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- mySAP All-in-One at Sparkice
- Sparkice was founded in 1996 with the vision of becoming a leading e-sourcing organization for Chinese products and services. There were no back-end ERP systems, and report generation - on Excel - was extremely difficult, necessitating a lot of manual work. Sales orders and invoices were also a problem, with...
- Tags: mySAP, e-Sourcing, SAP AG, Sparkice, Purchasing & Procurement, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software
- Case studies
- eSourcing Assessment
- This client was utilising an existing SAP procurement system, but considered that it was not realising the full benefits of the system. Capgemini was engaged to undertake a review of the client's use of the SAP system, together with a wider eSourcing assessment. The Capgemini team created an eVision for...
- Tags: Capgemini, e-Sourcing, SAP AG, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- Case studies
- Sap Solutions for E-Sourcing : Enabling Procurement Transformation
- Under pressure to deliver constant profitability, procurement organizations must effectively manage and increase visibility into expenditures and streamline the process of selecting suppliers. SAP solutions for e-sourcing enable negotiation activities such as auctions, requests for proposals, information and quotation, plus services to deliver the right offering the need to begin...
- Tags: e-Sourcing, SAP AG, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- White papers 2006-07-01
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- A Smart Sourcing Implementation Roadmap
- This paper outlines a framework for sourcing IT services, from business case to management and a cycle of continuous improvement. It identifies and mitigates the limitations of the traditional sourcing methodology to provide a win-win relationship for the business and the provider over the long term. The proposed framework focuses...
- Tags: Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2005-09-01
- The Data Quality Lifeline: A Practical Approach to Strategic Sourcing
- This webcast describes the steps to becoming a strategic sourcing organization and the technology solutions that can help a person achieve his or her goals. This Web seminar describes pressing challenges and best practices in strategic sourcing.
- Tags: Data Quality, Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- Webcasts
- Achieving Sourcing Excellence: A Three-Year Plan for Success
- Learn how you can respond to challenging market conditions and add value to your organization by attaining sourcing excellence. Explore the stages of development, and see how you can create a three-year plan to achieve sourcing excellence.
- Tags: SAP AG, sourcing
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Maximizing the Savings of Call Center Multi-Sourcing While Protecting Service Levels
- Many companies are moving to multi-sourcing for call center agents, largely in pursuit of the cost savings that can come from flexibly tapping into a variety of labor pools. The trend is also growing because multi-sourcing enables call center resources to be rapidly scaled in either direction to align with...
- Tags: Call-center, Echopass Corp., Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-05-22
- IRS Competitive Sourcing: The Top 6 Myths
- The major difference between Competitive Sourcing and outsourcing are government employees. Competitive sourcing allows employees to compete for government jobs with the private sector. Outsourcing does not afford government employees the opportunity to compete; with outsourcing, only private industry competes for the work. Competitive Sourcing conducts public-private competitions as a...
- Tags: Sourcing, Internal Revenue Service, Competitive Sourcing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2005-02-24
- Stop Drowning in Data: A Strategic Sourcing Web Series - Beyond Simply Treading Water: Why Procurement Data Quality Matters
- This webcast describes pressing challenges and best practices in strategic sourcing; five keys to transforming the procurement organization from transactional to strategic; the strategic sourcing continuum and how to determine the organization's spot on it; and steps the organization can take right now to become strategic.
- Tags: Sourcing, SAS Institute, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- Webcasts
- Beyond "Lowest Total Cost": The Move From Global Sourcing to Global Market-Making
- Global sourcing is going mainstream - helping companies leverage low-cost labor and overhead to acquire goods and materials for less money. However, in today's well-connected world, low-cost country sourcing opportunities shouldn't be the sole inspiration for new business initiatives. Instead, retailers and manufacturers need to see that the world is...
