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Procurement Services Company Reduces Costs, Expands Market Scope
White Papers 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.
[November 22, 2006, 0:00]
Defense Logistics Agency's SRM Initiative: Procurement Support for Defense Worldwide
White Papers 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.
[January 17, 2005, 23:00]
Procurement Effectiveness at NATS
White Papers 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...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
Bracknell Forest Borough Council - Procurement Strategy 2005
White Papers 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 bids, negotiating and...
[June 17, 2005, 3:00]
New tools aim to improve gov't IT procurement
News The first is a procurement 'pre-qualification tool' (PQT), which the OGC said was mainly aimed at the whole process of government IT procurement. It will do this "by focusing on key areas to be addressed to ensure a successful procurement and...
[January 9, 2009, 15:53]
University of Pennsylvania Streamlines Procurement, Saving $7.8 Million
White Papers 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 increasing use of targeted suppliers.
[October 6, 2006, 0:00]
Efficiently Generating k-Best Solutions for Procurement Auctions
White Papers This paper considers the problem of generating k cheapest solutions to a class of procurement auction winner determination problems. A computationally efficient solution to this problem would enable a fundamentally new approach to decision support...
[January 7, 2007, 0:00]
Stop Drowning in Data: A Strategic Sourcing Web Series - Beyond Simply Treading Water: Why Procurement Data Quality Matters
White Papers This webcast describes pressing challenges and best practices in strategic sourcing; five keys to transforming the procurement organization from transactional to strategic; the strategic sourcing continuum and how to determine the organization's...
[August 31, 2007, 1:00]
Akzo Nobel Standardises IT Procurement With HP
White Papers It identified IT procurement as one of the areas where substantial savings could be made. Akzo Nobel, based in the Netherlands, serves customers throughout the world with healthcare products, coatings and chemicals.
[September 11, 2009, 3:19]
The Value of Cash and Procurement
White Papers Procurement can actively balance these trade-offs to gain the best discounts and while preserving the best cash balances. Payment timing can make a significant effect on cash flow. Early payments can yield the best discounts, but at the expense of...
[June 9, 2007, 1:00]
AMS Advantage Procurement
White Papers The public sector procurement process is multifaceted and complex. AMS Advantage Procurement was built with these complexities in mind. Designed specifically for the public sector, AMS Advantage Procurement helps you streamline the procurement...
[August 30, 2005, 3:00]
Ten Steps to Lower Procurement Costs in Life Sciences: Drive Bottom Line Results in Only Four Months
White Papers As companies look for ways to reduce costs as well as generate revenue, procurement has an opportunity to step up to the plate and provide these results. Regardless of the economic conditions, companies that can quickly respond and take action to...
[July 24, 2009, 0:00]
Two firms withdraw from ID card procurement
News BAE Systems and Accenture have withdrawn from discussions on the procurement framework for the National Identity Scheme. Competitive dialogue for the National Identity Scheme framework procurement is continuing apace," the spokesperson said.
[January 24, 2008, 13:09]
Encryption Procurement: - Setting a Standard
White Papers Best practices for encryption procurement: What should be considered to achieve an enterprise encryption solution? What best practices should be followed? This Whitepaper summarizes what you should demand of a vendor and their solution, product and...
[September 14, 2007, 1:00]
DK Corporation Improves Productivity by 12%, Cuts Procurement Time by More Than 50%
White Papers DK Corporation wanted to integrate information, improve efficiency, streamline procurement, and maintain tight financial control. The company selected a range of Oracle Financials and Oracle Supply Chain Management modules to manage accounting...
[July 1, 2008, 1:01]
Electronic Public Procurement in EU Member States: Country Reviews
White Papers 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 generalised to meet the Lisbon objectives.
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
Global Rollout of mySAP E-Procurement for Deutsche Bank
White Papers Now, with the implementation of mySAP E-Procurement in Europe and in the US, the company is once again leading the field. By rolling out SAP's state-of-the-art solution to its worldwide network of branches, Deutsche Bank is streamlining procurement...
[September 28, 2007, 1:00]
mySAP E-Procurement Eases Network Gear Purchases for Korean Wireless Giant SK Telecom
White Papers SK Telecom recently installed e-procurement software from SAP Markets to simplify the purchase of essential network equipment and other goods. SK Telecom is a major wireless telecommunications service provider in Korea, serving more than 11 million...
[September 28, 2007, 1:00]
Complete Turnaround - Giant Step Into the Digital Economy With mySAP E-Procurement
White Papers KirchMedia, one of Europe's leading media groups, was keen to streamline the effort and cost involved in its indirect procurement activities. It turned to mySAP E-Procurement to convert a predominantly manual, paper-based system to a highly...
[September 28, 2007, 1:00]
e-Procurement - Strengthening the Indirect Supply Chain Through Technology Globalization
White Papers e-Procurement focuses on several innovative solutions with a single global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system as a foundation. This paper outlines the challenges, improvements, and results for the e-Procurement program that transformed the...
[January 4, 2006, 0:01]
