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- Firms get more strategic about SaaS sourcing in 2010
- SaaS is one of Forrester's Top 15 enterprise technologies to watch. by Liz Herbert
- Tags: Sourcing, Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Liz Herbert
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- SAP and Siemens: kiss and make up?
- The other week news broke that Siemens planned to can its estimated €40 million plus annual maintenance agreement with SAP. What a difference a few weeks makes. According to a press release issued by SAP: SAP...today announced that Siemens AG, a global leader in electronics and electrical engineering, has...
- Tags: Siemens AG, SAP AG, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Microsoft standardizes on Energy Star 5.0, EPEAT
- Microsoft has joined the growing number of companies that are changing their PC procurement habits to include energy efficiency and environmental considerations. The software giant now requires all new PCs to conform not just with Energy Star 5.0, but with the guidelines set out by the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment...
- Tags: Procurement, Microsoft Corp., Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Supply Chain Planning 4.2.4.6 (Windows)
- SCP 4.0 has been helping companies reduce capital tied up in inventory, accurately forecast procurement needs, and enhance vendor managed inventory VMI relationships for more than 10 years. Using SCP, businesses are also saving money using full-container shipments through optimized manufacturing planning. Businesses in 15 countries have been reaping the...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Microsoft Windows, Procurement, Forecasting, Jada Management Systems, SCP 4.0, Sales Force Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2009-09-27
- JobVite's new thing: sourcing passive candidates
- I recently wrote about JobVite and how it permits employers to tap into the social networks of its employees to find quality recruits. JobVite permits employers to create eVites that employees, colleagues, etc. can pass around via email or publish to social networks like Facebook. It must be working as...
- Tags: Sourcing, Network, JobVite, Purchasing & Procurement, Social Networking, Strategy, Business Operations, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely
- HP Software sees a lot of sprawl on the horizon with virtualization and cloud computing. Those are the two primary key takeaways from my conversation with Jamie Erbes, Chief Technology Officer for HP Software & Solutions. Erbes right has an interesting track record. She arrived at HP...
- Tags: Software, Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., HP Software, IT Department, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Derail the Healthcare gravy-train: introduce competitive multi-sourcing
- Working in the sourcing industry forces you to cut quickly through complex issues to find sensible solutions, and healthcare doesn't seem a whole lot different - despite the sheer scale of the issues and requirements. Having spent most my life in the UK, government-owned healthcare is never the way to...
- Tags: Sourcing, Health Care, Purchasing & Procurement, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Business Operations, Human Resources, Management, Phil Fersht
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Fujitsu certifies racks and towers for Energy Star 1.0 spec
- In case you keep track of stuff like this on your procurement checklists, Fujitsu has certified four models of its Primergy tower and rack servers (the S5 series) as compliant with the EPA's Energy Star 1.0 server specification. They are the TX200 S5, TX300 S5, RX 200S5 and the RX300...
- Tags: Server Management, Fujitsu Ltd., Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Servers, Business Operations, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Dell PartnerDirect and PEQ Help Sonic Reduce Printing Costs by 35-50%
- With a three year, all inclusive procurement contract for Dell standardization on desktops and servers, some service providers might be satisfied with the scope of service and hardware opportunity. But then they wouldn't be PEQ Consulting. 153 individual dealerships in 17 states owned by parent company, Sonic Automotive. There was...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Printing, Business Services, Strategic Planning, Purchasing & Procurement, Document Management, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies 2009-09-01
- Who Benefits From Outsourcing?: The Political, Economic and Cultural Ramifications of Outsourcing
- While simple on the surface, the decision to outsource is a major strategic undertaking for most companies. Since it involves evaluating the probable reduction in costs against the consequences of a loss in control over production or performance of a certain business function, the opportunity to outsource and offshore should...
- Tags: Sourcing, Outsource, Benefit, Offshoring, Intetics, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Purchasing & Procurement, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2009-08-18
- The clouds are gathering for Coupa
- Sometimes I read something and it makes me smile from ear to ear, most often because it generates another of those ah-ha moments that keep tech people motivated. Reading Vinnie Mirchandani's SCARS: SaaS and Cloud Allowance Rebate System was one of those moments. Much as I am tempted...