- Tags: Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers
- EquaTerra Position: The Pros, Cons and Market Trending for Multi-Sourced ITO
- As the Information Technology Outsourcing ITO market continues to expand and mature, an increasing number of buyers are finding themselves in multi-sourcing scenarios. Whether buyers arrive at this point by design or default, multi-sourcing introduces both additional opportunities and complexities into the ITO equation. At minimum, multi-sourcing mandates changes and...
- Tags: Information Technology, Buyer, EquaTerra, Strategy, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2008-02-18
- Helping Your Organization Reduce Spend and Increase Operational Efficiencies
- This white paper describes strategic sourcing and reverse auctions within the context of buy-side commerce. Starting with a quick analysis of the strategic sourcing market, the paper then examines the main processes of strategic sourcing and the main features of online reverse auctions. It also discusses the vital role an...
- Tags: Sourcing, E-procurement, IBM Corp., Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2004-02-01
- Competitive Sourcing: Results in Action - An Initiative Update
- Competitive sourcing (also known as public-private competition) combines the best practices of organizational process re-engineering with the unique benefits of competition. When implemented reasonably and rationally, competitive sourcing results in significant cost savings, improved performance, and a better alignment of the agency's workforce to its mission. In FY 2004, agencies...
- Tags: Sourcing, Agency, White House, Competition, Purchasing & Procurement, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Business Operations, Marketing, Management
- White papers 2005-06-09
- Out sourcing our Data Center.
- Hi, We have a 5-7 server data center, and our CEO is curious about out sourcing our servers, rather than spending 35K to update the entire room.I have placed calls with a few data outsourcing companies, and just waitin to hear back from them regarding pricing, etc.Does any one have...
- Tags: data center, doepain@..., hardware, sourcing
- Q&A 2006-05-10
- Delivering a Business Responsive IT Infrastructure for Less
- A comprehensive global financial products and services company signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement to outsource its IT infrastructure with a leading global outsourcing provider. PA Consulting Group was selected as their independent client side delivery partner to supply the appropriate combination of industry leading business and transformational sourcing expertise....
- Tags: Sourcing, IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, PA Consulting Group, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies
- Ariba Spend Management for the Public Sector
- Ariba Spend Management enables public sector users to automate and expedite all their sourcing and procurement activities. Integration of analysis, sourcing, supplier selection, contract management, purchasing, and invoicing procedures into a spend management system makes the entire purchasing process more efficient. Whether sourcing or purchasing items such as information technology,...
- Tags: Sourcing, Ariba Inc., Ariba Spend Management, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2004-12-29
- Going Global with Application Outsourcing
- For organizations contemplating the best way to capitalize on global sourcing, this paper outlines Keane's Seamless Global Delivery Model and shows how this unique approach can maximize the benefits of global sourcing. The paper features: The advantages the Seamless Global Delivery Model affords over other industry approaches, A detailed look...
- Tags: Keane Inc., Sourcing, Outsourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Ariba Spend Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Ariba Spend Management solutions allow pharmaceutical companies to automate and streamline every step in the sourcing and procurement process; from spend analysis to negotiation to supplier selection to payment. Procurement and sourcing professionals can source more categories, build closer relationships with key suppliers, and negotiate more advantageous contracts. Whether for...
- Tags: Sourcing, Ariba Inc., Industry, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2004-12-29
- Raising the Bar on Hiring Standards: Using Technology to Integrate Candidate Sourcing and Screening
- This whitepaper provides a discussion of the positive impact technology based sourcing and filtering tools can have on hiring efficiency and effectiveness. This paper suggests that these benefits are best realized via the use of an integrated technology platform that can simultaneously source and filter applicants based on the degree...
- Tags: Hiring, Sourcing, Standards, Recruitment & Selection, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2005-07-20
- Implementing Alternative Sourcing Strategies: Four Case Studies
- Over the next several years, the federal government will continue to face growing pressure to provide more and improved services while containing or reducing costs. In this report, the authors present four case studies that highlight how different organizations have implemented outsourcing, competitive sourcing, and public-private partnerships to achieve savings...
- Tags: Sourcing, National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council, Case Study, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2004-10-01
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