Hingham, MA - October 13, 2003
Capital Fulfillment Group (CFG), a top provider of fulfillment and marketing services for the financial industry, is pleased to announce the integration of Ariba Buyer with CapitalDIRECT, CFG' s real-time, online fulfillment management system, in order to streamline Lincoln Financial Group's (NYSE:LNC) inter-enterprise business process.
Capital Fulfillment provides software solutions designed specifically for the financial service industry. Lincoln Financial, a CFG client, uses Ariba Buyer to electronically connect with suppliers throughout its value chain, streamlining its inter-enterprise business processes and delivering significant bottom-line benefits.
CFG and Ariba have created complementary extensions and interoperability between their respective applications, facilitating Web-based collaboration across the entire print supply chain. The joint offering could provide mid-sized companies with access to custom B-2-eCommerce technology, with minimal IT investment.
"From the beginning we set aggressive goals for the Ariba Buyer implementation and are very pleased with the progress to date. We look forward to expanding the solution in the future," said Ric McConkey, President and CEO of Capital Fulfillment Group. "Our ability to work with Ariba Buyer ties nicely with our promotional services division, elevate, which provides the most comprehensive and professional execution of our client's marketing and promotional programs."
About Ariba, Inc.
Ariba, Inc. is the leading Enterprise Spend Management (ESM) solutions provider. Ariba helps companies develop and leverage spend management as a core competency to drive significant bottom line results. Ariba Spend Management software and services allow companies to align their organizations with a spend-centric focus and deploy closed-loop processes for increased efficiencies and sustainable savings. Ariba can be contacted in the U.S. at 1.650.390.1000 or at www.ariba.com.
About Capital Fulfillment Group
Capital Fulfillment Group (CFG) brings a new paradigm and a new standard of excellence in sophisticated fulfillment solutions exclusively to the mutual fund, investment, and insurance industries. CFG's customized fulfillment programs offer the most responsive, efficient, and cost-effective way to support the literature distribution needs of sales and marketing. Each program features the real-time, online system, CapitalDIRECT, for ordering, tracking, reporting, and managing all fulfillment activities and outcomes. CFG continues its philosophy of building sound business relationships and will continue to make strategic investments in complementary companies to create the powerful leverage opportunities that support the marketing initiatives of the financial service industry.
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