State Of Tennessee Selects Vinimaya vMarketPlace Solution

Innovative Agreement with State of Tennessee Will Reduce Costs and Assist Municipalities and Counties

Cincinnati, Ohio (PRWEB) - Vinimaya, Inc. and the State of Tennessee announced today an agreement to deploy the Vinimaya vMarketPlace solution to serve the State’s agencies, municipalities and counties. Vinimaya delivers a private marketplace for the State that aggregates supplier data from negotiated contracts, simplifies catalog management and provides an intuitive shopping experience.

This innovative agreement will provide easy access for local municipalities and counties to State-negotiated agreements. With an annual budget in the billions, the State is often able to negotiate better contract pricing and terms than its smaller constituents. The private marketplace makes it possible for the State to leverage those agreements to benefit its constituents and reduce costs throughout the State in a holistic way.

Vinimaya provides seamless integration with the State’s suppliers via a single punchout from its PeopleSoft eProcurement system. The marketplace uses a simple keyword search executed in a federated fashion across multiple sources – online suppliers, local catalogs and inventory items – and delivers aggregated results instantaneously to the shopper, including those with mobile devices. Through this innovative system, cities, counties and other affiliated entities also will have access to the State’s negotiated pricing.

After a thorough review of the market and potential vendors, the State chose Vinimaya vMarketPlace due to its flexibility and ability to connect seamlessly with the State’s suppliers and Oracle’s PeopleSoft eProcurement system.

“We’re excited to work with our partner, Oracle, and the State of Tennessee on such an important, highly visible project,” said John Hutchinson, CEO of Vinimaya. “As a result of this project, the State of Tennessee and its constituents will realize significant savings through its ability to share negotiated contracts and pricing, optimize purchase decisions and drive more spend under management. We look forward to making this available to other States, municipalities and government entities.”

The Tennessee Central Procurement Office’s implementation of Tennessee SmartShop (TNSmartShop), an intuitive online repository for local governments designed to improve visibility and access to statewide contracts, took just three months to deploy. The new system is fully integrated with the State’s PeopleSoft eProcurement system and has already provided 47 different entities with full access to the State’s contracts.

About Vinimaya
Vinimaya, Inc. is a privately held software solutions company that provides innovative eProcurement Catalog and B2B Shopping offerings for both buyers and suppliers based on the patented Vinimaya vMarketPlace cloud-based solution. Vinimaya’s marketplace is seamlessly integrated with systems from Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, SAP, Ariba, Microsoft, Coupa and Ivalua, among others, and is used by large organizations such as the City of Columbus, 3M, Alcoa, Siemens, Agilent Technologies, Corning Inc. and Cricket Communications. Vinimaya is a Vora Group company with headquarters in Cincinnati, OH. For more information, please visit http://www.vinimaya.com or call 888-618-8634.