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Headquarters
Instill Corporation
777 Mariners Island Blvd.
Suite 400
San Mateo, CA 94404
Telephone
650.645.2600 or 888.467.8450
Fax
650.645.2601
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ameri-Source Selects Instill to Reduce Food Costs, Improve Contract Compliance, and Offer GPO Member Clients Robust Purchase Management, Rebate Tracking, and Reporting
Integrated spend intelligence solutions from Instill will drive business growth, increase compliance, and create competitive advantage for Ameri-Source and its clients.
SAN MATEO, CA (May 7, 2008) -- Instill® Corporation (“Instill”), a leading provider of spend intelligence services and solutions for the foodservice industry, today announced that Ameri-Source, LLC, a Group Purchasing Management Organization (GPO) selected Instill to provide a comprehensive Spend Intelligence solution to manage their food spend, drive compliance, and offer their client base of corporate-owned businesses, franchisees, and affiliate members a turn-key solution to control costs through purchase management, contract compliance and rebate tracking.
“Instill Spend Management will enable us to audit 100% of our managed spend, ensuring that our franchisees and members benefit from the full value of our negotiated contracts,” said John Plummer, CEO of Ameri-Source.
Through its partnership with Instill, Ameri-Source will offer multi-unit foodservice and vending operators a comprehensive suite of procurement services and spend control tools including the Instill Spend Management and Instill Procurement solutions. Instill is helping Ameri-Source deliver on its value proposition of negotiated pricing, tracking of earned rebates, and managed order guides to GPO members by tracking compliance with automated, exceptions-based reports.
Instill Spend Management automates the collection and standardization of unit purchase information from distributors, identifies contract price variances, SKU and manufacturer optimization opportunities, compliance problems and helps uncover new savings opportunities. Instill Procurement simplifies and streamlines all stages of the order-to-pay process for unit managers, allows corporate to control order guides, reduces unit inventory levels, and streamlines invoice reconciliation through seamless integration with back-office, accounts payable and distributor fulfillment systems.
“We forged this relationship with Ameri-Source because our Spend Intelligence Suite of solutions are well suited not only to chain operators, but also to GPOs like Ameri-Source,” said William Yaglou, Senior Vice President of Client Development at Instill. “Our solutions uniquely enable GPOs to share real-time reporting and analysis with their franchisees and members, allowing all parties to collaborate effectively and to make informed, intelligent business decisions.”
Instill’s proven suite of solutions – Spend Intelligence for Operators and Trade Spend Intelligence for Manufacturers – provide foodservice industry constituents the visibility they need to manage and grow their businesses. The Spend Intelligence Suite for Operators is a suite of hosted, web-based solutions that address critical foodservice processes including Spend Management, Procurement, Inventory Management, and Quality Management.
About Ameri-Source LLC
Ameri-Source LLC. provides a complete Purchasing Management System for corporate owned and independent businesses, franchisees, and affiliate members. Ameri-Source offers single or multi-unit foodservice operators, vending operators, and office refreshment services a comprehensive suite of procurement and supply chain services ranging from Distributor and Manufacturer contract negotiations to fully outsourced purchasing, including Vehicles and Equipment. As a fully integrated application providing precision data and leading-edge applications, leveraging the strengths of multi-million dollar organization to provide corporate and independent operators the resources and expertise to make them successful.
Ameri-Source, LLC’s philosophy is to maximize every client’s purchasing potential through leveraging the strengths of the total organization to the benefit of the individual. Our values include integrity with which we do business and innovation providing our clients with the resources and expertise to make them successful.
About Instill Corporation
For more than a decade, Instill has been helping customers build enterprise value by applying innovative technology and industry expertise to address the unique challenges facing foodservice companies. Instill is focused on providing spend intelligence solutions for the foodservice industry, providing a proven, comprehensive set of solutions for leading companies such as Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC) for SUBWAY®, Hardee’s, Darden Restaurants, International Dairy Queen, Inc., Nathan’s Famous, YUM! Brands’, Inc., Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op, LLC (UFPC) and Unified Purchasing Group of Canada (UPGC), Sodexo, ConAgra Foods, Inc. and General Mills. Instill is headquartered in San Mateo, California. For more information, contact Instill at 1-888-INSTILL (1-888-467-8455) or visit www.instill.com.
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