procurement
RSS procurementProcurement Effectiveness at NATS
White Paper This paper summarises the range of measures taken to improve CAPEX procurement at NATS. A recent procurement improvement programme has taken a very broad look at all supply chain management practices at NATS, including those relating to... [24 Jun 2005]
Procurement Countdown: International Space Station Contract Strategy
White Paper The International Space Station (ISS) Procurement Office has been working for a year developing a contract strategy to put in place by Fiscal Year 2004. The strategy takes functions from 26 plus contracts in the ISS Procurement Office and logically... [03 May 2005]
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 procurement costs in 2003. [21 Nov 2006]
Procurement at Amerada Hess with SAP EBP: Order It, Receive It, Use It
White Paper Procurement at Amerada Hess previously involved two different systems, one in the United States based on SAP R/3 4.6 and one in Northwest Europe. Amerada Hess began searching for a single procurement system that would meet all their needs, which... [01 Mar 2004]
Southampton City Council: Procurement Strategy
White Paper Procurement attention needs to be focused on the efficient and effective use of scarce resources. The Audit Commission considers that procurement is more than just buying goods and services or outsourcing. [03 May 2005]
Procurement Guidelines
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to outline key stages in the procurement process and to ensure that all managers are aware of the need to follow this process. It is worth pointing out at this stage that such key elements as use of competition and... [24 Jun 2005]
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 with the enhancement and... [24 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 historically been an area that is prone to weak... [27 Jan 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 are not those who have benefited from the... [17 Mar 2003]
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]
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. [17 Jan 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 goods to the procurement of whole services. [21 Jun 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 ad value to the business. [21 Dec 2006]
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 latest research on the uptake of e-procurement... [25 May 2001]
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 year. [21 Jun 2005]
