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             Category Specialists 
            Every sourcing technology customer we talked to wants a single 
              solution that will cover all spend categories. 
            We never found such a solution, and we don't think you will either. 
            Some spend categories are simply too complex, too difficult to 
              master, or too specialized for a general-purpose tool to cover. 
            The vendors listed below recognize this and have chosen to focus 
              on quite specific categories. All in all, we think they do a good 
              job, so good that we think they're worth considering and using even 
              if you have committed to a single broad-based solution. The advantages 
              you'll get within these spend categories simply overwhelm the disadvantages 
              of having muliple platforms. 
            To get our publicly available information about them, click on 
              the logo. To get the full scoop, contact Rick McLaughlin at (617) 
              864-9032 or rick@b2banalysts.com. 
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