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The other variant is a marketplace that covers a wide variety of product types. The real driver here is MRO - Maintenance, Repair and Operating supplies - procurement, which can be as much as 35% of a business' total expenditures. Additionally, MRO buying is a frequent cause of maverick buying - buying off of the preferred vendor list. There are estimates that up to 40 percent of MRO buying is maverick buying, and could be costing a typical billion-dollar company as much as $10 million per year in lost vendor discounts. There are a number of players in this space. The leaders are Ariba and Commerce One, both of whom are actively soliciting vendors and selling their solutions to buying organizations. Others include xxxx, and many smaller players. There is also competition in this space from large ERP vendors like xxxx and others.