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information technology and strategic sourcing

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IT and purchasing: Celestica's new negotiating tool. (Strategic Sourcing).
The key to buying IT goods and services in an extremely cost-competitive environment: Involve purchasing. Early. This is especially true for electronics manufacturing services providers EMS like Celestica. There, purchasing works dosely with the The key to buying IT goods and services in...
Tags: information technology, strategic sourcing, tool
Research articles 2002-10-24
Who's got strategic sourcing on the brain?(Buylines: strategies sourcing news for supply chain & purchasing professionals)(Allied Motion Technologies)(DuPont)(Brief Article)
DuPont has set a goal to reduce fixed costs by $700 million in 2005, with $375 million of that coming by reducing external spending in areas such as contract services, supplies procurement, telecommunications and information technology expenses. Du DuPont has set a goal to...
Tags: DuPont Co., information technology, sourcing, strategic sourcing, strategy, supply chain
Research articles 2004-06-03
Strategic Sourcing of IT Infrastructure Services to Enable Business Agility: A Conceptual Framework
Well-planned Information Technology IT Infrastructure services are critical for companies pursuing strategic agility. The traditional bricks-and-mortar organisation and the virtual organisation cannot be separated as easily as they have in the past. Companies are organising themselves both physically and virtually, from their Customers to their Supply Chains. In the process...
Tags: IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, Strategic Sourcing, Well-planned Information Technology Infrastructure Service, Strategy, Management
White papers 2003-11-24
Value Based Strategic Sourcing And IT Systems
The software industry has invested heavily in the past ten years on developing Internet based software to support commodity procurement. Despite its critical impact on business performance there has been a much smaller emphasis on new tools and processes to support high value, high risk procurement transactions, although the area...
Tags: Information Technology, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, University Of Oxford, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
White papers 2005-09-15

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Advancing the Strategic Sourcing Process Through Online Reverse Auctions
There are three critical components to achieving a successful strategic sourcing process: technology, information, and expertise. Each of these elements has a direct, influential, and mutually beneficial relationship with the others. Few technology-based strategic sourcing tools demonstrate this mutual connection as do online reverse auctions. Because they provide a flexible...
Tags: Strategic Sourcing, Auction
White papers 2004-07-21
Market snapshots: CRM, SCM, ERP and strategic sourcing. (Management).(customer relationship management, supply chain management and enterprise resource planning)(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
DRIVEN BY the economic slowdown, overall spending for information technology IT has slowed. While a review of three key market areas--customer relationship management CRM, supply chain management SCM and enterprise resource planning ERP--shows more cautious IT investment, the need to realize cost efficiencies remains a major...
Tags: AMR Research, CRM, ERP, MARKETING, SCM, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2002-09-16
Product Lifecycle Sourcing: Creating Real Process Improvement and Reducing Costs
Real process improvement is difficult given the pace and complexity of both product development and strategic sourcing. Process integration and "perfect information" that only technology can provide is required. That is why Product Lifecycle Sourcing PLS integrates strategic sourcing and product lifecycle management, enabling common processes and information for engineering,...
Tags: UGS Corp., Product Lifecycle, Strategic Sourcing, Product Marketing, Process Improvement, Marketing, Quality, Business Operations
White papers 2004-09-30
Who's got strategic sourcing on the brain?(buylines)(Brief Article)
Canadian mining firm Placer Dome says its strategic sourcing efforts for tires, cyanide, explosives and fuels and lubricants are expected to result in estimated total savings of $15 million over the next three years. Placer Dome is now actively pursuing potential opportunities for savings in other...
Tags: Air Force
Research articles 2004-09-02
Sara Lee Corp.(Who's got strategic sourcing on the brain?)(appoints Brenda Barnes)
Sara Lee Corp. is undergoing a major restructuring that will centralize information technology, procurement and ... Sara Lee Corp. is undergoing a major restructuring that will centralize information technology, procurement and services and could result in savings of $175 million to $250 million. The...
Tags: Sara Lee Corp., strategic sourcing
Research articles 2005-04-07
Live Webcast: Wireless Convergence and SIP Trunking: Plan Early, Save Money Now
If you don't have a clear adoption strategy for SIP Trunking and wireless convergence, you are about to take a wrong turn. Do you know if your carrier and contractual landscape enables the adoption of next generation networks? Research shows that enterprises often engage in new technology...
