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Rosslyn Analytics Launches Tool for Supplier Performance Management

Rosslyn Analytics has launched RAPid Supplier Performance Analytics, a new application for its could-based RAPid analytics platform.

Stressing Cost Reduction Too Much, Car Makers Wreck Relations with Suppliers, Study Finds

OEMs' insistence on more and more cost reductions has caused painful friction in the relationship, according to the annual Global OEM-Supplier Relations Study conducted by IHS Automotive. The survey allows automotive suppliers to rate car makers on a variety of matters, including technology sourcing, profit-impacting factors, quality management and intellectual property protection matters.

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APEX Analytix Issues New FirstStrike Supplier Portal

APEX Analytix, a provider of software and services to safeguard disbursements and protect against identity fraud, has released a new version of its FirstStrike Supplier Portal.

Almost 70 Percent of B2B Purchases Are Online, But Most Procurement Not Directly from Suppliers

More than two-thirds (68 percent) of B2B buyers now purchase goods online, up from 57 percent last year, according to a recent report from the Acquity Group.

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Boeing Continues to Live Dreamliner Money-losing Nightmare

Amid all the fine financial news Boeing can tout - a record order backlog, robust profit margins, a higher profit outlook - one of the airplane maker’s dreariest performers continues to be its highest-tech, most fuel-efficient product: the 787 Dreamliner.

Apple's Supply-Chain Challenge: Keep It Secret. Then Tell the World.

In Stanley Kubrick's Cold War black comedy "Dr. Strangelove," the Soviets have developed a devastating "Doomsday Device," to be triggered by a nuclear attack on the U.S.S.R. It's supposed to act as a deterrent, but has been kept a secret. Asks an exasperated American president of the Russian ambassador: "Why didn't you tell the world?" To which the ambassador replies: "The Premier loves surprises."

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InfinityQS Publishes eBook on Vaccine Manufacturing Chain

Infinity QS International Inc. has published a new electronic book, "Transforming the Vaccine Manufacturing Chain: How Pharmaceutical Companies Can Ensure Quality and Accelerate Time to Market."

Top Procurement Organizations Generate Twice the Average Measurable Cost Reduction, Report Says

Leading company procurement organizations reap double the measurable cost reduction versus other companies, while also driving competitive advantage through supplier-driven innovation and risk management. While procurement organizations for leading companies have continued their upward trajectory, most companies only sustained the gains they made between 2008 and 2011.

SEC's Conflict-Minerals Reporting Rule: A Progress Report

By now, all manufacturers are fully up to speed on the Securities & Exchange Commission's new rule about disclosing the presence of conflict minerals in their products ... aren't they?

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All Together Now: Collaborative Sourcing Helps Save Money

Increasingly, the supply chain and procurement departments are turning to digital solutions, rather than traditional manual systems, to maximize results. Recent research points to a substantial potential upside.

Supplier Software Is Spun Off, Changes Name to Xeeva

Supplier Software Inc., a provider of procurement applications, has changed its name to Xeeva Inc.

Shaping the Future of Procurement to Drive Growth and Change

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