Horsham, PA, January 20, 2010, Mercury Commerce Solutions, a market leader in online procurement solutions for public sector organizations, today announced Local Government Corporation customers that have licensed Mercury Commerce e-Procurement solutions. The City of Bessemer, AL, County of Monroe, TN and City of Shelbyville, TN have all licensed integrated e-Procurement solutions.
“The new economic reality is causing many city and county governments to review their spending,” said Joe Wiggins, Mercury Commerce Sales Director. “With Mercury Commerce e-Procurement solutions and services, these organizations get control over their purchasing and sourcing with very rapid return of investment.”
Each of these governments and their constituents will benefit from e-Procurement solutions and processes with integration to their LGC financial systems. Mercury Commerce is delivering an enterprise-wide procurement tool that will save significant time and money.
The City of Bessemer (www.bessemeral.org) is a Birmingham suburb in Jefferson County, Alabama. Originally incorporated in 1889, Bessemer is situated in the midst of the iron ore and limestone district of Alabama, in the southern part of Jones Valley. Bessemer is home to approximately 30,000 citizens.
The County of Monroe (www.monroegovernment.org) is ranked sixth largest in land area among Tennessee's 95 counties. The county is experiencing tremendous growth, yet their tax rate remains one of the lowest in the State and land prices are still a great value. The County of Monroe is home to approximately 40,000 citizens.
The City of Shelbyville (www.shelbyvilletn.org), the county seat of Bedford County, Tennessee, is located a little over 50 miles southeast of Nashville. Known as the Walking Horse Capital of the World, the Grand Champion Tennessee Walking Horse is crowned annually at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. The City of Shelbyville is home to approximately 17,000 citizens.
Mercury Commerce Solutions, an ESM Solutions Corporation company, provides procurement automation solutions for the higher education and state and local government markets. Our suite of purchasing, sealed bidding and quoting solutions includes online tools that connect purchasing entities with their vendors, as well as aggregated vendor catalogs that enable a uniform buying experience for all purchasers within an organization. Mercury Commerce also facilitates easy integration with an organization's financial software system and enables flexible electronic communication with vendors' order entry systems. Delivering our Software as a Service (SaaS) via the Internet, Mercury Commerce hosts a fully automated e-Procurement suite of purchasing and sourcing solutions. Mercury Commerce Solutions provides professional services, as well as data warehousing, auditing and reporting capabilities for its customers, who save time and money that can be re-allocated to education and community programs.
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