Procurement

WHITE PAPER: This white paper gives four tips to help you bring lean supply chain improvements to your manufacturing operation. Additionally, it discusses six technology tools that help automate these lean supply chain practices.

Posted: 19 Jun 2009 | Published: 19 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Enhancing usability is the key to getting beyond tacit user acceptance of an e-Procurement system to the full adoption and compliance that yields cost reduction and full ROI. Read this paper to learn the full compliance strategies that best-in-class organizations are using for their e-Procurement implementations.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: A costly, complicated migration to a best-of-breed e-Procurement platform is not the only way to achieve a consumer-friendly user interface (UI) and ensure user adoption. Read this paper to discover a cost-effective alternative that allows SAP ERP users to leverage their existing infrastructure to achieve e-Procurement adoption.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jul 2010

EGUIDE: Many organizations, from large corporations to small not-for-profits, are eager to jump on the supply chain sustainability bandwagon without fully understanding what such a program means to the organization and its supply chain. In this e-guide, find best practices for managing sustainable supply chains and onboarding suppliers.

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 | Published: 16 Nov 2011

EGUIDE: Installing the building blocks for manufacturing business intelligence (BI) can be challenging for organizations. In this tip guide, readers will learn best practices to unify supplier and customer data for manufacturing BI.

Posted: 07 Nov 2011 | Published: 07 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Many companies already using the SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) application choose to also deploy the SAP supplier relationship management (SRM) application to optimize their procurement processes and strategies. Read this paper to learn more about SAP SRM.

Posted: 28 Oct 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

EBOOK: In this eBook, learn what the newest procurement tools can do and gain a better understanding of how to move beyond indirect spend management to the direct goods that impact the entire product lifecycle.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 16 Mar 2011

EBOOK: Procurement technology brings buyers and sellers together in virtual marketplaces, letting manufacturers aggregate purchases of goods and services to earn volume discounts and negotiate better prices. In this E-Book, experts discuss techniques for managing supplier risk and gaining more control over direct spend on raw materials.

Posted: 13 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

DATA SHEET: Oracle Procurement & Spend Analytics, part of the Oracle BI Applications product line, enables you to optimize supply side performance by integrating data from across the enterprise value chain—enabling executives, managers, and frontline employees to make more informed decisions. Read this data sheet for more.

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 | Published: 11 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper reveals how continuous end user training can reduce costs and increase returns on SAP investments. It includes a detailed "end user maturity model" by which clients can assess the expertise levels of their SAP end user base.

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 | Published: 12 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Consider how procurement outsourcers have helped customers improve strategic sourcing, contract negotiations and operational procurement. Yet they need to connect these areas with integrated, sourcing-to-settlement procurement processes by providing customers with standard processes and platforms.

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 | Published: 12 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: LEAN Manufacturing is a powerful approach used by manufacturing companies to drastically improve manufacturing processes. In the business world, it is appropriate to ask how LEAN and ERP interact - if at all. This white paper clarifies the situations where ERP supports LEAN, the benefits of this support and why it only applies to some situations.

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 | Published: 15 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: The SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management application provides full visibility into direct and indirect spend, and helps companies proactively identify cost savings opportunities and supply risks, reduce costs, maintain supply continuity, and increase spend under management.

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Published: 05 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, StarCite presents its latest industry research about where corporations stand when it comes to travel and meetings integration - and a roadmap for companies ready to reap the rewards of an integrated approach.

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009

BOOK: This first chapter of Better Business Practices Series, explores the many benefits of cycle counting. Chief among them is the elimination of an annual physical count of your inventory. While cycle counting is the preferred inventory counting process, many companies still conduct annual counts.

Posted: 13 Feb 2009 | Published: 13 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: Sourcing and procurement organizations have great potential to reduce costs, contribute to the bottom line, and deliver against enterprise strategic goals.

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes international procurement center (IPC) processes and capabilities, and explains the ways in which an IPC deployment can enhance your profitability.

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 | Published: 14 Jan 2009

WEBCAST: View this Webcast to learn why the new transformation of JD Edwards applications can integrate your manufacturing strategies to improve your competitiveness and overall performance.

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Dec 3, 2008, 12:00 EST (17:00 GMT)

WHITE PAPER: This document describes how you can build a strategy to unify and run your business more effectively.

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 | Published: 17 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: The number of semiconductor companies adopting a fabless manufacturing model continues to increase. And to thrive in this highly competitive market, the fabless company must produce the best product designs for its intended market. This SAP Executive Insight examines the growing trend toward the fabless manufacturing model.

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 | Published: 17 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: While there are dozens of procurement software solutions available, there are really only two types offered: "on-premise" procurement software and newer "ondemand" procurement software. This paper outlines an approach to compute and compare them.

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 10 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: When the economy is moving forward, most executives focus on growing sales. But when the economy slows down, that focus shifts. This timely white paper explains 10 Secret Strategies to Recession-Proof Your Business.

Posted: 10 Sep 2008 | Published: 10 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: In studying the best practices in strategic meeting management, there's proven evidence that a "managed" meetings program can generate significant and immediate cost savings for corporations of all sizes.

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 | Published: 29 Aug 2008

WHITE PAPER: Here is a list of 5 guidelines that companies should keep in mind as they create their spend management program: Data Consolidation, Preferred Vendor Program, Legal Oversight, Company-wide Visibility and Coordination.

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 | Published: 29 Aug 2008

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Sage Timberline Office is powerful financial and operations software for construction and real estate management industries - software designed to control costs and maximize revenues.

Posted: 27 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007