Leading Manufacturer of Paper-Based Packaging Chooses Clarus
as B2B E-Commerce Provider
04/11 11:04A (BW)
Story 1631 (CLRS, JS, SSCC)
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000--
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation to deploy Clarus(TM)
eProcurement roll-out
Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ:CLRS), a leading business-to-business e-Commerce
solutions provider, has been selected by Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
(NASDAQ:SSCC) to provide the flagship Clarus(TM) eProcurement product to more
than 200 of its facilities in the United States.
Bob Breimeier, vice president, Smurfit-Stone, is leading the eProcurement
initiative, which he indicated is driven by the need for visibility and
aggregation of primarily maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) expenditures. He
added that Clarus was chosen because they met SSCC's objectives of improved
process work flow, effective content management, ease of training, good
analytical and reporting capabilities, control of maverick spending and
facilitation of future integration.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services organization,
has been selected as the implementation partner for the pilot. Smurfit-Stone
plans to pilot Clarus eProcurement during the next two months and will then begin
an aggressive implementation plan following the pilot. The Smurfit-Stone
implementation also will include the deployment of Clarus(TM) eTour, a Web-based
training (WBT) module that provides a multi-sensory approach to training and
support for the users of Clarus eProcurement. Clarus(TM) View will be utilized to
provide dynamic analytics and reporting capabilities.
"The distinct advantages provided by the Clarus Commerce suite include the open,
direct architecture of ClarusDirect and the absence of transaction fees imposed
on Clarus customers and their suppliers," said Steve Jeffery, president and CEO
of Clarus. "These differentiators allow our customers to quickly reap the ROI
benefits of eProcurement, as well as present new business opportunities in the
form of future e-commerce solutions for Smurfit-Stone's customers."
Clarus provides a comprehensive suite of B2B e-Commerce solutions, including
Clarus(TM)eProcurement, Clarus(TM) eXpense, Clarus(TM)View and Clarus(TM) Fusion.
The Clarus solutions are built exclusively to take advantage of the latest
Microsoft Windows DNA technologies, including Windows 2000, Microsoft SQL
Server(TM) 7.0, the Visual Studio(R) 6.0 development system and Site Server
Commerce Edition, as well as forthcoming Windows DNA 2000 technologies, including
Commerce Server 2000, Application Center 2000, Host Integration Server 2000 and
BizTalk(TM) Server 2000, all for building for the Business Internet. These
technologies deliver reliability, scalability and cost performance advantages
essential for e-commerce solutions.
About Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation was formed on November 18, 1998 as a result
of the merger of Jefferson Smurfit Corporation and Stone Container Corporation.
The company is the industry's leading manufacturer of paper and paperboard-based
packaging, including containerboard, corrugated containers, industrial bags, and
claycoated recycled boxboard; and is the world's largest paper recycler. In
addition, Smurfit-Stone is a leading producer of folding cartons, solid bleached
sulfate, paper tubes and cores, and labels. The company, with 1999 revenues of
$7.2 billion, operates about 300 facilities worldwide and employs approximately
35,000 people.
About Clarus
Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com; NASDAQ: CLRS) a leader in
business-to-business (B2B) e-Commerce, provides Web-based procurement software
and services that exploit the global marketplace of the Internet to manage
corporate purchasing and enable digital marketplaces. Clarus is the clear
alternative in B2B e-commerce supporting the open, direct Internet model based on
the ClarusDirect(TM) architecture. This architecture directly connects buyers and
suppliers to maximize cost savings, improve procurement efficiencies, and create
new revenue opportunities for large and mid-sized companies. Clarus Commerce
solutions leverage its SupplierUniverse trading network for managed content,
trading services and supplier integration. Clarus solutions are being deployed at
customer sites including Cinergy, Comcast Corporation, First Data Corporation,
Gjensidige NOR, MasterCard International, MetLife, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Perot
Systems and Wachovia.
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CONTACT: Clarus Corporation
Debbie Sorokin, 770/291-5397
sorokind@claruscorp.com
or
Ketchum (for Clarus)
Nicole Fischer
404/287-2000 x 179
nicole.fischer@ketchum.com
or
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Tom Lange, 314/746-1236
lange@smurfit.com
10:35 EDT APRIL 11, 2000 |
