Selectica (NASDAQ:SLTC), a leading provider of enterprise contract
lifecycle management solutions, today announced that the United States
Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention, a nonprofit standards-setting
organization that advances public health, has chosen to implement
Selectica Contract Lifecycle Management. Full rollout of the Selectica
solution across the organization is expected in 90 days.
"The more efficient we are in our operations, the greater our ability to
positively impact global public health,” said Susan de Mars, USP’s
General Counsel. "Automating contract creation, contract approval
workflows, and contract report generation for all of our functional
departments will go a long way towards making the most of our limited
resources and reaching that goal.”
USP will rely on Selectica Contract Lifecycle Management to automate the
handling of more than 20 complex contract types. These include
distribution agreements for different types of reference standards and
publications, developer and teaching agreements for educational course
content, as well as contracts with facilities that host a wide range of
USP events. In addition, USP will also use the Selectica solution for
managing NDAs and subcontracts associated with federal grants.
Before choosing Selectica as its contract management solution vendor,
USP completed a comprehensive market survey. "Our final selection was
made on the basis of breadth of functionality, ease of use, availability
of a software-as-a-service offering, financial stability, industry
experience, and domain expertise,” said de Mars. In addition, a key
benefit of the Selectica solution to USP is its ability to support
multiple workflows—a differentiator that enables USP to ensure all
contract types and processes are handled in the most efficient way
possible.
"Our automated contract management solution represents a sizable
investment for USP,” de Mars said. "We’re pleased that we will be able
to reap benefits just two months after signing the contract, and we look
forward to quickly achieving significant dividends. We’re confident
these will be realized because, with the solution’s contract repository,
we will gain the ability to automatically and accurately track
expenditures across contracts and better control revenue leakage.”
About USP
The United States Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention is a scientific,
nonprofit, standards-setting organization that advances public health
through public standards and related programs that help ensure the
quality, safety, and benefit of medicines and foods. USP's standards are
recognized and used worldwide. For more information about USP visit http://www.usp.org.
About Selectica, Inc.
Selectica (NASDAQ:SLTC) provides Global 2000 companies with solutions
that automate complex contract management and sales configuration
processes. Selectica's enterprise solutions streamline critical business
functions including sales, procurement, and corporate governance, and
enable companies to eliminate risk, increase revenue, and cut costs.
Selectica customers represent leaders in manufacturing, technology,
retail, healthcare, and telecommunications, including Bell Canada,
Cisco, Covad Communications, Fujitsu, Hitachi, International Paper,
ManTech, Levi Strauss & Co., Qwest Communications, Rockwell Automation,
Tellabs, and 7-Eleven. For more information, visit www.selectica.com.
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