AMR’s Mickey North Rizza talks with Hiperos about Extended Enterprise Management

Leading analyst provides insights about major trends around supplier base and supplier risk management

SOUTHBOROUGH, Massachusetts –August 31, 2010 – Hiperos, LLC, a provider of on-demand solutions for extended enterprise management, announced today that is has released the podcast of an interview with Mickey North Rizza, Research Director at AMR. During this exclusive interview, Mickey shared her thoughts on how the supplier information management market has evolved since she released her first research on the subject.

The podcast, which lasts about 20 minutes, presents useful information for anyone looking to implement the new breed of supply base management solutions. Some of the questions answered during this podcast include:

What are the different aspects of risk that Extended Enterprise Management solutions can really address?
With all the information being collected, what should be your expectation about how the solutions can really help?
How does the new breed of solutions around Extended Enterprise Management compare to the traditional transaction/event management systems that focused on procurement and sourcing?

The podcast can be listened to at the following link – AMR Podcast.

About AMR

AMR Research, a Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) company, is focused on the global supply chain and its supporting technologies. AMR Research provides subscription advisory services and peer networking opportunities to supply chain, sustainability, and IT executives in the consumer products, life sciences, manufacturing, and retail sectors. For more information about the company's research and services, visit www.amrresearch.com.

About Hiperos

Hiperos provides an on-demand solution for managing the extended enterprise of a company - the network of suppliers, service providers, outsourcers, partners, distributors, brokers, re-sellers, or contract manufacturers that contribute to a company’s value chain. Hiperos is used to assess the risk, monitor the compliance, measure the performance, and track the corporate responsibility goals of providers as well as to facilitate self-maintenance of information by those providers. Hiperos provides companies like Aetna, CA Technologies, State Street, United Technologies, and TD Bank, with the capability to build collaborative supplier relationship management programs - programs intended to reduce costs, lower business risks, and drive improved company performance. Information about Hiperos’ products and services can be found at www.hiperos.com.

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