Spend Management Experts Wins Supply & Demand Chain Executive Award

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - Feb 14, 2013) - Spend Management Experts today announced that, for the second year in a row, founder and CEO John Haber has received the Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2013 "Pros to Know" award in the provider category. The Supply & Demand Chain Executive (SDCE) "Pros to Know" awards program recognizes exceptional supply chain executives at manufacturing and non-manufacturing enterprises who lead initiatives to help prepare their companies' supply chains for times ahead.

"This year's SDCE list of Provider Pros to Know showcases the individuals who are helping supply chain companies weather a difficult economy," said Barry Hochfelder, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "Their efforts in developing the tools, processes and knowledge base necessary for the supply chain community to meet these challenges have earned them a place on this year's Provider Pros listing."

"Spend management practices can help drive down supply chain costs and increase efficiencies for retailers, etailers, medical device providers, pharmaceutical companies, or any organization whose supply chain is integral to their business," said John Haber, founder and CEO of Spend Management Experts. "For the second year in a row, Supply & Demand Chain Executive has recognized this fact by including me in their 2013 Pros to Know list."

The full list of winners will be published in the March issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine.

About Spend Management Experts

Spend Management Experts (SME) is a proven global spend management consulting company with over a decade of experience in helping organizations streamline costs across their supply chains. By utilizing proprietary models, the most up-to-date market intelligence and complex strategies, SME drives significant profit enhancement for today's leading supply chain organizations. SME works with more than 150 companies including Barnes & Noble, Canon USA, Michaels Department Stores, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ferragamo, Lionsgate Media, Tumi, Lands End, and NBTY (Nature's Bounty).

About Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. Supply & Demand Chain Executive is a publication of Cygnus Business Media. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com and on smartphones and tablets at www.SDCExec.com/mobile.

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