring more resources to bear in travel purchasing initiatives than businesses typically possess themselves.
It is partly due to the controversial nature of what they offer that travel procurement outsourcing providers traditionally shied away from media attention. In March, however, Procurian officials contacted Travel Procurement to publicize that the firm had just surpassed the $1 billion mark on total client travel and entertainment spending under management. The firm's main rivals, Accenture and IBM, also granted interviews.
Posted on May 13, 2013
San Francisco, CA, May 13, 2013 – Freeborders Inc., a global provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions, today announced that it has launched its Social Connector on salesforce.com’s AppExchange, empowering businesses to connect with customers, partners and employees in entirely new ways. Freeborders Social Connector offers a seamless integration between SAP systems, salesforce.com and Salesforce Chatter, allowing all of the data in a legacy SAP system to become instantly social.
Freeborders Social Connector is available on the salesforce.com’s AppExchange at http://www.appexchange.com.
“Businesses are experiencing how social solutions can help them remain current and competitive,” said Leyla Seka, vice president AppExchange and Partner Operations, salesforce.com. “Now via our Salesforce Platform, Freeborders is offering social enablement services that streamline and integrate business communications.”
The Freeborders Social Connector enables users to follow objects and events in Salesforce Chatter associated with transactions in SAP systems. The “perpetual follow” feature allows non-SAP users to automatically follow downstream events in SAP by following objects in Salesforce Chatter. Through real-time updates between SAP and Salesforce Chatter, users gain advanced visibility and insights into business process, projects and teams. It provides a mechanism for collaboration with co-workers around the event. As a result, users can better track opportunities, make better informed decisions and close deals through their entire life-cycle, in close collaboration with their colleagues.
Following an opportunity in Salesforce automatically sends a notification to the user when the corresponding sales order ships in SAP. For example, the Freeborders Social Connector notifies users to “follow” important events, such as when a delivery block is placed on a sales order. When these events happen, a notification is sent in Salesforce Chatter to any user following the event and a hold on the delivery can be clarified and removed quickly.
“We’re so pleased to be offering the Freeborders Social Connector via the AppExchange, the leading cloud app marketplace,” said Paul Machle, CFO of Freeborders. “Our customers can now design their business process to take advantage of social collaboration. Leveraging the Salesforce Platform also supports our mission to revolutionize how businesses make, understand and achieve true value from enterprise applications.”
About the AppExchange
The Salesforce AppExchange is the world’s leading business apps marketplace. With more tan 1,800 partner apps and 1.7 million customer installs it is the most comprehensive source of social and mobile cloud apps for business. The Salesforce Platform is the world’s most trusted and comprehensive cloud platform for building social and mobile cloud apps, powering Salesforce CRM, and more than 3 million custom apps built by customers and partners. Apps built on the Saleforce Platform can be easily distributed and marketed through salesforce.com’s AppExchange.
About Freeborders
Founded in 1999, Freeborders provides global IT consulting, technology and outsourcing services. The company pioneered a unique service model that offers the perfect blend of Eastern and Western business practices and access to broad knowledge of the US, European and Chinese markets. Freeborders’ solution accelerators help companies exploit the full potential of their IT investments. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company has offices in Denver, New York, London, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Wu Xi. To learn more, visit http://www.freeborders.com. You can also follow us on Twitter at @freebordersinc.
The SeaPass Hub used by over 6,000 independent agents and over 2 million consumers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130508-914372.html
The Radnor, Pa., company said it achieved the increase by buying equity stakes in SeaPass from their holders for $13 million.
Owning more than half of SeaPass allows ICG (NADAQ:ICGE) to consolidate SeaPass’ financial results with its own and it will do so with an effective date of Dec. 31, 2012.
SeaPass, which is based in New York, has an online platform that allows insurance agents brokers, wholesalers and carriers to interact to provide quotes and sell policies to consumers.
Carry-Value of the 52% of Local Corp = 48 million.
The World’s Largest Online Ticketing Company. They have clients (such as sports teams, concert promoters and venues) who have leveraged Freeborders’ dynamic pricing expertise to set the right price at the right time and provide the best value for fans, from the date of on-sale to the date of the event.
Leading Provider of Membership and Leisure services to the Vacation Industry. The company’s primary business segment is Membership and Exchange, which offers travel and leisure-related products and services to approximately 2 million member families who are enrolled in various programs.
Freeborders’ provided IT services for a complete re-architecture of their online pricing and inventory systems that serve their members, hotels, condominium resorts, timeshare resorts, and homeowners’ associations, as well as vacation rental services.
Whether it’s building a web or mobile booking site – we have the expertise to assist.
We have built and modernized web and mobile booking engines for:
The world’s leading global online travel companies
Live entertainment ticketing sales and marketing companies
The largest global hotels in the world
Browse our Solution Accelerators below to see how we have provided clients with the tools to jump start or even enhance the existing booking experience for their customers.
