procurement
RSS procurementProcurement 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]
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]
The Bloor Perspective: Procurement outsourcing, ROI and the PS2 grid
Comment There was widespread anticipation earlier this month that Deutsche Bank is planning to outsource its procurement operations worldwide. It is assumed the recipients of the procurement outsourcing deals... [17 Mar 2003]
Procurement managers plan internet purchases
News Nine out of 10 procurement managers are intend to implement an e-procurement strategy, but still only 11 per cent have rolled out any form of internet purchasing. These are the facts according to the... [25 May 2001]
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]
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]
Deutsche Bank: With SAP Business-to-Business Procurement in Virtual Marketplaces
White Paper And now too, Deutsche Bank is exploring new avenues: with the introduction of a prototype of SAP Business-to-Business Procurement, a specialist team from e-SAP.de and Compaq Computer were able to show how the... [28 Sep 2007]
Process Mapping - CSU Chico Information Technology Procurement
White Paper In fall 1999, a self-directed team of individuals involved in various aspects of technology procurement activities realized that Chico's procurement process - a process that had been in place for over 15... [27 Apr 2005]
E-procurement: The time is now for the public sector
News The EU has issued an action plan detailing how member governments can to switch to e-procurement before the implementation deadline next year. The European Union agreed a legal framework for the introduction of... [21 Jan 2005]
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]
UK wastes £100bn annually - online procurement firm claims
News The UK is losing £100bn per year in wasted procurement costs, according to ecommerce specialist, Infobank. The company specialises in electronic procurement systems and claims the average cost of making... [17 Aug 1999]
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]
Sweden: Public e-procurement System Saves Taxpayers' Money
White Paper Accepting the common wisdom that a lot of taxpayers' money can be saved by coordinating public procurement procedures, the Swedish government established a coordination function for public procurement in... [20 May 2005]
Electronic Public Procurement in EU Member States: Country Reviews
White Paper The Internal Market Strategy sets out the target by 2006, to carry out a significant part of public procurement on an electronic basis and by 2010, to ensure that electronic public procurement has been... [20 May 2005]
Best Practice Procurement Cuts Costs for Cheshire
White Paper The company used Oracle Advanced Procurement to standardize purchasing processes across all departments, enforce use of purchase orders for each transaction, and create single supplier database. Cheshire County Council... [05 Sep 2007]
