procurement
RSS procurementWhite House looks to the cloud for IT cost-cutting
News Finally, the initiative will include policy planning and architecture that will be made up of centralised certifications, target architecture and security, privacy and procurement concerns. The Obama administration on... [17 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News With software purchases typically made by the IT department through expenses rather than a business' standard processes, procurement processes should come under particular scrutiny from CFOs. Mark Bethell, senior manager... [04 Sep 2009]
Blackstone & Cullen, Inc. Case Study: InComm
White Paper US Lumber needed a collaborative portal solution to leverage and reuse their procurement data for new and repeat customers. The pioneer in prepaid technologies and solutions, InComm began serving the telecommunications... [01 Sep 2009]
Healthcare Providers Tackle Complex Challenges by Embracing Consumerism
White Paper Its solutions enable self-service for internal procurement from either the stores warehouse or external sources and offer a more controlled contracting and catalog process. Off late healthcare providers confront... [01 Sep 2009]
Business Intelligence for Operational Effectiveness:Improving Insight and Visibility Into Chemical Companies' "Product-Intensive" Functions
White Paper Chemical companies' financial success is linked heavily to the critical areas that support the bulk of product manufacturing and ultimately take the brunt of margin scrutiny: procurement, manufacturing, and distribution. [01 Sep 2009]
Business Intelligence for Industry Operational Effectiveness: Improving Insight and Visibility Into Chemical Companies' "Product-Intensive" Functions
White Paper Chemical companies' financial success is linked heavily to the critical areas that support the bulk of product manufacturing and ultimately take the brunt of margin scrutiny: procurement, manufacturing, and distribution. [01 Sep 2009]
Managed Print Services
White Paper Whilst well-known and widely accepted for the procurement of copiers, a service contract for printers is still new to many commercial and government organisations. This paper discusses the advantages of a usage-based... [30 Aug 2009]
CODA Converts Unstructured Data Into Exploitable Information With HP IAP
White Paper Based in Harrogate, UK, CODA provides award-winning financial management software designed to help organisations streamline and automate their finance processes from accounting and procurement to reporting and analysis. [28 Aug 2009]
China Century Cement Cuts the Time for Cost Statements From Three Days to One Day
White Paper The challenge was to establish efficient delivery processes to ensure customers receive their cement shipments on time and standardize procurement processes to better manage costs. China Century Cement wanted to enable... [28 Aug 2009]
Open Text Accounts Payable for Oracle Enhances Accounts Payable Process to Reduce Costs
White Paper So, businesses are increasingly turning to Imaging and Workflow Automation (IWA) solutions that streamline the procurement-to-pay cycle to meet these new requirements. Accounts Payable (AP) has historically been a paper... [31 Jul 2009]
Total Cost of Ownership Analysis: HyperOffice Vs. MS Exchange
White Paper TCO includes all costs related to the technology lifecycle including research, procurement, deployment, maintenance and support. The Total Cost of Ownership Analysis, or TCO, seeks to measure all of the expenses, both... [31 Jul 2009]
SAP reveals software-as-a-service makeover
News SAP says FP 2.0 also improves visibility of supply chains to improve management of procurement, manufacturing and logistics. SAP has spruced up its software-as-a-service technology, Business ByDesign by launching Feature... [30 Jul 2009]
Tianjin Ace Pillar Reduces Costs by 60% and Increases Costing Accuracy by 30%
White Paper Tianjin Ace Pillar Co.wanted to replace disparate order, inventory, procurement, and financial systems with a single, integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform and assist Chinese subsidiary to submit... [30 Jul 2009]
De Post - La Poste Improves Order Management With Standardized Enterprise Resource Planning Solution
White Paper De Post - La Poste wanted to select and implement applications for financial management and procurement and ensure the company's ability to integrate the new solution with its existing custom-built applications. [30 Jul 2009]
Shanghai Hi-Tech Control System Boosts Profit Margins, Improves Inventory Management
White Paper The challenge was to record and track special prices offered by manufacturers to enable staff to adjust sales strategies accordingly and assist the procurement team to place orders at optimum times to ensure a balance... [30 Jul 2009]
