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Whitepaper: How to Break the Excel Habit in Sourcing
For those in sourcing and procurement roles, it may come as a surprise that 85% of sourcing personnel still turn to spreadsheets to collect and/or analyze supplier response data for RFIs and RFPs. It’s time to take a serious look into why eSourcing adoption isn’t stronger, given the investments made and benefits that can be realized. This whitepaper reveals market research findings in this area, identifies root causes, and highlights how a best-in-class eSourcing tool can augment suite solutions to reduce spreadsheet reliance and improve eSourcing adoption and results.
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Attack the Gaps in Your Sourcing Toolkit with an Advanced Sourcing Solution
To achieve the next level of spend under management and cost reductions, leading companies are adopting more advanced, strategic sourcing solutions, like that offered by CombineNet ASAP, to augment their existing technology investments. Click here for more
For those in sourcing and procurement roles, it may come as a surprise that 85% of sourcing personnel still turn to spreadsheets to collect and/or analyze supplier response data for RFIs and RFPs. It’s time to take a serious look into why eSourcing adoption isn’t stronger, given the investments made and benefits that can be realized. This whitepaper reveals market research findings in this area, identifies root causes, and highlights how a best-in-class eSourcing tool can augment suite solutions to reduce spreadsheet reliance and improve eSourcing adoption and results.
Learn More.
Attack the Gaps in Your Sourcing Toolkit with an Advanced Sourcing Solution
To achieve the next level of spend under management and cost reductions, leading companies are adopting more advanced, strategic sourcing solutions, like that offered by CombineNet ASAP, to augment their existing technology investments. Click here for more
This white paper reveals the key to producing, communicating, aligning, and executing complex supply chain plans, plus how to sense and resolve disruptions as they occur in a global trading network.
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During this Webcast, you'll learn how the new class of business analytics solutions delivered as a service through the Cloud, is helping companies gain real-time visibility into transportation operations and costs allowing them to quickly identify improvement opportunities across carriers, customers, modes, commodity classes and shipping lanes -- without purchasing…
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Comprehensive information about global sourcing and procurement strategies, covering software, spending analysis, order management, supplier evaluation and e-Procurement.
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GTM Case Study: How a Fortune 500 CPG Company Saved $12M by Reexamining Its Ocean SpendingHow to Compare Actual Landed CostsShowing Value (Part VI)
Posted 02/10 · 09:45 AM · SCMR Editorial
All too often, after a long and productive sourcing initiative, the team celebrates success when the new contract is finalized. The best efforts don’t end there.
Integrating Product Innovation and SCM to Deliver Incremental Value: Part II
Posted 02/02 · 08:50 AM · SCMR Editorial
This is the second of a three-part article written by Maha Muzumdar, vice president of supply chain marketing, Oracle & Kerrie Foy, PLM/PIM applications product marketing, Oracle
1+1 = 3: Integrating Product Innovation and SCM to Deliver Incremental Value
Posted 02/01 · 10:27 AM · SCMR Editorial
This is the first of a three-part article written by Maha Muzumdar, vice president of supply chain marketing, Oracle & Kerrie Foy, PLM/PIM applications product marketing, Oracle
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“Showing Value (Part V)”
Posted 01/30 · 09:14 AM · SCMR Editorial
A simple and powerful best practice is to obtain stakeholder signoff regarding the sourcing strategy as well as the methodology for calculating results.
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Capital Equipment Sourcing and Procurement
Posted 01/26 · 10:20 AM · SCMR Editorial
CAPS Research releases a SnapShots benchmarking report on Capital Equipment Sourcing and Procurement
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Showing Value (Part II)
Posted 01/09 · 10:40 AM · SCMR Editorial
Perhaps the single most important distinction you need to make is to separate cost reduction from cost avoidance.
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“Are Your Supply Chain Savings Viewed with Skepticism? – Showing Value (Part I) ”
Posted 01/03 · 03:47 PM · SCMR Editorial
Supply Chain dollars are often viewed as being very different than REAL dollars.
IBM provides details on Emptoris acquisition
Posted 12/19 · 06:50 PM · SCMR Editorial
By acquiring Emptoris Inc., last week, IBM has added another arrow to its “Smarter Commerce” quiver
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U.S. Treasury Joins Ranks of European Governments in Embracing e-Invoicing
Posted 12/05 · 06:13 PM · SCMR Editorial
The federal government has made a firm commitment to e-invoicing, joining a growing number of countries promoting the use of this technology in the public sector
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Five Predictions for Procurement and Supply Chain by Rosslyn Analytics
Posted 11/21 · 10:01 AM · SCMR Editorial
Rosslyn Analytics, a data discovery and business intelligence software developer, has revealed its technology predictions for procurement executives in 2012.
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