- Tags: E-procurement, Procurement, Coupa, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- Lancashire County Council Boosts Buying Efficiency With Centralized, Replicable Procurement Blueprint
- Lancashire County Council wanted to maximize purchasing efficiency, gain a real-time view of spend commitment, and reduce off-contract buying and automate procurement to reduce the need for buyer intervention; creating a touch-less request through to payment process. The challenge was to reduce cost of managing suppliers and accelerate invoice payments...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- PT Daya Adira Mustika Handles 50% More Product Orders Each Day With Integrated System
- PT Daya Adira Mustika wanted to replace heavily customized legacy applications used to manage financials, product procurement, sales orders and inventory and overcome data quality and workflow issues that exist in the database and across various application platforms. The challenge was to deploy an integrated solution that can be easily...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Financials, Purchasing & Procurement, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Databases, Business Operations, Sales, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Symphony Communication Cuts Month-End Closing Time From 10 Working Days to One Week
- Symphony Communication Co wanted to replace disparate management systems with a single, integrated Enterprise Resource Planning ERP platform and integrate financial, asset, inventory, order, and procurement information in a central repository to improve data quality. The challenge was to reduce the amount of manual work needed to consolidate accounts at...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., ERP, Procurement, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Purchasing & Procurement, Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Business Operations, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Nice Group Streamlines Process Manufacturing With Oracle E-Business Suite R12
- Defending its market-leading position is a priority for Nice Group. The company's main competitors are state-owned chemical organizations and multinational enterprises such as Procter & Gamble. To ensure it can maintain market share, Nice Group implemented a new, integrated business management system based on Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. The...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Business Management, Oracle E-Business Suite, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Barts and the London NHS Trust Lowers Procurement Costs to Become One of the Most Efficient NHS Trusts
- Barts and The London NHS Trust wanted to gain real-time view of spend commitment, increase purchase order accuracy, and automate complete procure-to-pay process and leverage multimillion pound annual spend on specialist medical and general supplies to maximize volume discounts. The challenge was to enable buyers, analysts, and contract managers to...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Purchase Order, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Monitors & Displays, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Business Operations, Hardware, Components, Finance
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Telecommunications and Network Services: Ten Key Steps to Sourcing Strategy
- This paper is a precis of Hudson & Yorke's White Paper "The Ten Key Steps to Sourcing Strategy" which is targeted at the large end-user organisation considering a telecommunications and network strategic sourcing programme. It describes ten key tasks that should be carried out prior to issuing a Request For...
- Tags: Sourcing, Network, Network Service, Telecommunications, Strategic Sourcing, Hudson & Yorke, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2009-07-24
- Ten Steps to Lower Procurement Costs in Life Sciences: Drive Bottom Line Results in Only Four Months
- Regardless of the economic conditions, companies that can quickly respond and take action to stay in the game ultimately emerge as market leaders. Now more than ever, the next generation of pharmaceutical and biotechnology leaders is being tested. Organizations that manage their cost structures and position themselves for growth can...
- Tags: Procurement, Life Science, SciQuest, Purchasing & Procurement, Healthcare Reform, Business Operations, Healthcare
- White papers 2009-07-16
- Why the best get better in sourcing
- Late last week, I took a call with Tim Albinson, CEO of Aravo. Aravo manages, supplements and enhances supplier information. Tim and I discussed the types of firms that adopt better supply chain practices and technologies. While we spoke,...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Sourcing, Aravo, Purchasing & Procurement, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Strategy, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- In 'Everything as a Service' era, quality of services and processes grows paramount, says HP's Purohit
- IT's job is evolving to make sure all services really work deep inside of business process -- regardless of their origins and sourcing. Quality of component services is therefore assurance of quality processes, and so the foundation of general business conduct and productivity. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: QoS, Hewlett-Packard Co., Service, Purchasing & Procurement, Operational Planning, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
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