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- Factory supplies team kicks it up a notch: four key suppliers provide United Technologies with continuous improvement ideas that are beating cost targets.(partnering with mro suppliers)(K&S, Haas TCM, Bruckner Supply Company Inc. and Praxair)
- At some companies, the purchasing professionals seem almost weary of programs designed to reduce costs. Not so at United Technologies, where the supply management operation appears energized by the relaunch of a cost-savings initiative for indirect At some companies, the purchasing professionals seem almost...
- Research articles 2005-10-06
- DaimlerChrysler tells suppliers to cut costs or lose business.(Brief Article)
- A crucial Dec. 31 deadline looms for many auto suppliers working for DaimlerChrysler AG. In less than three months, they must provided millions of dollars' worth of cost savings to the company. For those who can't make it, the company is quietly t ...
- Research articles 2000-10-23
- GM doubles supplier cost-savings goal. (Purchasing Strategy).(General Motors)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- General Motors will push suppliers for cost reductions in the 4-5% range next year, about double the level required in 2001. Efforts to reduce GM's $60 billion a year spend on purchased goods and services in North America are a primary strategy to ...
- Research articles 2001-12-13
- Relocation Program Oversight: Compliance Audits Provide Cost Savings Opportunities
- Many HR executives put a lot of trust in their relocation suppliers and those suppliers work hard to earn that trust. However, no relocation invoice is immune to errors - errors that can mount alarmingly... The cost and complexity of employee relocations continues to grow even as companies struggle to...
- White papers 2009-06-01
- Supply Chain Management: Leveraging the Supply Market for Substantial Cost Savings
- Most companies today have gone through multiple rounds of cost cutting. Senior executives now face very difficult decisions about how to further reduce costs, without negatively impacting operations. Strategic Sourcing is a proven solution, which, as part of a comprehensive 'Spend Management' strategy, can improve the bottom line. It helps...
- White papers 2003-03-20
- Suppliers welcome Ford plan to share savings from cost cuts.(Ford Motor Co.'s Design Cost Savings Plan)(Brief Article)
- Auto suppliers last week said they supported Ford Motor Co.'s plans for suppliers to share $3 billion in cost savings that the automaker wants by 2005. Under Ford's Design Cost Savings Plan, savings would be split between Ford and the supplier del Auto...
- Research articles 2002-01-14
- Harley-Davidson looks to suppliers for cost savings.
- Improving operational integrity-manufacturing uptime, productivity and end-product quality-is the primary target of a new MRO purchasing initiative at Harley-Davidson. The initiative is expected to save the company $51.8 million over five yea Improving operational integrity-manufacturing uptime, productivity ...
- Research articles 2000-04-20
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- SciQuest's On-Demand Supplier Management Solutions Drive Significant Time and Cost Savings for Yale University; Users Report High Satisfaction Rates with SciQuest Over Legacy Approaches to Shopping and Ordering
- RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- SciQuest, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand supplier management and procurement automation solutions, announced today that Yale University has reported substantial time and cost savings since integrating SciQuest's HigherMarkets e-procurement solution with its existing Oracle Financials system nearly two years ago. By seamlessly connecting SciQuest's...
- Research articles 2006-05-16
- New Nextance Solution Drives Savings in 30-45 Days; Contract Insight™ with QuickStart Deployment™ Provides Low-Risk, High-ROI Approach for Enterprises to Take Their First Step in Contract Management
- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Nextance Inc., the solutions provider setting the standard for contract performance management, today introduced its latest innovation: Nextance Contract Insight with QuickStart Deployment services. Designed to enable enterprises to start controlling their contracts in just 30-45 days, the new offering provides an easy and affordable way...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- IBM Wins Multi-Year Business Transformation Contract With British Energy Designed to Drive Efficiencies and Cost Savings
- IBM today announced a multi-year agreement with British Energy, the UK's largest electricity generator, to help transform its business by implementing an integrated supply chain strategy that will improve supplier performance, increase power station output and reliability, whilst delivering significant financial benefits. This agreement builds on IBM's current contract...
- Research articles 2006-05-04
- Leveraging the Supply Market for Substantial Cost Savings
- Most companies today have gone through multiple rounds of cost cutting. Senior executives now face very difficult decisions about how to reduce costs further without negatively impacting operations or service levels. ?Spend management÷ strategies are one way to improve and impact the bottom line. Among these, strategic sourcing is a...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- United Plastics Group Receives ``Most Improved Supplier'' Award from WIX Filtration; WIX Applauds UPG's Commitment to Quality, Cost Savings and On-Time Delivery
- Business Editors/Automotive Writers WESTMONT, Ill.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 2, 2003 United Plastics Group Inc. UPG, a full-service manufacturer of injection molded products for the automotive market, announced today that it has been named the "Most Improved Supplier" by WIX Filters, a subsidiary of Dana Corp.'s Automotive Aftermarket Group, one of...
- Research articles 2003-04-02
- Fundtech Introduces First CLS ASP Service; CLS Settlement Banks Benefit from over 30% Cost Savings and Simpler Operations
- ATLANTA -- Fundtech Ltd. (NASDAQ: FNDT), a leading provider of payments, cash management and settlement software and services, today announced the introduction of a CLS managed service ASP available to all Settlement Members. Banks can now outsource their CLS system to Fundtech's ASP, greatly simplifying their operations and reducing costs....
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- Conveyors provide cost savings and flexibility: GW Plastics utilizes six box-filling conveyors with modular, plastic flat-top belts to increase packaging efficiency, reduce costs and offer quick changeovers for the plastic injection molder.
- In manufacturing environments where multiple product types are produced and packaged, flexibility is critical. Injection molders like GW Plastics have found that modular conveyors can make a big difference in costs and efficiency compared to fixed conveyor systems. A leading supplier of precision injection-molded plastic products...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- 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
- A league of their own
- O2's online league table of self-assessed supplier performance has led to closer relationships and bigger savings, reports Anusha Bradley A website that allocates work on the basis of supplier performance has led to cost savings and improved relationships between mobile network firm O2 and its cellsite suppliers. O2...
- Research articles 2005-11-17
- Customer supplier integration: why being an excellent customer counts
- What does it take to be a good supplier? Six sigma quality, predictably excellent service, and competitive price? How about advanced training opportunities, or a seat on the new product team? Or a share of the cost savings from the design improvements? Just what do companies want? Good suppliers...
- Research articles 1992-07-01
- Global Enabled Supply And Demand Chain Series: Sourcing
- Sourcing is a market that suffers from the lack of a discernable leader, offers applications that are simplistic in the midst of a very complex business process and bidding event functionality that is similar between products. Until the hype generated during the overblown Internet bubble died down, along with the...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Nuance Presents eScription Million Dollar Awards for Significant Cost Savings in Medical Transcription
- Total eScription Million Dollar Club Savings Surpasses $93 Million; Customer Satisfaction and Growth for Background Speech Recognition Continues ...
- Research articles 2009-06-23
- Wittur Turkey Standardizes on SolidWorks Software, Brings Elevator Systems to Market 40 Percent Faster; Manufacturing leader quantifies savings in multiple phases of development process
- CONCORD, Mass. -- SolidWorks Corporation, the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, today announced that elevator systems leader Wittur Turkey has standardized on SolidWorksR software, enabling the company to shorten its design-to-manufacturing process by more than 40 percent. Wittur Turkey identified time and cost savings in several development phases, including...
- Research articles 2006-06-19
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