Reservations
Marketing
Customer Management
Accounting and Reporting
Typical functionality includes:
Integration With Multiple Global Distribution Systems and Third-Party Inventories
Multi-GDS connectivity via XML and Web services-based APIs
Integration with local inventory systems
Integration with databases for fares, special deals, and more
Integration with CRM and other Applications
Integration with customer relationship management systems
Integration with in-house applications such as financials and human resources
Exceptions management
Reporting
Dynamic Packaging Across Multiple Products
Air, hotel, and rental car bookings
Customizable itinerary building
Flexible package assembly
Internationalization
Take an Active Energy Management approach to efficiently manage energy usage, optimize utility rate structures, and realize sustained reductions of energy costs.
Energy costs are frequently cited as one of the top three operating expenses, and can be as much as 4-5 percent of cost of goods sold for manufacturers. But, volatile energy markets, limited visibility to component level costs, and increased pressure to improve sustainability metrics are driving companies to reevaluate their approach to managing energy costs.
But, even with a renewed focus on energy costs, the majority of energy spend is still largely unmanaged. Why? Approximately two thirds of energy markets are regulated, and many companies presume that these energy costs are simply not addressable. But in fact, there is an opportunity to negotiate these rates. For those companies that do manage their energy spend in both regulated and deregulated markets, they still leave money on the table. Energy market dynamics are constantly changing. Without the right benchmarks, rate comparisons, and supplier knowledge, procurement decisions are often sub-optimized.
Many companies have also launched efficiency initiatives to reduce energy consumption. But, traditional approaches such as energy audits fall short, delivering savings that quickly dissipate. A holistic approach that integrates supply and demand management improves overall results. That's where Procurian Energy® can help. We bring together deep energy expertise, market intelligence, and technology to deliver superior financial performance through proactive energy demand and supply management.
Procurian's Active Energy Management Solution
Procurian Energy offers an end-to-end energy solution through a full suite of integrated energy services:
Procurian Energy offers an end-to-end energy solution through a full suite of integrated energy services:
Supply-Side
Procurian offers supply-side services that help clients cut utility costs and achieve ongoing savings in both regulated and deregulated markets.
•Energy Procurement and Risk Management – Maximize your savings and create risk management strategies to protect against volatile energy markets. With $4B spend under management, Procurian Energy motivates suppliers to aggressively bid on each client’s independent load and develop pricing and contract terms customized to your needs. Learn more
•Regulated Rate Optimization – Trigger alerts on utility rate and tariff regulatory changes that yield savings through our national, strategic tariff and pricing intelligence for regulated markets. Learn more
•Energy Information and Utility Bill Processing – Track energy and utility bill data and payment information through our web-based energy data processing system – Utility Tracking System® (UTS). Learn more
•Utility Bill Audit and Refund Recovery – Uncover savings by identifying utility billing variances and exceptions to find overbilling that warrants refunds. Learn more
Demand-Side
Procurian helps clients reduce energy usage by proactively identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiencies and investments.
•Demand Metering and Analysis – Monitor and analyze energy consumption metrics that uncover opportunities to reduce costs across the company and sustain those cost reductions with ongoing monitoring and management. Learn more
•Energy Efficiency Incentives and Credits – Capture cash incentives for capital projects that deliver energy reductions via energy efficiency incentives and provide evidence of sustainability progress through energy efficiency certificates.
flankenking flankenking • 1 second ago Flag0 users liked this posts users disliked this posts 0 Reply Hiscox USA Executive Discusses Recent Celent Model Insurer Award and Partner, BOLT Solutions, in New Video
Hiscox Shares How it is Leveraging the Bolt Platform to Achieve Increased Volume and Market Share
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the 2013 IASA Conference today, BOLT Solutions, Inc. ("Bolt"), formerly SeaPass Solutions, announced availability of a video interview with its customer, Hiscox USA, describing its partnership with Bolt and the role of the Bolt Platform in the insurer's recent recognition as a Celent 2013 Model Insurer. This prestigious industry distinction recognizes the year's top technology initiatives and is sponsored by Celent an international financial research and consulting firm. The video discussion centers on Hiscox's selection and use of the Bolt Platform, the leading online sales and client service platform for anyone who wants to sell or buy insurance online.
22 April 2013 | Paul Snell
The decision to outsource procurement at Zurich has given the function greater credibility in the business, according to the head of UK procurement.
Simon Ellis also said the process of outsourcing purchasing had also helped the insurance group clarify its policies and processes.
“The sign off from the global executive that we were going to outsource [means] we are taken seriously now within the organisation because we have met the challenge and we have also signed a long-term partnership deal with this provider. So it is really being taken seriously at a global and local level,” he told delegates at the ProcureCon Indirect event in London last week.
