Santa Clara, CA - March 11th, 2003 - Noosh, Inc., a leading
provider of collaborative e-Business software solutions, today announced
that the American Heart Association has chosen Noosh to provide a
web-based solution for managing production workflow and procurement
of printed and interactive media materials. The American Heart Association
(AHA) is the nation's largest voluntary health agency fighting heart
disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases.
The AHA will use Noosh 5™ to help automate workflow among personnel
involved in the multiple stages of the print and media product lifecycle,
from concept to completion. This includes internal and external teams
involved in the creation, design, procurement, printing, warehousing,
and shipping of materials.
"The more we can improve efficiencies and lower expenses the
better," said Kathy Bridwell, Purchasing Manager at the AHA.
"Our goal with Noosh is to better streamline, standardize, and
manage our project management and procurement processes."
The American Heart Association will use Noosh 5's customization capabilities
to meet their data capture, terminology, procurement, and workflow
requirements. For instance, Noosh's customizable specification forms
will capture exactly the information desired by AHA buyers and suppliers
for various types of print and media products. Noosh will enable AHA
to implement a consistent naming and numbering convention to improve
coordination between design, copy, production, management, purchasing,
and warehousing. Noosh 5 will replace manual-based ordering processes
with electronic processes to an extended supply base of printers and
a print outsourcing agency. Finally, AHA will take advantage of Noosh
5's scheduling and task management tools to help keep the organization's
yearly production of 1000+ projects on-time and on-budget.
"The American Heart Association supports valuable research, education,
and community service," said Mike Gardner, CEO of Noosh. "We
are delighted that they are applying Noosh's efficiencies to help
them maximize resources to do that even better."
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, and interactive
media. Noosh customers include GE Capital, Honeywell Consumer Products
Group, Star Tribune Company and other leading enterprises. For more
information, please visit Noosh's website at www.noosh.com.
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Lou Braun
Public Relations
Noosh, Inc.
408.617.6020
lou@Noosh.com |
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