Axway Wins 2009 HDMA iBusiness Solution Award for Axway Trade Activity Manager

Distinction Marks Third Time Axway Products Have Been Honored by HDMA

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 19, 2009 – Further demonstrating Axway’s understanding of the pharmaceutical supply chain, Axway Trade Activity Manager (TAM) powered by Synchrony™ has won the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) iBusiness Solution Award.  Axway TAM was recognized for its ability to improve collaboration with customers and efficiently manage distribution agreements within the pharmaceutical supply chain.  In previous years, Axway won the iBusiness Solution Award for Axway ePedigree and Axway Controlled Substance Ordering System (CSOS) products.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers face competitive pressure to increase fill rates and maximize days-on-hand levels to service all available revenue opportunities.  Axway TAM provides a simple solution to manage today’s complex trade operations.  Specifically, it enables trade, customer service and finance managers to visualize, analyze and quickly act on demand trends and inventory imbalances in real-time, providing the insight needed to understand and fulfill true demand.

 “We’re happy to accept this award from the HDMA as further validation that the policy-based analytics strategy we’ve been pursuing is creating real value for our customers,” said Paul Fowler, vice president, healthcare innovation, Axway.  “The healthcare industry’s focus on performance-based agreements represents a shift we see happening across both public and private sectors globally.  By applying policy enforcement to cross-domain business processes, Axway TAM is helping our customers to transform their business models.”

“HDMA is pleased to recognize Axway with the 2009 iBusiness Solution Award in the Allied Service Provider Category,” said Perry Fri, senior vice president, industry relations, HDMA.  “We applaud their ongoing commitment to efficiency in the healthcare supply chain.”

On Tuesday, March 17, 2009, Axway executives were presented with the award at the 2009 iBusiness Solution Awards, held at the HDMA 2009 Distribution Management Conference & Technology Expo.  The HDMA iBusiness Solution Award is an annual award given to a distributor member, a manufacturer member and an allied service provider member.  iBusiness Award winners were chosen for technologies that have been initiated over the past 18 months that address and improve the current issues the healthcare industry is facing today. 

Axway works with all three of the North American healthcare wholesalers that process 95 percent of pharmaceutical transactions.

For additional information on Axway Trade Activity Manager (TAM), please visit: http://www.axway.com/tam

Related links:
A Practical Approach to Healthcare Supply Chain Collaboration
Axway Wins Second HDMA iBusiness Solution Award
Axway’s Controlled Substance Ordering System wins iBusiness Solution Award from the HDMA

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About Axway
Axway recently merged with Tumbleweed Communications to become the leading global provider of multi-enterprise solutions and infrastructure, serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries.  Axway speeds and secures business interactions – both inside and outside the enterprise – by optimizing the way information is moved, managed and protected.  Powered by Synchrony™, a service-oriented architecture (SOA), Axway’s customers can “start anywhere, use anything” to complement their existing infrastructures.  Axway’s comprehensive offering includes: business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions.  Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings.  Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Axway’s global presence spans 20 countries.

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