CommerceQuest Drives Technology-Neutral Integration For First-Ever Specialty Converting Digital Marketplace From Selecterra
CHICAGO & TAMPA, Fla.--Feb. 13, 2001--At selecterra.com, powered by enableNet, specialty converters,
suppliers, and OEMs transact business quickly in complete security
Selecterra, which recently launched the first independent eMarketplace (www.selecterra.com) serving the $40-billion specialty converting industry, today announced a strategic technology alliance with CommerceQuest, a leading supplier of complex business integration software and services.
Under the terms of the agreement, CommerceQuest's award-winning enableNet Managed Service will be the business integration hub for Selecterra.
"As an eMarketplace, our relationship with our customers is our greatest asset," said Chris Horrocks, Selecterra CIO. "We selected enableNet as our integration channel because we wanted total security and reliability of our customers' order traffic. CommerceQuest's industrial strength solution for the control and transmission of business information is unparalleled. With enableNet supporting Selecterra, buyers and sellers can transact business quickly and efficiently, regardless of their existing technology format."
The newly-launched Selecterra site is designed to provide converters with the tools and resources needed to specify, select and order the tapes, label stock, foam, film, ink and plastics needed to meet customer application needs. Using the enableNet Managed Service, Selecterra will facilitate the integration of trading partner information for order fulfillment, collaborative planning, logistics, invoicing and reconciliation, and other supply chain activities.
"The glaring obstacle to optimizing industry-driving electronic markets like Selecterra is integration," said Scott Blackburn, president and CEO of CommerceQuest. "With enableNet, specialty converting suppliers and buyers can integrate everything and realize the inherent efficiencies of online collaboration, without changing their existing technology."
According to Blackburn, CommerceQuest's enableNet Managed Service is the integration hub for emerging and established companies including buyingTeam in the United Kingdom, ICG Commerce in the United States, and PMI in Australia. As a technology-neutral solution, enableNet provides "any-to-any" complex business integration - any kind of data, shared across any application, hardware platform, or network. The result is greater transaction efficiency and effectiveness for all supply chain partners. Last year, CommerceQuest's enableNet service took top honors in IBM's annual Solution Excellence Awards and at EC World.
About CommerceQuest
Companies like Anheuser Busch, Ericsson, EDS and ICG Commerce trust CommerceQuest, an award-winning IBM Business Partner, to execute their business interoperability strategies. CommerceQuest's enableNet software and outsourced managed service, certified consultants and educators, and enterprise testing programs drive dramatic improvements in business flexibility, effectiveness and efficiency for companies around the world. With CommerceQuest, businesses bring their e-commerce projects online quickly, minimizing risk, cost and time, while maximizing business value. From legacy applications to the Web, CommerceQuest software and services make complex business integration work. Any data, any platform, any network - every time.
A member of Internet Capital Group's collaborative network of Partner Companies, CommerceQuest was founded in 1992 and is privately held and headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The company's integration software and services are available throughout the United States, Pacific Rim, Europe and South Africa. For more information, please visit www.CommerceQuest.com.
About Selecterra
Selecterra has combined in-depth experience in the specialty converting industry with best-in-class e-commerce technologies to create the industry's first independent online marketplace for buyers and sellers. Selecterra enables e-commerce through a dynamic platform that delivers end-to-end supply chain management solutions, from online procurement, financial settlement, logistics, customer relationship management (CRM), to back-end integration of enterprise systems. For more information, please visit www.selecterra.com.