Date Posted: 8/7/2001
Cox Enterprises Achieves Production Deployment In Less Than 90 Days With Clarus eProcurement
Complete Solution Provides Rapid Returns, Predictable Results, And Low Risk
ATLANTA, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarus Corporation, (Nasdaq: CLRS - news), today announced that Cox Enterprises, one of the nation's leading media companies and operators of automobile auctions, has leveraged Clarus' rapidly deployable solution and Application Service Provider (ASP) model to achieve production deployment with Clarus eProcurement(TM) in under 90 days. Cox's comprehensive web-based purchasing system currently includes six suppliers, over 10,000 SKUs, buyer-managed catalogs, and supplier-hosted (Tap-out) content from suppliers such as Dell, Staples and others.
``We chose Clarus because we needed comprehensive procurement capabilities, but were concerned with total cost of ownership and risk,'' said Mike Mannheimer, Vice President of Materials Management for Cox Enterprises. ``During the evaluation process we continually heard that supplier enablement would be one of the biggest issue we would face during implementation. Consequently, we were a little nervous until we got into the implementation and found that Clarus' supplier enablement process was well defined and went very smoothly. Our choice was further validated as the system was implemented as specified, on budget, and on time.''
The Clarus technology was designed to be managed by business users -- not teams of programmers. The proven, repeatable supplier enablement methodologies employed by Clarus allowed the comprehensive and rapid implementation. Cox Enterprises plans to ramp the system beyond the initial deployment by aggressively adding suppliers, SKUs, and users.
``Clarus offers the most complete B2B e-commerce solution at the lowest cost of ownership and least risk,'' said Steve Hornyak, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Clarus. ``As such, Cox Enterprises along with our other customers are able to achieve real, rapid returns.''
Clarus eProcurement provides global procurement management, requisitioning, user driven business controls, and automated workflow for routing and approvals. The application allows Cox business units to customize purchasing controls according to individual operational environments to control spending while reducing process costs and increasing vendor discounts through consolidation of spend. Clarus eProcurement enables transactions across multiple languages, currencies and other payment barriers, with no transaction fees or disclosure of confidential trading data.
About Cox Enterprises
Cox Enterprises is one of the nation's leading media companies and operators of automobile auctions. Major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Inc. (NYSE: COX - news; cable television distribution, telephone, high-speed Internet access and other advanced broadband services); Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, local and national direct mail advertising and customized newsletters); Cox Television (television, television sales rep firms and research); Cox Radio, Inc. (NYSE: CXR - news; broadcast radio stations and interactive web sites); Manheim Auctions, Inc. (vehicle auctions, repair and certification services and web-based technology products); and Cox Interactive Media, Inc. (a network of Internet city sites). Cox Enterprises also owns an equity stake in a range of Internet businesses, including AutoTrader.com, the world's largest and most visited online source of vehicle listings for dealers and consumers.
About Clarus
Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com ) is a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce software and services that deliver real, measurable returns to the mainstream marketplace. Clarus offers a complete e-commerce solution that optimizes the entire buying and selling process, from sourcing to procurement to settlement, delivering affordable, flexible systems that can be deployed rapidly. Clarus products are built exclusively on the Microsoft.NET platform, making them easy to implement, manage, and integrate with existing and future IT infrastructures. Clarus solutions have garnered many prestigious awards, including Microsoft's 2000 Global eCommerce Solution of the Year. Clarus solutions are deployed at approximately 200 customer sites including: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Cox Enterprises, MasterCard International, Union Pacific Corporation, MetLife, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Parsons Brinckerhoff, and Wachovia Corporation.
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