procurement
Procurement White Paper
White Paper By managing procurement for the Client, the Client can focus on customer service and software development, which are the core competencies essential to growing business. On behalf of the contractor, ValCom has assisted... [25 Feb 2004]
Procurement and Contracting in State Government, 2000
White Paper This paper examines current data on the practice of contracting and procurement among the U.S.states and compares these practices to principles of best practice. Public contracting and procurement has... [28 Jan 2005]
Procurement: A Strategic Lever for Bottom Line Improvement
To extract the maximum value from procurement, companies need to understand their spend, select the best approach to source and procure each set of goods and services, and continuously monitor performance. [26 Apr 2005]
Procurement and Supplier Collaboration
White Paper Many procurement organizations are bogged down with complex and manual purchasing of raw materials, supplies, and services, preventing them from taking advantage of their strategic procurement skills to... [22 Dec 2006]
Procurement Services Company Reduces Costs, Expands Market Scope
White Paper An innovator in procurement business-process outsourcing, Xpress Source offers effective procurement practices and skilled negotiations that saved its Fortune 1000 customers more than U.S.million in... [22 Nov 2006]
Procurement Preferences for Small Business Concerns Owned and Controlled by Service-Disabled Veterans
White Paper On December 16, 2003, the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003was enacted amending the Small Business Act to establish a procurement program for Small Business Concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. [21 Jun 2005]
Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services for Sustainable Buildings: A Guide for Federal Project Managers
White Paper Agencies have the leverage to convert these principles into effective design practices through the procurement of architectural and engineering (A/E) services for energy-efficient, sustainable new construction. [21 Jun 2005]
Achieving Excellence in Construction: Procurement Guide
White Paper The primary consideration in the procurement of construction projects is the need to obtain best value for money in the whole life of the service or facility. This paper explains how to determine appropriate... [21 Jun 2005]
Procurement: It's Your Business!
White Paper Procurement (which includes work that is sometimes called buying, purchasing or contracting) is a big part of the Suffolk county council's business with nearly £300 million spent on goods, services and construction every... [21 Jun 2005]
Procurement Strategy
White Paper This paper sets out the Runnymede Borough Council's strategic approach to the commissioning and procurement of goods and services. It applies to all procurement activities, from the purchase of low value... [21 Jun 2005]
Procurement and Contract Strategies
White Paper The primary consideration in the procurement of construction projects is the need to obtain best value for money in the whole life of the service or facility. This paper explains how to determine appropriate... [29 Apr 2005]
National Grid Transco: End-to-End Procurement Solution Powers Energy Giant
White Paper The company needed a single, integrated corporate procurement process to provide consistency in contract spending. It also needed companywide visibility to develop new procurement initiatives while... [27 Apr 2005]
A Case Study on Web Enabling Procurement and Tracking Processes for IAP Worldwide Services
White Paper IAP Worldwide Services (IAPWWS) offers procurement and tracking services to their worldwide customers ranging from US Military to Public and Private sector organizations. Stylus was approached by IAP Worldwide Services... [27 Apr 2005]
Centralised and Decentralised Public Procurement
White Paper A decentralised approach to public procurement in which contracting entities in state bodies covered by the relevant legislation are responsible for conducting procurement activities is widely accepted... [14 Jul 2005]
Case Study Schiesser: Outsourcing of Procurement Logistics
Schiesser outsourced the complete management of its procurement process from the purchase order through to delivery to the factory to the logistics provider Gebruder Weiss. Schiesser AG, headquartered in Radolfzell, is... [28 Apr 2005]