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- SBC manages services, measures performance.(SBC Communications Inc.)
- SBC, like most other companies, is under unrelenting pressure to cut costs as much as possible. Services is traditionally an area untapped by purchasing professionals, but as they show merit in the direct buy, they are expanding to other areas. ...
- Research articles 2005-11-03
- E-PURCHASING: A two-way street.
- The Internet accelerates quoting and purchasing processes, and helps eliminate errors AS THE THIRD QUARTER ENDS AND THE WEATHER starts to cool, industrial and distributor personnel come back from vacations hoping for an economic turnaround. T The Internet...
- Research articles 2001-09-01
- Lawson Introduces First Landmark-Developed Application Designed for SOA; Lawson Strategic Sourcing Helps Customers Improve Supplier Relationships; Reduces Time and Costs Associated With Sourcing Events
- ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) today announced its first Landmark-developed application, Lawson Strategic Sourcing, to help customers improve the way they develop and manage supplier relationships. Landmark applications are specifically designed to deploy in a service-oriented architecture SOA and to help Lawson and its customers to more quickly...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- 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
- Rockwell slashes costs by standardizing on PCs.(Enters agreement with Hewlett-Packard.)(Statistical Data Included)
- As part of a new strategic sourcing initiative, Rockwell has entered into an agreement with a personal-computer supplier that promises to help lower its total costs of acquisition. The global agreement with Hewlett-Packard is expected to provi As part...
- Research articles 1999-09-16
- Rockwell Collins takes off: strategic sourcing becomes a way of life after the aviation electronics business spins off from Rockwell International. (Strategic Sourcing).
- Strategic sourcing is nothing new to Rockwell Collins. Before being spun off from Rockwell International in July 2001, the aviation electronics manufacturer was using a supply chain steering team SCST to direct sourcing and other activities Strategic sourcing...
- Research articles 2003-02-20
- Strategic Sourcing: Applications to Turn Direct Materials Procurement into a Competitive Advantage
- Strategic sourcing applications provide critical decision-support functionality to purchasing departments and decision makers within the supply chain. Strategic sourcing applications aid companies in choosing suppliers, allocating volumes among suppliers, managing supply risk and optimizing the supplier base performance. These solutions replace inflexible spreadsheet solutions and expensive, time consuming consultants with...
- White papers 2001-01-30
- 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: New Leverage For Lower Travel Costs
- By aggregating their spending, rationalizing their supplier base, and negotiating contracts more aggressively, corporations are finally swinging the balance of power in their favor. Facing a dim near-term outlook for revenues, corporate managers are once again taking a good hard look at their travel and entertainment expenses. Although business travel...
- White papers 2002-12-01
- Buying better: strategic sourcing can improve suppliers' productivity, component and product quality - and the bottom line.
- 00-00-0000 When a Honda of America team of purchasing engineers spent 13 weeks visiting a TRW Inc. autoparts plant in Juarez, Mexico, last year, they didn't get much of a reception -- at first. The Honda team was visiting TRW -- one of its supplier...
- Research articles 1997-07-21
- Value-Chain Report -- Leading Practices In Strategic Sourcing
- In the quest to develop ever more efficient supply chains, many manufacturers, distributors, retailers, governmental agencies, and other entities are turning their attention to their supplier network. These firms recognize that, in many cases, a large percentage of their cost of sales resides in the cost of purchased materials and...
- White papers 2001-01-10
- Help Me Help You
- Deciding how much business should be given to any supplier, is a process called supplier business allocation, is an incredibly complex matter. The article asserts that most of the e-procurement tasks Priest once oversaw can now be automated by one of many excellent systems on the market, except the strategic...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- CEO Battenberg ups the ante for Delphi's buyers. (Buylines: Strategic Sourcing).(J.T. Battenberg, Delphi Automotive Systems)
- Delphi Automotive Systems of Troy, Mich., is increasing global sourcing, successfully hedging its risks with futures contracts, and working with suppliers to dramatically improve parts quality. The initiatives were led by Ray C. Campbell, who Delphi Automotive Systems...
- Research articles 2002-04-04
- Strategic Sourcing for Total Cost Management: Turning Suppliers Into Partners
- This whitepaper presents a step-by-step explanation of how strategic sourcing and Total Cost Management provides product companies with tremendous benefits by transforming suppliers into partners throughout the product lifecycle. With purchasing expanding its focus from solely pricing to strategic alignment and information exchange, companies are realizing improved profit margins and...
- White papers 2004-07-14
- Strategic Sourcing: More Than Just Hammering Your Suppliers
- Every smart buyer uses its leverage to gain lower prices from suppliers, but effective strategic sourcing requires deep understanding of spending data, collaboration with key suppliers and the right technology. Strategic sourcing is very much like patriotism. Everybody proudly says they practice it. Few can really articulate what it means....
- White papers 2003-07-23
- Suppliers go the distance for Schneider Electric: strategies have competitors scratching their heads. (Strategic Sourcing).(Brief Article)
- Every three months, corporate commodity managers and purchasing directors at Schneider Electric North America SENA get together for an intense brainstorming session: They thoroughly re-examine their commodity strategies and look for competitive a Every three months, corporate commodity managers and purchasing directors at...
- Research articles 2002-07-18
- BP challenges suppliers with unique requirements; partnership reduces costs.(STRATEGIC SOURCING)
- One surefire way for MRO buyers to cut costs is to automate the procure-to-pay process. But, as most MRO purchasers know, often this is easier said than done. One surefire way for MRO buyers to cut costs is to automate the procure-to-pay...
- Research articles 2005-08-11
- 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
Additional Resources
- The Battle Between ERP and Best-of-Breed Vendors
- As the functionality gap between the offerings of ERP and niche vendors tightens, supply chain professionals are faced with a tough decision: Who will win the battle for tomorrow's high performance supply chain? The paper concentrates on the supplier relationship management SRM which is an evolving solution set that encompasses...
- White papers 2004-06-08
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