procurement in case studies
New CMS Leeds to uni's grassroots takeover
Case Study Just under two years ago, the university began the procurement process, whittling down a long list of seven vendors to its eventual supplier, Jadu. Leeds University has implemented a new content management system (CMS)... [19 Jan 2009]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study Ramsay said: "With the procurement of Postini and the ability of [Google] to utilise the Postini infrastructure to deliver these services, we felt comfortable that those services were as good as, if not better than, some... [10 Jul 2008]
NHS trusts to save £5.5m from outsourcing contract
Case Study The North West Collaborative Procurement Hub (NWCPH) signed a five-year contract with Xerox and predicts it will amass cost savings of around £5.5m through the reduction of waste and unnecessary print expenses and the... [14 Sep 2007]
Blackpool saves £2m with contact management
Case Study Once the consolidation was completed, the council was able to save £2m a year on IT procurement and maintenance costs. Blackpool council has consolidated a number of citizen records databases to reduce IT costs by £2m a... [06 Aug 2007]
NHS procurement hub streamlines mobile suppliers
Case Study The East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub (CPH) has slashed its costs by streamlining its mobie phone contracts. East of England CPH assistant director of procurement Glen Gooch said: "We had... [20 Jun 2007]
Lloyds TSB banks on SAP SRM
Case Study Lloyds TSB has rolled out a new e-procurement system which it hopes will reduce costs and make its overall procurement process much more efficient. The bank recently completed the rollout of a supplier... [12 Jun 2007]
Council saves by streamlining PC procurement
Case Study Northumberland County Council (NCC) has slashed its PC maintenance bill by streamlining and outsourcing its procurement. The area is predominantly rural and the council's agencies are decentralised, and this has had an... [11 May 2007]
BA saves £500m with smart shopping software
Case Study Speaking at an Ariba event in London, Tim Richardson, general manager of procurement operations for BA, said back in 2000 the procurement department was in "complete disarray" - with too many staff, no... [07 Mar 2007]
Remote access gains for Bedford NHS Trust
Case Study The costs to the trust since the upgrade include its broadband connection - covered by wider NHS procurement deals - a one-off fee and a maintenance charge. Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has revamped its approach to remote... [08 Aug 2006]
Zoo charity discovers benefits of going beyond Outlook
Case Study He added that Track-It would also be useful if the charity's IT needs grow: "If we have to take on more [responsibilities], we have good information to justify the procurement of additional resources. [20 Jun 2006]
Newcastle City Council saves millions from IT overhaul
Case Study Fujitsu provided expertise in programme management, technical architecture design and procurement. Newcastle City Council has saved millions of pounds as a result of a massive IT overhaul which saw it move from... [15 Jun 2006]
Staffordshire councils save millions by joining forces
Case Study The councils, known as Staffordshire Connects (SC), estimate they saved a one-off total of £1.8m through joint procurement - £1.5m of which was through the use of CRM. Ten local government agencies in Staffordshire have... [04 May 2006]
Beauty giant gives IT systems multimillion makeover
Case Study On top of this, in November Coty signed a five-year contract with IBM for procurement services across 14 countries, which would also require integration work. Cosmetics giant Coty has saved millions by using a service... [26 Apr 2006]
Bank group cuts out software duplication
Case Study IT procurement manager at HBOS FS, Christine Robertson, said executives realised that software contracts were not being centrally managed and maintained. She said: "We also needed to develop and implement software... [07 Nov 2005]
Councils gang up to reap rewards of IT outsourcing
Case Study And while the decision to outsource IT wasn't done as a cost-cutting exercise, the councils say in addition to savings incurred from splitting the procurement costs during the tender process, the contract was £700,000... [14 Oct 2005]
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