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- Demand management tools help control buying costs: office supplies distribution: office buyers work with distributors on cost-reduction programs and services.(office technologies)
- After squeezing costs out of the office supplies buy with spend analysis and contract compliance tools, corporate purchasing managers are looking to demand management as a new way to drive additional savings. Many buyers are seeking out more ...
- Research articles 2005-04-21
- Dow leverages vendor-managed inventory for office supplies.
- By Maria Varmazis Stick with what works, says Tary Schumacher, global supply manager, shared services purchasing at Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical. And when it comes to buying office supplies at Dow Chemical, supplier-managed inventory has By Maria Varmazis...
- Research articles 2007-02-15
- A national agreement for PCs reduces buying costs.(Kaiser Permanente's computer and commodity purchasing contracts)
- At its second annual supplier conference held recently in Oakland, Calif., Kaiser Permanente presented performance awards to two suppliers. One, Office Depot, provides the largest health maintenance organization HMO in the U.S. with office supplies At its second annual supplier conference held recently in Oakland, ...
- Research articles 1998-02-12
- Listening to customers adds value in the office supply buy.
- Perhaps one of the best ways suppliers can add value to the office supplies purchase is to help buyers streamline or eliminate tedious administrative tasks--and the costs that often go along with them. Suppliers to Quaker Oats, for instance, ...
- Research articles 1997-11-27
- Mergers put spotlight on supplier capability.
- As corporate buyers well know, winnowing down the supply base so that requisitioners order office supplies through one distributor helps to reduce purchasing costs. What may not be readily apparent is that a single supplier also can help ease the t As corporate buyers...
- Research articles 1998-11-05
- A move to e-procurement improves order efficiency. (Office Supplies Sourcing).(Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield)(Brief Article)
- Moving its office supplies purchase online has helped Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield to significantly reduce its supplier base, improve process efficiencies, and allow its buying operation to concentrate on more strategic tasks. An indep Moving its...
- Research articles 2002-02-21
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- Office equipment: tough sell. (cut-throat competition in the office equipment and supplies industry)(News) (column)
- Office equipment: tough sell Cut-throat competition in the office equipment and supplies industry is forcing sellers to slash prices. Sharpest declines are seen in the sophisticated computer and fax machine areas with paper quotes also contributing to the overall softness. Fairly conclusive evidence comes...
- Research articles 1990-12-13
- Su forges agreement with national office supplier
- SYRACUSE - Syracuse University's Purchasing Department entered into a three-year contract with a national office supplier this summer with the goal of reducing its office-supply costs by $600,000 over the next three years. The 16-employee department started the contract with Corporate. Express US, Inc., July 1, identifying the distributor as...
- Research articles 2007-12-07
- Mending OfficeMax; The CEO has a plan to turn around the No. 3 office supplier, but the Itasca company has far to go to catch up with rivals Staples and Office Depot.(Chief Exeuctive Officer)
- Byline: SANDRA JONES After battling a disgruntled investor for much of last year, OfficeMax Inc. CEO Sam K. Duncan has some breathing room as he tries to fix the ailing office supply seller. But turning around a troubled retailer is a rare feat, i...
- Research articles 2006-03-06
- Fortune Brands spins off, merges office supply unit.(Business)
- Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer General Binding Corp. shares shot up 39 percent Wednesday on news the office supplier intends to merge with a spin-off unit of Fortune Brands Inc. By stapling together Northbrook-based General Binding and Lincolnshire-based ACCO...
- Research articles 2005-03-17
- Valuations of office equipment & supplies retailers
- While the humble paper clip is hardly worthy of a headline, the businesses which stock them again captured nationwide attention as the shopping spree underway in the corporate office-supply business continues unabated.In the latest developments, Broomfield, Colo.-based Corporate Express Inc. and U.S. Delivery Systems based in Houston announced a mega-merger...
- Research articles 1996-01-22
- SPEEDCOM Wireless International Signs $2 Million Supply Agreement with eBuilding Solutions, Inc
- Business Editors SARASOTA, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 31, 2000 Wave Wireless Networking, a division of SPEEDCOM Wireless International, announced today it has signed an exclusive supplier agreement with eBuilding Solutions, Inc. eBS The agreement calls for Wave Wireless to supply up to $2 million of wireless broadband access solutions to...
- Research articles 2000-07-31
- Spend Analysis Tools Help Companies Find Opportunities for Supply Chain Savings
- Since e-procurement solutions hit the market around 2000 and began delivering impressive savings in the purchase of indirect materials like office supplies, companies have sought to expand the use of technology to other areas of corporate spend. A variety of applications, including contract management and supplier management, were introduced and...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Boulder, Colo.-Based Office Supplier to Merger with Dutch Paper Merchant.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 14 -- Corporate Express, a leading office supply company and a poster child of Boulder County entrepreneurship, announced Tuesday it will be bought by Dutch paper merchant Buhrmann NV in a deal valued at $2.3 billion. ...
- Research articles 1999-07-13
- Business Products Supplier Picks Edwardsville, Kan., for Regional Facility.
- By Kevin Collison, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 26--A national office supply company has picked Edwardsville Industrial Park in western Wyandotte County for a $6.15 million regional distribution facility. Quill Corp. of Lincolnshire, Ill., a...
- Research articles 2002-07-26
- Electronics for Imaging and Oce Group Sign Worldwide OEM Sales Agreement; EFI to Supply its Fiery XJ Color Servers for Oce Color Copiers
- SAN MATEO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 13, 1995--Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFII), the leading provider of network color servers, and Oce Group, a major manufacturer and supplier of office and engineering systems products, announced today that they have signed a worldwide OEM sales agreement.
- Research articles 1995-07-13
- Microsoft files pay-per-use PC patent
- By David Meyer ZDNet.co.ukPosted on ZDNet News: Dec 29, 2008 6:20:34 AM US patent application number 20080319910, published on Christmas Day 2008, details Microsoft's vision of a situation where a "standard model" of PC is given away or heavily subsidized by someone in the supply chain. The end user then...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Honeywell takes PC agreement global. (PC Sourcing Strategies)(Computers, Business Systems and Office Products)
- Supply managers at Honeywell Industrial Automation & Control are taking an agreement with a supplier of personal computer equipment to new levels: An agreement that began with the supplier providing desktop PCs for use in Honeywell offices now Supply managers at Honeywell Industrial...
- Research articles 1997-07-17
- Virtual Technology VTCO and United Stationers Supply Co. Announce E-Commerce Agreement Virtual to Sell Office Products On Its Internet Portal
- MINNEAPOLIS--BUSINESS WIRE--June 9, 1999-- Virtual Technology Corporation (OTCBB:VTCO) announced an agreement with United Stationers Supply Co. (Nasdaq:USTR) to add office products to VTC's E-Commerce solution. United Stationers Supply Co. USSCo is a national distributor and largest supplier of office products to resellers. Over 25,000 products are available on...
- Research articles 1999-06-09
- TeleWare wins contract to supply Intelligent Office to 2,000 United Utilities employees.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 March 2003-TELEWARE: TeleWare wins contract to supply Intelligent Office to 2,000 United Utilities employeesC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03102003 TeleWare, the provider of leading edge communications solutions, has been chosen by one of the UK's major utilities companies, United...
- Research articles 2003-03-10
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