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Intelligent Document Automation to Increase Purchasing Process Efficiency with ERP Systems

whitepaper These manual processes limit the potential to achieve efficiency objectives in crucial areas such as procurement, supply chain management, inventory control, materials management, sourcing, order fulfillment administration, and overall business...

Tags: erp

[30 Apr 2008]

Sourcing Strategy and Supplier Relationships: Alliances Vs. eProcurement

whitepaper Then, the paper explores these questions and presents a framework that has been developed to help managers focus on the relevant issues for sourcing decisions. Coupled with the ability of the web to bring many suppliers into head-to-head...

Tags: procurement and sourcing, managers, questions, suppliers

[10 Apr 2008]

Supplier Relationship Management and Procurement: Driving Value Through Best Practices

whitepaper The study identified four methods that the most effective sourcing and procurement organizations are using to drive down costs and improve operational efficiency. Download the report to learn more about sound procurement practices and how you can...

Tags: erp, procurement, methods, practices

[07 Jan 2008]

Supplier Relationship Management and Procurement: Driving Value Through Best Practices

whitepaper The study identified four methods that the most effective sourcing and procurement organizations are using to drive down costs and improve operational efficiency. Download the report to learn more about sound procurement practices and how you can...

Tags: erp, methods, procurement, practices

[12 Dec 2007]

Royal Mail opts for SAP to cut sourcing costs

News Royal Mail is aiming to save £300m on procurement costs by 2009 with the help of a hosted e-sourcing application from SAP. Daniel Cameron, Royal Mail procurement director of performance and transformation, told silicon.com: "What's become very...

Tags: application, sap, royal mail

[26 Oct 2007]

Thorntons whips up suppliers with reverse auctions

News Caroline Simpson, senior buyer at Thorntons, explained to silicon.com that the retailer shifted its sourcing to Wax Digital because it offered better functionality on its website and provided better information and training to suppliers.

Tags: procurement, auction, thorntons

[09 Oct 2007]

Stop Drowning in Data: A Strategic Sourcing Web Series - Beyond Simply Treading Water: Why Procurement Data Quality Matters

whitepaper This webcast describes pressing challenges and best practices in strategic sourcing; five keys to transforming the procurement organization from transactional to strategic; the strategic sourcing continuum and how to determine the organization's...

Tags: data quality, strategic, sourcing, practices

[31 Aug 2007]

Pirelli Implements Leading-Edge E-Procurement System

whitepaper Achieve long-term decreases in the cost of materials and services through centralized strategic sourcing, volume aggregation, and standardization Download this case study to read more about the mySAP E-Procurement solution and the business value it...

Tags: mysap, purchasing, procurement, pirelli

[26 Jul 2007]

Nissan Develops a New Global Procurement System with mySAP SRM

whitepaper Ltd.has developed a new production-parts sourcing and purchasing system for use at its sites across the globe. Download this SAP Customer Success Story to read more about Nissan's mySAP SRM implementation and how it is helping the automaker...

Tags: business strategies, mysap, srm, supplier relationship management

[26 Jul 2007]

Microsoft bulk-buy benefits by-pass public sector IT

News The report said: "To support its single approach to sourcing, the Office of Government Commerce should develop a concordat so that, where a lead organisation, whether a dedicated procurement organisation, government department or other public body...

Tags: microsoft, ogcbuying.solutions

[26 Jun 2007]

Philips Semiconductors Uses TIBCO to Improve Its Supply Chain

whitepaper To stay competitive, companies are being forced to reinvent themselves so that the supply chain - encompassing sourcing and procurement, production scheduling, order fulfillment, inventory management, and customer care - is no longer a cost-based...

Tags: supply chain management, enterprise application integration, operation, procurement

[09 Jun 2007]

Bruno Laquet

CIO Profile Other achievements at Corus include a major SAP programme across HR, finance, procurement and engineering, and implementing a multi-sourcing strategy that generates 30 per cent savings per year. France-born Bruno Laquet joined the world's second...

[06 Jun 2007]

ABN Amro, Barclays: Data centres on savings hit-list

News Datamonitor's Mayo said the two companies have different sourcing strategies - with ABN Amro choosing to outsource its IT to a selection of vendors - and a key question will be whether Barclays wants to bring this back in-house or stick with ABN...

[23 Apr 2007]

Nissan Develops a New Global Procurement System with mySAP SRM

whitepaper Ltd.has developed a new production-parts sourcing and purchasing system for use at its sites across the globe. Download this SAP Customer Success Story to read more about Nissan's mySAP SRM implementation and how it is helping the automaker...

Tags: procurement - purchasing, mysap, srm, supplier relationship management

[10 Apr 2007]

Pirelli Implements Leading-Edge E-Procurement System

whitepaper Achieve long-term decreases in the cost of materials and services through centralized strategic sourcing, volume aggregation, and standardization Download this case study to read more about the mySAP E-Procurement solution and the business value it...

Tags: distribution software, mysap, purchasing, procurement

[05 Apr 2007]

Multimedia Company Streamlines Procurement

whitepaper With the Next Generation Purchasing Desktop (NGPD), T-Systems MMS has substantially improved the user friendliness of IT-systems for e-procurement and e-sourcing. T-Systems MultiMedia Solutions (T-Systems MMS) of Dresden is the leading Internet and...

Tags: microsoft office, multimedia, mms, germany

[21 Feb 2007]

Sap Solutions for E-Sourcing : Enabling Procurement Transformation

whitepaper With the SAP solutions for e-sourcing, the procurement operations can grow over time; it can easily and quickly move to other SAP e-sourcing solutions and retain the existing investment. SAP solutions for e-sourcing enable negotiation activities...

Tags: procurement - purchasing, sourcing, savings, sap

[21 Dec 2006]

Half-price deal for public sector IT

News Phil Morris, CEO of sourcing consultancy Morgan Chambers, told silicon.com: "This is outwardly a great deal but anything that gets to a discount of 49 per cent has a questionable start point, with suppliers using market RRP or similar to then work...

Tags: price, price cut, suit, santa worm

[08 Dec 2006]

Procurement Transformation: A Holistic Approach to Best Practice Procurement

whitepaper By combining human performance with strategic sourcing, process excellence, and deep category knowledge, procurement transformation will help companies realize greater benefits from their procurement programs.

Tags: procurement - purchasing, procurement, human, savings

[28 Nov 2006]

Taxpayers save £412m through smarter buying

News Payment cards, e-sourcing applications and electronic auctions were cited as some of the reasons spend was reduced. It also launched joint initiatives with the Disposal Services Agency and the Department for Environmental to "promote the sourcing...

Tags: public sector it

[26 Jul 2006]

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