Emptoris and Deutsche Post DHL to Present at BME Symposium

BERLIN and BURLINGTON, MA--(Marketwire - November 4, 2009) - Emptoris, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Supply and Contract Management solutions, today announced that executives from Emptoris and Deutsche Post DHL will co-present at the Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik, or the Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics, BME Symposium in Berlin. The companies will present on innovative sourcing programs and the best-in-class application of technology, illustrated with case study from Deutsche Post DHL.

Dirk Schneider, Head of Procurement Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Russia at Deutsche Post DHL, will deliver the presentation titled, "Innovation in Procurement: New approaches for Sustainable Success via eSourcing" with opening remarks by Gerald Ismaier, General Manager, Central Europe for Emptoris, Inc. Mr. Schneider will share insight as to how Deutsche Post DHL has adopted innovative sourcing strategies and enabling technologies, to optimize procurement processes and deliver sustainable value from supplier relationships around the globe.

The BME Symposium will be held from November 11th to 13th, 2009 at the InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center in Berlin. The BME Symposium is one of the largest procurement symposiums in Europe. According to the association, the BME Symposium offers a behind the scenes look at the successful strategies of well-known global companies, as well as practical education and information on best practices and benchmarking and networking with suppliers and technical experts from a wide range of companies and industries. Further information is available at www.bme.de.

The Emptoris Supply and Contract Management solution suite integrates powerful solutions that may be deployed flexibly or modularly to meet the unique demands of global businesses. The suite includes solutions for spend analysis, sourcing, services procurement, supplier risk management and contract management. Whether you are identifying high-risk contracts through scoring and analytics or the lowest total cost sourcing award, a common characteristic across the suite is its ability to enable better visibility and decision-making through business optimization.

Emptoris solutions are consistently recognised by leading independent analyst firms as the market's leading solutions. Most recently, Emptoris was positioned in the "leaders quadrant" in the Gartner research report, "Magic Quadrant for Sourcing Application Suites."