BirchStreet and Avendra Team Up to Provide New Complementary Offerings

One of the leading e-procurement and purchasing system providers in the hospitality industry, BirchStreet Systems announced a new venture with Avendra, a leading comprehensive procurement solutions company, to expand their complementary offerings.

Avendra, which primarily services hotels and lodgings, chose BirchStreet to supply e-procurement solutions to their growing number of customers. The BirchStreet platform will be readily available to Avendra’s current 5,000 clients and all new customers.

“We are excited about the synergy that comes from aligning our strategic supply chain management capabilities with BirchStreet’s web-based e-procurement platform,” Robert Heaton, Chief Financial Officer of Avendra said. “In tandem, we can craft an end-to-end solution for clients who are interested in supporting their operations with best-in-class procurement practices covering sourcing responsibilities all the way through the point-of-order entry.”

Avendra has been providing various procurement solutions to many hospitality businesses since 2001. Some of the services offered by the company include supply chain assurance, reduced cost, latest innovative solution, and customer support.

BirchStreet, meanwhile, is known in the hospitality industry as a provider of technological streamlining solutions that and innovative cost-saving techniques. Some of the services offered by the company include enabling integration with other processes and systems related to purchasing functions, automating manual purchasing tasks, facilitating streamlined commerce with suppliers, and providing in-depth visibility into purchasing activities across the organization.

“Since many of our customers already use Avendra as their procurement and sourcing solution, we’ve worked together for many years and we recognize Avendra’s expertise and leadership in the hospitality segment,” John F. Davis III, Chief Executive Officer of BirchStreet Systems said. “This new contract deepens that relationship, and together we can deliver a solution that increases the benefits and cost savings that BirchStreet can bring.”

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