Companies could save more than 50 per cent on the cost of their request for proposal (RFP) processes for hotels and meetings with an online template launched by the Institute of Travel Management (ITM).
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Pharmaceutical firms are using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and barcode technologies to help uncover fraudulent and counterfeit medicines.
Most large companies now see purchasing and supply management as a “strategic weapon” whose value stretches beyond cost reduction, according to a soon-to-be-published benchmarking study.
Advanced item-search capabilities, templates and catalogues are part of the new Internet Purchasing Ordering System (iPOS) from SunSystems.
Within local government procurement, Dr Andrew Larner has been appointed director of the South East Centre of Excellence and Julian Morley has been appointed director of the South West Centre of Excellence.
Scottish businessman John McClelland is to head a Gershon-style review of public-sector procurement in Scotland.
Oracle has reassured users of PeopleSoft and JD Edwards products and services that it will continue to support them following its successful £5.3 billion takeover of PeopleSoft.
26 April 2005
London
Ariba software is the most effective e-procurement programme on the market, according to analysis from Forrester Research.
Unnecessary procurement costs in recruitment could be removed by outsourcing the process, new research suggests.