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CombineNet, Inc. and our advanced sourcing technology and customers are featured in a number of trade and business publications worldwide.

2012 News

Spend Matters discusses CombineNet’s partnerships with Spend Radar and Upside Software
Spend Matters
February 23, 2012
Part one of Jason Busch's review of CombineNet's partnership announcements with Spend Radar and Upside Software.

Vendor Snapshot: CombineNet
Spend Matters
February 8, 2012
Spend Matters provides a review of CombineNet ASAP - the advanced e-sourcing product.

Hurray for the Pureplays: Building relationships in upstream spend management – part 1
Aberdeen Group - Blogs
February 7, 2012
Aberdeen analyst comments on new partnership announcement between CombineNet and Spend Radar that offers the CombineNet Spend Analysis solution.

CombineNet Powers Transplace Solution at Dole Foods
Transplace Press Release
February 7, 2012
Dole Food Company and Transplace Continue Relationship for Sourcing North American Transportation Services -- engagement between fruit and vegetable producer and transportation sourcing expert continues to yield improved service and market competitive costs.

2011 News

Buyers Meeting Point Reviews “Taking Strategic Sourcing to the Next Level at A.P. Moller-Maersk” Webinar
Buyers Meeting Point
December 1, 2011
Buyers Meeting Point attends many sales and procurement webinars/webcasts and reviews them to help their readers stay on top of the major themes in procurement and supply chain management. Read their review of CombineNet’s recent webinar with Procurement Leaders and our customer A.P. Moller-Maersk.

CombineNet’s Market Transformation in Sourcing Optimization
Supply Chain Matters
November 16, 2011
Bob Ferrari of The Ferrari Research and Consulting Group LLC recaps his recent conversation with CombineNet about the company’s e-sourcing product developments and growth in new customers.

Sourcing Specialist Former Procuri CIO and CoFounder, Steve Brooke, Lands at CombineNet
Pittsburgh Technology Council’s TEQ Magazine
November 2011
Pittsburgh TEQ’s Q&A with CombineNet’s new CTO, Steve Brooke, about his decision to join the e-sourcing technology company and challenges he sees for the sourcing market in 2012.

When Commodity Prices Rise, Do You Have to Pass it On?
Food Manufacturing
September 29, 2011
When food manufacturers are thinking about procurement and sourcing strategies to deal with the volatility and rapidly rising price of commodities, there are many considerations.

CombineNet Adds New Features to E-Sourcing Product
SupplyChainBrain
September 22, 2011
CombineNet Inc. has made available several new features in CombineNet ASAP, the vendor’s electronic sourcing product.

The Right Tools – Breaking the Excel Habit for RFPs
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
September 15, 2011
The prevalence of Excel use for e-sourcing RFIs and RFPs is surprising, given the availability of e-sourcing and procurement software suites. CombineNet digs in to why this habit persists, why it is detrimental to strategic sourcing, and how to evaluate alternative solutions.

CombineNet Continues its Leadership Transformation (Part 1) (Part 2)
Spend Matters
August 25 & 30, 2011
Q&A with CombineNet’s new CTO, Steve Brooke, about his track record in the procurement space, the experience from his CTO role at Procuri that he feels he brings to CombineNet, and his product vision.

CombineNet Offers Sourcing Diagnostic
Pittsburgh Business Times
July 21, 2011
CombineNet talks about its new offering of a free Sourcing Health Check program to help companies identify new areas for e-sourcing process improvements and savings.

Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue is Forecast to Grow 21% in 2011
Logistics Management
July 17, 2011
CombineNet director of product marketing comments on growing adoption of SaaS products like CombineNet ASAP in light of Gartner’s predictions for the SaaS market.

Spreadsheets be Gone: CombineNet Offers an Alternative to Excel for Parsing Transportation Procurement Bid Information
American Shipper
July 2011
Bayer AG’s lead ocean buyer talks about their use of CombineNet for improving collection and analysis of transportation bid data from carriers, and CombineNet ASAP’s Expressive Bidding capability is highlighted.

CombineNet – Advanced Sourcing Pushes Ahead
Spend Matters UK/Europe
June 28, 2011
Peter Smith describes why “CombineNet has had an excited last 12 months.”

Beyond Reverse Auctions/E-Sourcing -- Advanced Sourcing/Optimization Portend Big Shifts (Part 2)
Spend Matters
June 23, 2011
In the second part of his coverage on new CombineNet e-sourcing customer usage findings, executive editor Jason Busch talks about broader adoption of advanced sourcing technology and what this may mean for the role of reverse auctions moving forward.

