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REPEAT/Beyond Search: ThomasNet.com "Re-Launches" Supplier Discovery and Product Sourcing PlatformNEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- ThomasNet.com®, industry's leading free supplier discovery and product sourcing platform, today announced a "re-launch" to better enable supply chain professionals and engineers to find trusted suppliers and solve their most difficult sourcing challenges. Advanced functionality and powerful new applications, added to a platform which is already home to the largest database of North American industrial and commercial companies, now makes ThomasNet.com the single best resource to discover the right suppliers to partner with for direct and indirect spends. "We work hand-and-hand with buyers from businesses big and small alike to understand their buying process. What we've uncovered are the difficulties they are having in supplier discovery and the deficiencies in tools they are using, like search engines, to support the process," said Tom Greco, Vice President, ThomasNet.com. He added, "The ThomasNet.com platform is continuing to evolve in both content and functionality to not only satisfy these unmet needs, but also save them time in the process." The hallmark Supplier Discovery application which includes 700,000 companies, allows buyers to quickly get to a shortlist of viable suppliers. Improvements to the application include defining all qualifiers right from the start, such as product/service, location, ownership type, quality certifications and company type. With a targeted list in hand, buyers can also now access enriched, individualized supplier profiles, unique to company type, which can include capabilities, equipment lists, product lines and brand names carried, demographics, certifications, news, and videos to help in the decision to add to the shortlist. From there, they can issue a one-to-many Request for Information (RFI (News - Alert)). In addition:
ThomasNet.com logs nearly two million user sessions each month from buyers within Fortune 1000 companies, the government/military, institutions and small companies who are in a position to impact suppliers' businesses. To get onto the short lists of these "power buyers," manufacturers and distributors are being encouraged to build detailed profiles on the platform at no charge. To start, they can go to http://promoteyourbusiness.thomasnet.com/free-profile/. About ThomasNet.com® ThomasNet.com, part of Thomas Industrial Network, Inc. is the leading platform for supplier discovery and selection of OEM, MRO and other products and services. The platform serves procurement professionals, engineers, plant and facility management and other buyers from corporations, educational institutions, government agencies, the military and small businesses. It also serves manufacturers, distributors, and service companies throughout North America who want to connect and do business with these buyers. Buyers of industrial products and services can connect to ThomasNet News from ThomasNet.com.
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