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Improve Inventory Velocity by Using Bonded Logistics Parks in China
As the length of the inbound supply chain continues to increase with global sourcing more focus is being placed at the beginning of the supply chain where product originates. China's new Bonded Logistics Parks BLPs are particularly attractive to companies sourcing in the Asian region who want to optimize inventory...
Tags: China, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Velocity, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management
White papers
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
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
Sourcing Governance Framework Bundles Demand and Manages Supply
In a Dutch ministry the minister forced the four main directorates to join forces and share common resources and scarce competences. As a side result, a 10% reduction of headcount is experienced. In the effort to reorganize IT Services demand and supply, the ministry asked Quint to assist in designing...
Tags: Sourcing, Ministry, Information Technology, It Services, Strategy, Management
Case studies
Spearheading the Drive Toward Strategic Sourcing With mySAP Supplier Relationship Management
Always hungry for new functionality and better performance, Alfa was keeping a close watch on the market for Supplier Relationship Management SRM software. Alfa, a US$5.6 billion Mexican conglomerate, replaced its legacy platform with mySAP Supplier Relationship Management mySAP SRM to streamline e-procurement processes and reduce costs. Alfa has a...
Tags: Sourcing, mySAP, Supplier Relationship Management, SAP AG, mySAP SRM, Alfa, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Purchasing & Procurement, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Marketing
Case studies
Beyond Simply Treading Water: Why Procurement Data Quality Matters
Strategic sourcing is the process of identifying opportunities, evaluating potential sources, negotiating contracts and continually managing those supplier relationships to achieve corporate goals and objectives. This webcast discusses how the importance of ensuring the cleanliness of data at both a supplier and commodity level is vital component of an effective...
Tags: Sourcing, SAS Institute, Supplier, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Channel Management, Business Operations, Marketing
Webcasts
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
Dutch Pensions Giant Builds System of the Future Thanks to HP Flexible Sourcing
PGGM administers the compulsory pension's scheme for the healthcare and social work sector of the Dutch economy. PGGM embarked on an ambitious five-year plan to migrate all its systems from mainframe and Sun onto a totally new solution built to open standards with Microsoft .NET and running principally on HP...
Tags: Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., PGGM, Purchasing & Procurement, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Strategy, Software Development, Servers, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management, Software/Web Development, Hardware
Case studies
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
SAS Uses Its Own SAS Supplier Relationship Management to Drive Strategic Sourcing
In the endless quest to improve margins, the first place a company looks is expenses: how to cut costs without compromising products and services. But what if that company is in the knowledge business - with no clear-cut supply chain costs to tie to quality outcomes? Faced with such a...
Tags: Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, SAS Institute
Case studies
Strategic Sourcing: 2005 Computerworld Honors Case Study
The New York City Department of Education DOE, the largest public school system in the United States, serves more than one million students in 1,200 schools. Pressed to find savings - with the caveat that those savings could not adversely affect the level of services provided- the New York City...
Tags: Sourcing, Savings, Computerworld, International Data Group, Sourcing Team, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
Case studies
Jupitermedia Case Study: Target Corporation
AMC, with headquarters in New York City, is a leading global sourcing organization with offices throughout the world. AMC selected Neoware as its partner to deploy thin client "appliances" to run Windows-based applications and connect to their existing mainframe-based systems. Neoware's products are used as alternatives to personal computers, providing...
Tags: Sourcing, Jupitermedia Corp., Computer, Neoware, Productivity, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
Case studies
Credit Suisse gets Cost-Effective procurement With On Demand e-auctions
Credit Suisse Financial Services is a leading provider of comprehensive financial services in Europe and other selected markets. As with most players in the banking industry, Credit Suisse was under increasing pressure to cut costs. Corporate sourcing has become a focal point for cost savings within the bank. Credit Suisse...
Tags: Credit Suisse First Boston, Sourcing, Procurement, IBM Corp., Credit Suisse Financial Services, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Financial Services, Business Operations, Management
Case studies
Prada: Designing Tomorrow's Trend
At leading Italian fashion company Prada, a solution based on reliable, scalable HP Integrity rx5670 Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Oracle9i, SAP R/3, and SAP Retail is keeping Prada at the forefront of the high-fashion industry by streamlining retail, financial, and supplychain operations. In the past, the core of the...
Tags: Prada, Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing Research, Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
Case studies
Does open sourcing security framework lead to more secure software?
Red Hat recently open sourced the Red Hat certificate system - software for managing user identities and privacy on a network. However, does open sourcing security software make it more secure, or does opening the code lead to vulnerabilities? An excerpt from Washington Post: The Linux...
Tags: Software, Sourcing, Red Hat Inc., Purchasing & Procurement, Open Source, Strategy, Security, Business Operations, Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-03-26
Strategic Sourcing of Transaction Processing: From the Back Office to the Boardroom
The financial services industry is undergoing a radical transformation driven by globalization, deregulation, consolidation, and deconstruction of the vertically integrated business models common to transaction-processing businesses. In these uncertain times, unconventional business models that deconstruct traditional structures such as vertically integrated manufacturing and processing businesses are likely to offer more...
Tags: Sourcing, Boston Consulting Group Inc., Transaction Processing, Business Model, Back-office, Financial Services Industry, Globalization, Strategy, Databases, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
White papers 2008-02-14
Sanity check: 10 trends that will transform IT over the next five years
Gartner pours out a lot of opinions and predictions. While I regularly disagree with many of those opinions, I believe that Gartner is one of the best analyst firms in the business at organizing and clearly articulating its views. A recent example of that is Gartner's list of its top...
Tags: Software, Sourcing, Home Depot Inc., Apple Macintosh, Open Source, Information Technology, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Supplier, Apple Inc., Enterprise Data Center, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-02-18
Strategic Sourcing for Vendor Management Results in Flexibility, Simplicity, and Reduced Costs
Cisco Systems has an enormous IT infrastructure budget. Lack of consistent process meant that Cisco could receive 20 different agreements for the same service with the same vendor. Agreements in different countries would have different prices, lengths, terms, and service levels. This was an inefficient and complex process for both...
Tags: Sourcing, Agreement, Cisco Systems Inc.
Case studies 2007-12-13
Scaling for Success: How One Manufacturer Developed an Automated Sourcing Solution to Increase Productivity and Improve Metrics
Haworth, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of office environments, operates in more than 120 countries and employs nearly 9,000 members worldwide. In 2005, Dow Chemical selected Haworth to be the global solutions provider for furniture products and services. A new system was required to enable Dow,...
Tags: Sourcing, The Dow Chemical Co., Purchasing & Procurement, Performance Management, Leadership, Manufacturing, Strategy, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
Case studies 2007-07-19
Open sourcing your iPod (or other mp3 device)
Open Source iPodsThat's very interesting to see an open-source firmware for the iPod. I probably won't be swapping out the standard Apple firmware for it, though, cause I'm happy with the way it works now, and I have a car stereo with iPod connectivity and don't want to risk...
Tags: Digital music, Digital media, OPEN SOURCE, brian.mills@..., MP3, Apple iPod, firmware, Linux
Discussion threads 2007-10-22


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