Tags: SIP, Webcast, ProfitLine Inc., Convergence, Wireless, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Free Trade, Wi-Fi, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Wireless And Mobility
Webcasts 2009-08-03
My Turn: Being Selective About Your E-Sourcing
Strategic sourcing is at the top of corporate agendas. Therefore, in order for the corporation to remain competitive, the concern is not whether or not one should strategically source, but how. Fortunately, technology known as "strategic e-sourcing" has recently emerged, and it has the capacity to automate enterprise-class sourcing processes....
Tags: Sourcing, e-Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2002-01-01
Canadian Pacific and Infosys Sign Multi-Year "Modular Global Sourcing" Agreement for I.T. Services and Support
TORONTO -- Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ:INFY), a world leader in consulting and information technology services, today announced a multi-year agreement with Canadian Pacific CP to provide Modular Global Sourcing services for its information technology organization, Business and Information Technology Services BITS. Infosys will help CP improve its I.T. delivery capabilities...
Tags: agreement, information technology, Infosys Technologies Ltd., sourcing
Research articles 2007-08-02
RampRate Sourcing Advisory Services Saves Audible Cost and Risk in Record Time
RampRate, Inc., the authority on Information Technology Outsourcing that provides advisory and strategic research services, announced that Audible, the Internet's leading provider of spoken audio entertainment, information and educational programming, engaged RampRate to audit the company's existing co-location services and procure new services to meet core business objectives. By...
Tags: Audible Inc.
Research articles 2006-05-01
Local Focus.(Business)
R.R. Donnelley joins in strategic union CHICAGO - R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., which has Wheeling operations, said it partnered with Creative Printing Services Inc. in a strategic alliance. Through the bond, the companies will offer a new Tier One Minority option, which aims...
Tags: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
Research articles 2005-06-28
Wipro Rated as a Leader In META Group's Offshore Sourcing METAspectrum Evaluation; Recognized for Service Breadth, Vertical Depth and Brand Recognition
BANGALORE, India -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), today announced that it has been ranked as a market leader in the META Group's METAspectrumSM report for offshore Outsourcing. META Group is a leading provider of information technology IT research, advisory services, and strategic consulting.
Tags: brand, brand recognition, leader, META Group Inc., sourcing, Wipro Technologies
Research articles 2004-10-07
WidePoint's iSYS Awarded Second Task Order under FSSI TEM Contract for DHS Customs and Border Protection: DoD's WHS Renews and Expands Order with iSYS
New Orders Add $4 Million in Revenue; iSYS Orders Generating Nearly $30 Million Since April WASHINGTON -- WidePoint Corporation (AMEX:WYY), a leading provider of advanced information technology, identity assurance and protection and mobile telecom management services MTEM, announced today that its subsidiary, iSYS, has been awarded a second task...
Tags: agency, MARKETING, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2008-10-02
Corning deploys formal process for managing IT suppliers.(Brief Article)
At Corning Inc, headquartered in Corning, N.Y., the strategic sourcing group for information technology IT is co-located with its biggest and most important customer--the information technology function. At Corning Inc, headquartered in Corning, N.Y., the strategic sourcing group for information technology...
Tags: Corning Inc., information technology
Research articles 2001-10-18
Amphenol Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operators instructions]. First question from Mr. Brian White of Jefferies. Brian White - Jefferies & Co. Yes good afternoon? Martin H. Loeffler - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good afternoon. Brian White - Jefferies...
Tags: Amphenol
Earnings calls 2007-10-18
Royal Dutch Shell Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Theepan Jothilingam from Morgan Stanley is now online with a question. Theepan Jothilingam – Morgan Stanley Yes. Hi, good afternoon Peter. Just a couple of questions please. Just firstly, you've been very active...
Tags: Barrel, Call Transcript, CapEx, CFO, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Earnings, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Gorgon, Government, Guidance, Project, Quarter, Question, Royal Dutch Shell Plc., Seeking Alpha, Taxes, Term
Earnings calls 2007-10-25
Extending The Reach Of Global Logistics Systems Throughout The Enterprise
Buyers have long wanted end-to-end global logistics solutions that handle everything from planning and transportation management to trade compliance. Of course, making different solutions work seamlessly is the challenge for every aspect of supply-chain management. Global logistics is perhaps the most difficult discipline to manage through one platform, because the...
Tags: Keller International Publishing, Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2003-03-01
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