In 2010, the company announced it aimed to save $500 million (£328 million) by 2013, with procurement making a significant contribution. Ellis said at the time that purchasing was a tactical function, with a savings methodology referred to internally as ‘monopoly money’ that had ‘no credibility’.
“The business realised something needed to change and we had a burning platform – we needed to deliver a hell of a lot more than we had previously,” he said.
The function was reviewed at the end of 2010, with the options of boosting the in-house capability or outsourcing the activity. For Zurich, it was not about reducing the cost of the function, but delivering the required savings quickly.
It was forecast the company would need to employ 70 to 100 extra procurement staff, on top of the 270 employees to deliver the savings, if the in-house option was selected. “The difficulty in recruiting the depth and level of expertise would be time consuming and difficult, and once we got them in, the difficulty in keeping them up to speed, making sure that they had an ongoing expertise and their skills remains fresh and dynamic would be a problem,” Ellis said. Less
Procurian was selected as the outsourcing provider, and the transformation, dubbed ‘project London’, is up and running in the UK, North America, Spain and Switzerland. In 2013, it will be expanded to other locations in Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific in 2014.
Zurich has retained around 50 procurement staff and has 600 savings projects underway, completion of which will meet purchasing’s contribution to the $500 million target.
Ellis added that the process of outsourcing had forced the company to map processes. “It also drove Zurich to make decisions and clearer policies and practices, particularly around due diligence, around contracting – it forced us to write these things down and be clear to people,” he said.
Procurian was selected as the outsourcing provider, and the transformation, dubbed ‘project London’, is up and running in the UK, North America, Spain and Switzerland. In 2013, it will be expanded to other locations in Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific in 2014.
Zurich has retained around 50 procurement staff and has 600 savings projects underway, completion of which will meet purchasing’s contribution to the $500 million target.
Ellis added that the process of outsourcing had forced the company to map processes. “It also drove Zurich to make decisions and clearer policies and practices, particularly around due diligence, around contracting – it forced us to write these things down and be clear to people,” he said.
Die vier zentralen Plattformen florieren:
Achieved strong bookings:
• Procurian
- signed 5 new clients during the quarter, including one comprehensive procurement outsourcing relationship with a global CPG company and 4 smaller contracts for energy management
- continued to make good progress with Zurich, rolling out implementation in stages across multiple countries in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific
• GovDelivery
- signed 18 deals in Q1
- added 5 million unique subscribers as a result of cross-promotional efforts on behalf of customers, bringing subscription base to 45 million citizens
• MSDSonline
- added 350 new customers to its platform in the first quarter, growing its user base to 8,350 users
• Bolt
- continued to make important progress in implementing the Bolt Platform at a few large carriers
GovDelivery
GovDelivery is a provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions. GovDelivery’s digital communication management
software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform enables government organizations to provide citizens with access to relevant information by
delivering new information through email, mobile text alerts, RSS and social media channels from U.S. and U.K. government entities
at the national, state and local levels.
MSDSonline
MSDSonline offers an integrated suite of on-demand solutions that help companies manage a variety of global environmental, health
and safety regulatory compliance requirements. MSDSonline’s products and services help businesses create safer work environments
by identifying, managing and reducing potential workplace and environmental hazards that save time, lower costs and reduce the risk
and liability associated with meeting compliance requirements.
Procurian
Procurian is a specialist in comprehensive procurement solutions that work with transformational business leaders to drive sustainable
changes to their cost structures on an accelerated basis. Procurian integrates superior market intelligence with its customers’
businesses to optimize spending and deliver savings.
SeaPass
SeaPass develops and markets processing solutions that enable insurance agents, brokers, wholesalers and carriers to interact
seamlessly in real-time quoting, issuance, endorsements and other client service and acquisition activities without cumbersome and
costly system integration.
"I think one of the more important stories over the next three to five years is if we're in a regime shift of rising rates and the U.S. economy is strengthening-everyone is going to focus on cyclical profit growth, and that's going to favor the cyclical stocks," he said.
Tech, in particular, is cheap compared with defensive areas such as consumer staples.
"If technology is trading at a 13 times price/earnings and staples are nearly 20 times but you're getting almost the same EPS growth, similar dividend yields, maybe it makes sense to be buying some of these technology stocks," Lee said.
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Freeborders, Inc. (“Freeborders”)
Freeborders is a provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions. Freeborders provides industry expertise to North American and
European companies specializing in financial services, travel and internet e-commerce industries. Freeborders’ offerings help companies
seeking cost-effective technology solutions for businesses to adapt to market opportunities and changes.
WhiteFence, Inc. (“WhiteFence”)
WhiteFence is a Web services provider used by household consumers to compare and purchase essential home services, such as electricity,
natural gas, telephone and cable/satellite television. WhiteFence reaches customers directly through company-owned websites and through its
network of exclusive channel partners that integrate the Web services applications into their own business processes and websites.
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