procurement and sourcing
7-Eleven Maximizes Savings With Complete Sourcing, Procurement, and Financial Solution
White Paper It wanted to centralize sourcing and procurement operations for the entire company, lower total cost of goods, optimize $7 billion annual spend, update existing financial system and reduce customizations and effectively track costs and avoid... [04 Feb 2005]
IBM Leveraged Procurement Services: Leverages Customized Sourcing and Supplier Enablement
White Paper There is an abundance of new procurement solutions and services that capitalize on the inherent efficiencies of conducting business via the Web. These solutions can have an enormous impact on a company's competitive positioning, but many companies... [25 Apr 2005]
Public Procurement of Timber: EU Member State Initiatives for Sourcing Legal and Sustainable Timber
White Paper Unlike the FLEGT licensing scheme, individual member states can adopt procurement policies without needing further EU legislation and without having to negotiate agreements with producer countries outside the EU. [24 Jun 2005]
Sap Solutions for E-Sourcing : Enabling Procurement Transformation
White Paper 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... [21 Dec 2006]
mySAP Supplier Relationship Management: Managing Spend for Continuous Profitability
White Paper Join us for this informative webcast to discover how mySAP SRM addresses the full supply cycle, from strategic sourcing to operational procurement and supplier enablement while leveraging consolidated content and master data. [24 Feb 2004]
Reduce Spending and Improve Cycle Times
White Paper Sourcing and procurement aren't merely tactical exercises. In concert with software from IBM Business Partner Digital Union, WebSphere software from IBM delivers a strategic sourcing and e-procurement solution that allows your organization to cut... [25 Apr 2005]
Ariba Spend Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry
White Paper Ariba Spend Management solutions allow pharmaceutical companies to automate and streamline every step in the sourcing and procurement process; from spend analysis to negotiation to supplier selection to payment. [07 Jul 2005]
E&Y and Oracle offer online procurement
News The two companies are aiming to reduce the costs of the sourcing and procurement process by using certification, management software and self-service purchasing over the Web. The database giant will combine its Internet procurement software with... [30 Jul 1999]
Steelcase Transforms its Supply Network Platform for the Future
White Paper To help Steelcase optimize relationships with its business partners, SAP provides capabilities for operational and strategic sourcing, procurement execution, supplier enablement, as well as analytics for procurement and sourcing processes - all... [01 Mar 2004]
Saks Automates Purchasing With Advanced e-Procurement System
White Paper IBM provided an on-demand e-sourcing service called Leveraged Procurement Services (LPS), plus procurement and other expertise from IBM Global Services. LPS, an advanced e-procurement system, combines the Ariba Buyer software solution and strategic... [29 Apr 2005]
IBM Case Study: Saks Incorporated
White Paper IBM provided an on-demand e-sourcing service called Leveraged Procurement Services (LPS), plus procurement and other expertise from IBM Global Services. LPS, an advanced e-procurement system, combines the Ariba Buyer software solution and strategic... [27 Apr 2005]
Supplier and buyer: Can you profit from e-sourcing?
Comment But sourcing and procurement are company-wide issues. Shane Tulloch, FreeMarkets VP and MD for Europe, explained how the company works "side-by-side" with customers to make sure the whole sourcing process is implemented properly. [28 Feb 2002]
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... [26 Jul 2006]
Opinion: It's all about 'right-sourcing'
Comment This is not just because right-sourcing requires a coherent, long-term procurement strategy but also because companies need effective ways of managing their right-sourced environment. This trend in procurement strategy has been dubbed 'right... [31 Oct 2005]
Ariba eyes profit by June
News The Spend Management software adds multi-language sourcing, contract management, invoice management and analytical tools to Ariba's e-procurement suite, as well as providing updated versions of the buyer and workforce programmes. [27 Feb 2002]
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