Santa Clara, CA - Sept 26, 2002 - Aberdeen Group, a leading
market analysis organization, has selected TSO's implementation of
Noosh as one of the most successful in automating the purchase of
print in order to control costs, streamline processes, and enhance
responsiveness. The finding was part of Aberdeen's recently published
report, "Best Practices in Online Services Procurement,"
available at http://www.aberdeen.com/ab_company/hottopics/ospbp/default.htm.
Aberdeen examined over 30 implementations, categorizing them into
one of three areas: print, travel, and contract labor. The evaluations
performed by Aberdeen were based on multiple metrics including usage,
spending volume, process efficiencies, cost savings, and additional
qualitative benefits.
TSO (the Stationery Office) is one of Europe's leading publishing
services companies, publishing around 13,000 books, CD-ROMs, and
multi-media products every year for its clients. In order to bring
more transparency to the process and to streamline workflow to make
sure projects were priced and processed correctly, TSO deployed
Noosh last year. The Noosh collaborative platform has brought TSO
that visibility and streamlined processes, reducing the risk of
the company paying print premiums, with both hard and soft cost
savings as a result.
"To run a process successfully requires all the elements of
the workflow to be coordinated including those that fall outside
the area of supply chain responsibility," said Keith Burbage,
Managing Director of TSO Supply Chain Services. "To do this
requires process interconnectivity, process visibility, process
accountability. Noosh does this by organizing the major process
elements in a logical way regardless of company boundaries."
"Web-based OSP solutions like Noosh focus on the complexity
of services and extend traditional e-Procurement solutions to help
organizations manage more of their total indirect spend," said
Christa Degnan, senior analyst, Supply Chain Research at Aberdeen.
"One of the key lessons learned from TSO's deployment of Noosh
is how they're able to monitor and sustain savings, a best practice
for all organizations to emulate."
For more information on the Best Practices in OSP report,
visit http://www.aberdeen.com/ab_company/hottopics/ospbp/default.htm
or call 617-723-7890 or (800) 577-7891.
About Aberdeen
Aberdeen Group is a leading IT market analysis and positioning services
firm that helps Information Technology vendors establish leadership
in emerging markets. The firm provides IT market intelligence, positioning,
and market acceleration services to established and start-up technology
companies. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Aberdeen has research
and consulting divisions in Palo Alto, California; Fort Collins, Colorado;
and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More information about Aberdeen may
be found at www.aberdeen.com.
About TSO (The Stationery Office)
TSO is Britain's largest publisher by new title volume. The company
has over 200 years experience in publishing official and regulatory
information for the UK's Government and Parliament and offers unrivalled
expertise across a wide range of services from the authoring and design
of electronic and printed information, to management, production,
print, distribution and customer services. The company has offices
in London, Norwich, Edinburgh, and Belfast. More information about
TSO may be found at www.tso.co.uk
About Noosh
Noosh, Inc. offers superior, collaborative-procurement technology
that rapidly cuts the real cost of doing business. Founded in 1998,
the company is recognized as a market leader in collaborative process
management and procurement of print, direct mail, digital media, and
other custom goods and services. Noosh customers include GE Capital,
Honeywell Consumer Products Group, Star Tribune Company and other
leading enterprises. More information about Noosh may be found at
www.noosh.com.
| Contact: |
Lou Braun
Public Relations
Noosh, Inc.
408.617.6020
lou@Noosh.com |
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Noosh is the trademark and service mark, respectively,
of Noosh, Inc. Other trademarks appearing in this release are the
property of their holders.
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