Beyond Reverse Auctions/E-Sourcing -- Advanced Sourcing/Optimization Portend Big Shifts (Part 1)
Spend Matters
June 22, 2011
Executive editor Jason Busch takes a close look at recent findings announced from CombineNet on customer sourcing events run in the CombineNet ASAP e-sourcing solution.

VIDEO: CombineNet Speaks about Taming Direct Materials and Commodities Sourcing
SupplyChainBrain
June 15, 2011
In this video interview, CombineNet describes how strategic sourcing and advanced e-sourcing solutions can help with spend management in the volatile markets for commodities and direct materials.

Formal Strategic Sourcing Functions Seen Playing Greater Role in the Enterprise
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
April 19, 2011
Best-in-class companies more likely to use e-sourcing technology, drive greater contract compliance, Aberdeen Group's 2011 State of Strategic Sourcing Report finds.

CPO Shop Talk: P&G Purchases and Sourcing Optimization
CPO Rising
March 30, 2011
Andrew Bartolini highlights key take-aways from CombineNet's Sourcing Visionaries event and keynote presentation by CombineNet customer Procter & Gamble.

Spend Matters Series

CombineNet Rights the Sourcing Ship: Full Software/SaaS Steam Ahead!
(Part 1)
Spend Matters
March 24, 2011
CombineNet is now steaming ahead on what looks like a Blue Sourcing Ocean, attempting to leave other providers to fight in highly competitive red e-sourcing waters.

CombineNet Rights the Sourcing Ship: Full Software/SaaS Steam Ahead!
(Part 2)
Spend Matters
March 28, 2011
Spendmatters.com highlights some of the new features in ASAP 4.5 that separates CombineNet ASAP from more traditional e-sourcing tools.

2011 Market Trends Report: Procurement Systems
Software Advice
March 7, 2011
The report highlights two key trends that align with CombineNet: the growing demand for "advanced sourcing" tools, and customers' increased prioritization of an application's ease-of-use.

CombineNet Releases Update of Sourcing Application Platform
Supply Chain Brain
March 3, 2011
CombineNet Inc. has released version 4.5 of its Advanced Sourcing Application Platform (ASAP).

Solutions Providers Switch Procurement On To Complex Spend
Procurement Leaders
February 2011
Solution providers including CombineNet and Emptoris envisage procurement finally being able to have the tools to break down complex spend. (Membership to Procurement Leaders needed to access full content.)

Smithfield Foods Adopts Advanced Sourcing Application Platform
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
February 15, 2011
World's largest pork processor taps the CombineNet ASAP strategic sourcing solution to support multiple spend categories.

CombineNet Awarded Six U.S. Patents for Advanced, Strategic Sourcing Optimization Methodologies
Supply Chain Brain
January 19, 2011
Following action by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, CombineNet finished 2010 with 16 patents in sourcing optimization in its portfolio.

2010 News

CombineNet Adds to Executive Ranks
Pittsburgh Business Times
December 1, 2010
Sourcing software market CombineNet, Inc. adds to its management team with new faces coming on board for sales, marketing, product management, and business development.

Beyond Freemarkets: CombineNet takes advanced sourcing tech to the next level, hiring
Pop City Media
December 1, 2010
CombineNet is capitalizing on advanced sourcing technology that has overcome the initial limitations of the early sourcing enterprises that had revolutionized how businesses buy goods and services.

For an Online Marketplace, it's Better Late Than Never
The New York Times
Sunday Business, November 21, 2010
CombineNet's sourcing technology provides "a level of refinement not seen in years past" for companies including Procter & Gamble, showing the value in today's online supplier marketplaces.

Shippers' IT: Transportation Procurement Best Practice
American Shipper
August 2010
CombineNet comments on American Shipper magazine's second annual Transportation Procurement Benchmark Study, and why automation and centralized practices are key themes.

IT Thought Leader: Rich Wilson
inboundlogistics.com
April 2010
CombineNet's President and COO Rich Wilson answers questions on industry trends and the economy's effect on best practices.

2009 News

Getting the Most from Optimization at the US Postal Service
Inside Supply Management Magazine
April 2009
US Postal Service was awarded the R. Gene Richter Award for Leadership and Innovation in Supply Management for its use of CombineNet’s sourcing optimization technology across multiple areas of its supply chain.
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2008 News

Redefining Sustainability: Saving Money, Reducing Risk and Going Green
Spend Matters
October 2008

2006 News

Sailing Through a Shipping Maelstrom
July 2006
Inbound Logistics Magazine

2005 News

Fully Loaded
September 2005
Supply Management Magazine

Optimised e-sourcing: Beyond reverse auctions
April 2005
CPO Agenda

2004 News

How P&G Buys Plastics
December 2004
Modern Plastics

P&G Boosts Leverage
November 2004
Purchasing Magazine