ECC have been appointed e-Business and Technology partner to Systemcare Outsourcing Solutions Limited (SOS) to develop requisitions.com, the on-line Supply Chain Management solution to procurement on the web. In conjunction with SOS ECC will partner IBM as Data-Centre Partner, and Progress Software Corporation as Integration Partner, to create and support the on-line business-to-business Internet portal.

Mark Armstrong, Managing Director of SOS, commented 'We expect requisitions.com to become synonymous with on-line procurement and therefore we require a dependable, lively and feature rich web environment. The creativity displayed by ECC made our e-Partner decision easy'.

The successful e-Business track record of ECC placed them as the No1 choice for this exciting new venture. This high-profile project has a team of specialist e-companies coming together at just the right time to create an industry-leading business service on the Internet. This appointment is regarded as recognition of ECC's status as a leading e-business solution provider.

SOS and the partner team will present the new concept, which will change the face of business procurement, at the forthcoming Supply Chain Management 2000 Summit in Florida.

SOS are an Application Service Provider (ASP) and part of the Freeminster Group, who along with SOS's sister company have been providing supply chain management solutions since 1978.