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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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Sweden: Public e-procurement System Saves Taxpayers' Money
White Papers 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 1998.
[May 20, 2005, 0:00]
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]
Ford dumps Oracle procurement for old system
News Auto giant Ford Motor confirmed on Wednesday that it is abandoning its Oracle-powered online procurement system in favour of technologies it had used previously. Ford representatives said the company has been evaluating all of its product-related...
[August 19, 2004, 11:00]
Irish Public Sector Procurement Portal
White Papers As a central source, the Irish Public Sector Procurement Portal provides electronic access to all Irish public sector procurement opportunities advertised in the OJEC and in the national and local press as well as hosting opportunities made...
[May 20, 2005, 0:00]
UK leads in Galileo-procurement shortlist
News The procurement process should lead to the creation of Europe's answer to America's Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation of satellites. The shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's Galileo satellite system has been released, with...
[September 22, 2008, 13:31]
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]
Dell Procurement Finance Gains Insights With SQL Server 2005 Data Mart
White Papers The Procurement Finance group at Dell is responsible for providing the Global Accounts Payable Group and management with the tools to track key performance indicators to ensure business objectives are being achieved according to plan.
[June 30, 2008, 0:55]
Avnet, Inc. Leverages IBM Expertise to Reduce Procurement Costs
White Papers The challenge was to reduce the total cost of ownership of procurement solutions, including lowering both the cost of managing the process and the cost of items procured. The solution implemented was the IBM Leveraged Procurement Services from IBM...
[April 27, 2005, 0:00]
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]
Government IT procurement slammed
News In particular the IT framework agreements of the trading arm of government procurement body the Office of Government Commerce have come under fire for excluding SMB suppliers. A spokeswoman for OGC Buying Solutions said the procurement process for...
[February 22, 2005, 8:05]
Process Mapping - CSU Chico Information Technology Procurement
White Papers 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 years - was in need of change.
[April 27, 2005, 0:00]
Case Study Schiesser: Outsourcing of Procurement Logistics
White Papers Schiesser outsourced the complete management of its procurement process from the purchase order through to delivery to the factory to the logistics provider Gebruder Weiss. Schiesser AG, headquartered in Radolfzell, is Germany's leading underwear...
[April 28, 2005, 0:00]
Travel and Procurement: The Convergence
White Papers Travel and procurement philosophies that best-in-class companies utilize. Benefits of an integrated organizational travel and procurement process. Steps to successfully integrate travel and procurement.
[August 12, 2008, 12:05]
Scotland signs up to e-procurement
News The First Minister for Scotland, Jack McConnell, has announced an out-sourced e-procurement service for the Scottish Executive, the devolved government for Scotland, potentially worth £15bn in public sector transactions.
[March 27, 2002, 11:23]
