procurement - purchasing
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]
Defense Logistics Agency's SRM Initiative: Procurement Support for Defense Worldwide
White Paper Defense Logistics Agency to meet the procurement needs of defense organizations around the world. This webcast examines how SAP solutions for ERP and SRM enable the U.S. [18 Jan 2005]
Bracknell Forest Borough Council - Procurement Strategy 2005
White Paper Procurement in the wider sense encompasses the whole process of acquiring external goods and services, from determining and specifying the requirement, reviewing the market, sourcing suppliers, obtaining and evaluating... [17 Jun 2005]
Procurement: to single-source or multi-source?
Comment Secondly, the government's procurement agency signed-up Orange as a mobile phone supplier, bringing an end to Vodafone's monopoly in that area. Two major buyers of technology signed large contracts with suppliers this week. [13 Sep 2002]
Supplier Relationship Management and Procurement: Driving Value Through Best Practices
White Paper 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... [13 Dec 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]
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]
Transforming the Procurement Organization for a New Era
White Paper What organizational changes are necessary to transform procurement? It is becoming clear that the rigid, hierarchical organizational structure of the past must give way to a more adaptive, cross-functional structure that... [28 Jul 2006]
Compaq launches e-procurement system
News Compaq is to implement an e-procurement system from Infobank at a major utility based in the south-west of the UK, thought to be National Power. Compaq, an Infobank channel partner, will use the ecommerce specialist's... [02 Jul 1999]
University of Pennsylvania Streamlines Procurement, Saving $7.8 Million
White Paper The university collaborated with Oracle Partner SciQuest, Inc.to install two Oracle procurement modules - Procurement and iProcurement - streamlining the buying process for Penn faculty and staff and... [06 Oct 2006]
Banner to supply e-catalogue for government procurement scheme
News Banner Business Systems is to provide the UK Government Secure Intranet (GSI) with the first external electronic trade catalogue for government procurement. Banner will implement the system using Infobank Electronic... [25 Oct 1999]
Commerce One signs e-procurement deal with Perot Systems
News As well as hosting, Perot Systems will supply consultancy services and delivery for Commerce One's e-procurement applications. Texas firm Perot Systems is the latest venture of EDS founder and one-time US Presidential... [22 Nov 2000]
Ariba helps O2 save millions in procurement costs
News O2 is claiming to have saved around £4.5m in procurement costs since spring this year after implementing sourcing software from Ariba. Paul Greenshaw, major project manager for procurement at O2, said:... [18 Aug 2004]
News in View: Blair seeks to consolidate e-procurement
News The UK government's attempts to modernise procurement will not work unless it can persuade departments to overcome a natural aversion to working together. Tony Blair has let it be known that he expects £1bn to be cut... [25 Oct 1999]
Online procurement comes of age with launch of mondus.com
News mondus.com, an Internet-based procurement service, has launched today promising to streamline buying for small businesses. Stuart Hamilton, innovations director at Axon Group, an ecommerce consultancy and SAP partner,... [18 Oct 1999]
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