31 July 2007

Local procurement intelligence provider does global deal

Leave a Comment / Procurement Strategy, Spend Analysis, Technology / bernievn

New York based Information Builders (IB), a supplier of business intelligence solutions and Pretoria based Cutting Edge Commerce (CEC) have announced a worldwide partnership that will see CEC’s pre-packaged procurement and supply chain reporting solution be made available globally for multiple ERP systems including SAP, Oracle, J.D. Edwards, PeopleSoft, Baan, Lawson, Sage Accpac and 1C. […]

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Does aggregation really lead to lower prices?

Leave a Comment / Benchmarking, Smart Sourcing, Sourcing Strategy / StaffWriter

The idea that greater purchasing power delivers lower prices may be accepted wisdom in procurement circles, but it doesn’t always add up writes Alan Low, MD of Purchasing Index. The simple fact is that the “Viking” (volume is king) model, applied ad infinitum to B2B and B2G Purchasing, has not delivered consistently better prices than

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SmartTelephony – The costs of business communications are in steady decline

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The world of Business Communications has fast become the focal point of several converging technologies that are racing to fill the worldwide need for cost efficiency and higher productivity. Piet Henning, a communications expert told delegates at a recent Smart Procurement breakfast that: “South Africa is an anomaly in that it is required to serve

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Local procurement intelligence provider does global deal

Does aggregation really lead to lower prices?

SmartTelephony – The costs of business communications are in steady decline

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