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- Strategic sourcing computes at Palm and Sun.(Sun Microsystems Inc)(Palm)
- Paul E. Teague Supplier partnerships control costs and enable development of new technologies. One has products that fit in your pocket. The other's products sit on a desk or can take up a small room. ...
- Research articles 2006-04-20
- Team breathes new life to indirect procurement: Boston Scientific creates centralized group of strategic sourcing experts to leverage its spend.
- It's been an eventful 18 months for Boston Scientific. Within that period, the Natick, Mass.-based medical device maker has: received FDA clearance for its new product, the Taxus Express2 stent, in March 2004 after years of clinical trial reviews; It's been an eventful...
- Research articles 2005-07-14
- HP targets $800 million in procurement savings. (Strategic Sourcing).(Brief Article)
- Purchasing synergies will create at least $800 million in savings in the Compaq-Hewlett Packard merger, which took effect earlier this year. "Our analysis shows that with the combination of our volumes, we have an opportunity to become t ...
- Research articles 2002-07-18
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- Strategic Sourcing: Reducing Cost And Supporting Diversity Goals
- Procurement professionals achieve savings through sourcing strategies like volume consolidation, product specification improvement, best price evaluation, and competitive global sourcing. Procurement professionals are also tasked with meeting Supplier Diversity goals and increasing spends and opportunities for minority and women owned suppliers. Is achieving these savings through strategic sourcing while supporting...
- White papers 2004-04-01
- Strategic Sourcing - A Disciplined Approach to Driving Growth
- Companies that consistently grow faster than their competitors generally employ a very disciplined and rigorous process for making strategic sourcing decisions. In a recent teleconference, a panel of Hewitt consultants shared how and why HR should apply the same rigor to making strategic sourcing decisions that the rest of the...
- White papers 2004-03-03
- PA Consulting Group and Lost Wax join forces to offer strategic sourcing solutions to large companies; PA Consulting Group is to incorporate Lost Wax's proprietary Agent technology into its Strategic Sourcing application.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-12 April 2001-PA CONSULTING: PA Consulting Group and Lost Wax join forces to offer strategic sourcing solutions to large companies; PA Consulting Group is to incorporate Lost Wax's proprietary Agent technology into its Strategic Sourcing application C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...
- Research articles 2001-04-12
- Strategic Sourcing: A Disciplined Approach To Driving Growth
- From the executive summary: ‘Companies that consistently grow faster than their competitors do generally employ very disciplined and rigorous process for making strategic sourcing decisions. A strategic approach to sourcing can help Human Resources HR focus on critical people practices that contribute to sustained double-digit growth and strengthen a company's...
- White papers 2004-03-03
- How Ann Taylor put strategic sourcing on the management map: persistence beats resistance. At fashion retailer Ann Taylor Stores, procurement was not generally regarded as one of the company's key competencies. One executive set out to change that by esta
- For more than a decade now, we've heard about the large and sustainable benefits that accrue when strategic sourcing is applied as a disciplined regimen. However, many organizations still resist adopting these disciplines and processes. If your organization is one of those--if you have yet to...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Getting Started - The Basics of Organizing a Strategic Sourcing Program
- The fast pace of growth has kept the operations in tactical delivery mode, so much so that the number of transactions, suppliers, databases and staffing counts have ballooned. A quick look at operational data shows fragmented spend characteristics, diverse payment terms and SKU proliferation. The organization charts show that procurement...
- White papers 2005-01-17
- Delivering Bottom-Line Results With Strategic Sourcing Strategies
- The paper focuses on Strategic Sourcing solutions to help the company in achieving leadership advantage by helping it to obtain goods and services at the lowest cost. It throws light on the improvements in areas including vendor certification and measurement activities, companywide procurement and sourcing efforts, and the incorporation of...
- White papers 2004-09-15
- How to Engage in a Strategic Sourcing Relationship
- In business today, one fact has become clear: The ability to forge, manage and sustain strategic sourcing relationships is increasingly critical to competitive success. Such relationships, however, are often handled in an ad hoc, trial-and-error manner. Outsourcing providers can benefit from encouraging their potential clients as well as current clients...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Strategic Sourcing Saves $4 Million for Specialty Chemical Company
- The $300 million division of a specialty chemical company was struggling through the back end of an economic downturn. Annual sales had slipped 11%, raw material costs were up 16%, and the company found it difficult to raise prices on its products. PRTM was asked to design and implement a...
- Case studies
- Valley Presbyterian Hospital Selects Broadlane for Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Services
- DALLAS -- Broadlane, the group procurement services company for healthcare, today announced that Valley Presbyterian Hospital, the largest acute care hospital in Southern California's central San Fernando Valley, has signed an exclusive five-year agreement with Broadlane for strategic sourcing and procurement services. Valley Presbyterian Hospital, a 380-bed facility, spends...
- Research articles 2005-08-04
- Greg Nelson. (Jobs and People).(joined Sun Chemical Corp. as corporate vice president and chief procurement officer)(Brief Article)
- Greg Nelson has joined Sun Chemical Corp. as corporate vice president and chief procurement officer. He is responsible for leading the company's strategic sourcing and procurement function. Mr. Nelson is recognized as one of the world's leading strategic sourcing and purchasing professionals with more than 25...
- Research articles 2003-03-31
- Ariba, as solutions provider, will have new competitors.(Strategic Sourcing)
- Ariba is going through the third stage in its evolution as a company, and at least its second attempt at educating the market for its solutions. Ariba was born roughly six years ago as an e-procurement company; later it morphed into...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core
- The Idea in Brief Almost nothing a company does can't be outsourced anymore--even functions as critical as engineering, marketing, and manufacturing. Yet only 6% of the companies that outsource are satisfied with the practice. Why?...
- Articles 2008-01-04
- Bristol-Myers Squibb.(develops Private Sourcing Exchange)(Brief Article)
- Bristol-Myers Squibb, a $20 billion diversified, global health and personal care company, has developed a Private Sourcing Exchange using Ariba Sourcing technology. The exchange is an Internet-based tool for the company's Global Strategic Sourcing Bristol-Myers Squibb, a $20 billion diversified, global health and...
- Research articles 2001-04-19
- 2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study - Connell Purchasing Services / EC Sourcing Group
- Connell Purchasing Services CPS, a strategic purchasing firm, was founded in 1994 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Connell Company. CPS was interested in automating its already sophisticated sourcing process to reduce cycle time, increase throughput without increasing headcount and maximizing the competition for their requirements. After almost...
- Case studies
- Key metrics and supply alert. (Tip Sheet).(purchasing news briefs)(Brief Article)
- * Leverage is a powerful way to boost your company's bottom line in today's economy. Emerson Electric of St. Louis expects to save $100 million over five years by coupling strategic sourcing to its Material Information Network In steel bar products * Leverage is...
- Research articles 2002-02-07
- Sourcing Your Way
- Whether evaluating or approving vendors, or opining on the financial viability and potential returns of sourcing decisions, the CFO, has to likely play a role in the decision to outsource. But, most companies haven't yet adopted an enterprise-wide sourcing strategy, a strategy that does more than merely reduce costs and...
- White papers 2005-05-31
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