procurement
RSS procurementThe Ottawa Hospital Enables Full End to End Integration With Largest Vendors to Improve Efficiency
White Paper The challenge was to free staff members from time-consuming manual procurement tasks to focus on valuable initiatives. The Ottawa Hospital wanted to support a Ministry of Finance initiative to introduce e-commerce to the... [30 Jul 2009]
PT Kalbe Morinaga Cuts Milk Production Times, Reduces Machine Maintenance Costs by 10%
White Paper The company deployed Oracle Process Manufacturing, Oracle Enterprise Asset Management, Oracle Order Management, Oracle Inventory Management, Oracle Financials, and Oracle Procurement. PT Kalbe Morinaga Indonesia (KMI) is... [30 Jul 2009]
Slovnaft Plc. Gains New Agility and Business Insight to Thrive in Dynamic Petrochemical Industry
White Paper Slovnaft Plc.implemented Oracle applications for finance, procurement, manufacturing, and order management to create an integrated IT system that enhances visibility into key business indicators and improved control over... [30 Jul 2009]
Ten Steps to Lower Procurement Costs in Life Sciences: Drive Bottom Line Results in Only Four Months
White Paper As companies look for ways to reduce costs as well as generate revenue, procurement has an opportunity to step up to the plate and provide these results. Regardless of the economic conditions, companies that can quickly... [24 Jul 2009]
Voice, video, data: £1bn gov't telecoms contract up for grabs
News Central and local government departments, NHS organisations and other public bodies will be provided with telecoms goods, services and client side support under the framework agreement put out by Buying Solutions, the trading arm of the... [10 Jul 2009]
Microsoft wants to be teacher's pet with new software deal
News One of our roles is to ensure value for money in terms of procurement - to be able to get the best deals for schools - and we felt that [the Schools Agreement] really wasn't allowing schools to get the best value for... [08 Jul 2009]
IT Strategies for Uncertain Economic Times: How Microsoft Delivers High-Value Solutions at Low Cost to Help Organizations Improve Productivity, Accelerate Agility, and Reduce Costs
White Paper Intended for IT leaders and procurement professionals, this paper describes how Microsoft, with a long history of delivering high-value solutions and market-leading innovation at low cost, helps organizations... [01 Jul 2009]
'Innovation, not cutbacks, is right prescription for NHS IT'
News Darzi said that while high-tech could appear costly, NHS managers, commissioners and procurement bodies should look at technology, both high and low tech, in terms of the effect it can have on a business model. [22 Jun 2009]
Best-in-Class HP Integrity and OpenVMS Architecture Draws High Marks at Los Angeles Community College District
White Paper The College migrated SIS (legacy application on HP OpenVMS) and core business systems (SAP HR/Payroll, Financials, and Procurement on HP AlphaServer/Tru64 UNIX) to HP Integrity Superdome Servers with virtualization... [22 Jun 2009]
BAA on IT offshoring, T5 opening and selling Gatwick
News Cost reduction is also another priority for BAA, and will take the form of "improving processes, further offshoring, better procurement and virtualisation and simplification of infrastructure," according to BAA. [18 Jun 2009]
Simplifying PC Support and Procurement
White Paper Simon Fraser University wanted to standardize its Microsoft Windows-based desktop and laptop computers onto a single brand, to reduce IT purchasing and maintenance overhead and manage its computer network more efficiently. [18 Jun 2009]
Guide to Deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on Dell PowerEdge Servers
White Paper This article guides administrators through deployment planning; provides information about network, storage, and software components supported on PowerEdge servers running Windows Server 2003; and discusses procurement... [18 Jun 2009]
Signing off a gov't IT contract? Don't move a muscle
News Government procurement is also dogged by long lead times, according to the report, and "typical IT procurement can take three years from initial approval to tender to the contract being signed". The... [16 Jun 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News According to the IPS, the procurement process for the contract started with 20 prospective bidders in June 2008, before DeLaRue was eventually awarded the project. The UK government has awarded the contract for creating... [12 Jun 2009]
A Better Plan for the Future With HP
White Paper The College wanted to enter into a partnership with local reseller support to facilitate procurement and financing, help with future technology planning, and provide a reliable, scalable infrastructure. [12 Jun 2009]
