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Supplier Relationship Management and Procurement: Driving Value Through Best Practices
This white paper presents the results of a 2006 benchmarking study conducted by Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) and SAP. The study identified four methods...
Company: SAP
Date: August 2006 |
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Global Sourcing, Technology, And Factor Intensity: Firm-Level Relationships
This paper empirically examines how technology and capital intensity are related with the firm's global sourcing decision. Firm-level data are derived from a survey covering...
Company: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
Date: March 2007 |
Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) |
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Does Dual Sourcing Lower Procurement Costs?
U.S. defense policy encourages the use of dual sourcing to reduce government procurement costs, but theoretical work raises doubts about the benefits of this policy....
Company: University of Michigan
Date: June 2006 |
University of Michigan |
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Meeting The Procurement Challenges Of The Public Sector
For organizations responsible for maintaining public funds and public trust, controlling costs by automating standard procurement processes is only a partial solution. Government procurement professionals...
Company: SAP
Date: September 2005 |
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Policy Recommendations For Electronic Public Procurement
The role played by governmental institutions for accelerating the diffusion of electronic Public Procurement (e-PP) is analyzed in this paper. Such analysis is interesting for...
Company: Aalborg University
Date: December 2005 |
Aalborg University |
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Procurement Of Goods And Services - Scope And Government
In the present paper the author briefly review the main forms of procurement and explain which form should be used in which context. Specifically, he...
Company: Humboldt University Berlin
Date: December 2005 |
Humboldt University Berlin |
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The Standards Solution For Government: Foundations For The Future
Standards underpin all levels of government, business and society. From first principles to final product, standards exist to ensure that processes, services, technologies and commodities...
Company: BSI
Date: March 2007 |
BSI |
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Asymmetric Procurement Mechanisms
The authors have modeled a procuring firm's problem of repeated procurement for a similar good. The procurer faces two different kinds of suppliers: one incumbent...
Company: University of Mannheim
Date: December 2005 |
University of Mannheim |
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Best Practices In e-Procurement Reducing Costs And Increasing Value Through Online Buying
Since the Internet arrived on the scene as a supply management tool in the mid- 1990s, enterprises have tried to gain the benefits e-procurement can...
Company: Aberdeen Group
Date: December 2005 |
Aberdeen Group |
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Sustainable Procurement Strategy
To ensure that goods, services, works and utilities1 procured by the Agency for the NHS and for its own use are designed, manufactured, delivered, used...
Company: NHS
Date: October 2006 |
NHS |
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Sustainable Procurement : The Way Forward
The authors look forward to the Sustainable Procurement Task Force's Action Plan and hope that it sets out directly and clearly exactly how the Government...
Company: United Kingdom Parliament
Date: March 2006 |
United Kingdom Parliament |
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Alignment Matters - Improving Business Functions Using The Procurement Alignment Framework
The procurement business function is increasingly recognized as strategic. An improvement approach of the procurement function is proposed using the Procurement Alignment Framework. The framework...
Company: Utrecht University
Date: January 2006 |
Utrecht University |
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Menu Auctions In Procurement Of Differentiated Products
This paper studies procurement auctions in which firms bid on both price and qualitative attributes. The standard way of taking qualitative attributes into account is...
Company: University of Rochester
Date: December 2005 |
University of Rochester |
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Market Design For Procurement: Empirical And Theoretical Investigation Of Buyer-Determined Multi-Attribute Mechanisms
Reverse auctions are fast becoming the standard for many procurement activities. In the past, the majority of such auctions have been solely price-based, but increasingly...
Company: University of Illinois
Date: July 2005 |
University of Illinois |
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A Research Framework For The Electronic Procurement Adoption Process
This paper develops a research framework for addressing issues perceived as critical to understanding the e-procurement adoption process. Possible explanations relating to the adoption process...
Company: University of Newcastle
Date: December 2006 |
University of Newcastle |
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Transparency In Government Procurement: What Can We Expect From International Trade Agreements?
This discussion suggests that the major onus of efforts to improve transparency must be domestic - driven by a desire from society (taxpayers, suppliers) to...
Company: World Trade Organization
Date: September 2004 |
World Trade Organization |
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E-Procurement: Moving Towards "Business As Usual"?
E-procurement is still in its infancy in many of the agencies involved in the Electronic Commerce for Procurement (EC4P) Project. Over time, it is expected...
Company: State of Victoria
Date: June 2003 |
State of Victoria |
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How Indian Companies Are Improving Their Performance Through Procurement Mastery
Companies around the world are under more pressure than ever to improve business performance, and India is no exception. Indian companies are pressed to compete...
Company: Accenture
Date: January 2009 |
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Transforming Procurement For High Performance In Automotive
Procurement supports product development by finding suppliers that can provide and improve product innovation. Procurement manages the quality of materials that flow into manufacturing operations....
Company: Accenture
Date: October 2006 |
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Putting Procurement In The Driver's Seat
For any automotive or automotive parts manufacturer, supply chain management makes a huge contribution to profitability. And while most executives focus on how to control...
Company: Accenture
Date: June 2007 |
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Global Sourcing Drives High Performance: The Emerging Role Of International Procurement Organization
Global Sourcing is rapidly becoming the key initiative organizations undertake to reduce total cost of ownership of purchased goods and services and is now seen...
Company: Accenture
Date: January 2006 |
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Global Sourcing For High Performance : Leading Practices And The Emerging Role
Global sourcing has, in short order, become a fundamental consideration for corporate strategy and the C-level executive agenda. Many organizations are taking advantage of the...
Company: Accenture
Date: November 2005 |
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Inventing The 21st-Century Purchasing Organization
To get the most out of the purchasing function, top-performing companies redefine its role and ensure that its goals align with corporate strategy. A few...
Company: McKinsey & Company
Date: February 2008 |
McKinsey & Company |
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Procurement For High Performance: Global Sourcing In The Industrial Products Industry
The unparalleled pace of globalization presents opportunities as well as challenges for industrial products companies. Customers are shifting their supply base, and with competitive pressures...
Company: Accenture
Date: August 2006 |
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Factors That Can Affect Procurement Outsourcing Service Decisions
Procurement outsourcing services involve a business transaction whereby the client organization enters into a contract for agreed time duration for the supply of goods or...
Company: Outsourcing Services
Date: January 2009 |
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