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Majority of Procurement Departments Focused on Supplier Collaboration Rather Than Lowest Cost, Survey Suggests

Sixty-seven percent of surveyed chief procurement officers say their departments are more focused on building collaborative relationships with suppliers than on obtaining the lowest costs, according to a survey by Consero Group, an international player in events scheduling for senior executives. The results were reported as part of its Fall 2013 Procurement & Strategic Sourcing Data Survey.

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26 Independent Energy Facilities Consolidate Procurement Process With Vinimaya

Challenge: A large industrial & manufacturing organization that delivers goods and services to the U.S. Department of Energy was looking to unify a collection of de-centralized procurement processes & systems spread across 26 facilities, each using a different process, supplier community and back-end system - including Ariba, PeopleSoft/Oracle, and SAP. The organization needed to gracefully tie these systems together in order to streamline supplier data management, consolidate supplier rates for goods and services and maximize savings.

Could Sourcing 'Take Over' Supply Chain in the Next Decade?

Procurement and supply chain have always been strange bedfellows in manufacturing organizations. There's a rather arbitrary dividing line between activities, which, academically speaking, should not exist in the first place, such as balancing inventory/order size with cost and risk.

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CombineNet Enhances E-Sourcing, Procurement Application

CombineNet Inc. has added features to CombineNet ASAP, its application for electronic sourcing and procurement.

Mid-sized Manufacturers Expect Revenue Gains to Continue for the Rest of 2013

Mid-sized manufacturers are optimistic about revenues and employment despite concerns about federal regulations and fiscal policy uncertainties, according to the 12th semi-annual Group Outlook Survey from Prime Advantage, a purchasing group for industrial manufacturers.

Manthan Systems Issues New Version of ARC Vendor Link

Manthan Systems, a provider of business-intelligence and analytics software to retailers, has released version 6.4 of ARC Vendor Link.

Canadian Brewer Forecasts Demand, Distributes and Maximizes Capacity with Smoothie

Challenge: A large and growing Canadian brewer was challenged with constrained brewing capacity and seasonal demand. They needed to improve their forecasting and production planning in order to make maximal use if their capacity and serve as much demand as possible. To make matters even more challenging, they needed to do this across several breweries and a national distribution network.

SciQuest Acquires Sourcing Software Vendor CombineNet

SciQuest Inc., a provider of cloud-based applications for spend management, has acquired CombineNet, a vendor of sourcing and procurement software.

Should You Invest in a Supply Chain Control Tower?

We live in a time of incredible technological progress. Self-driving cars and self-flying drones have already arrived, and more intelligent machines are surely just over the horizon. For many in the supply chain management community, the next big technology is the "control tower". Millions of dollars have been spent marketing the idea that a control tower is the "intelligent" system of the future and the solution to your problems. What is a control tower and should you invest in one?

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Reducing Costs, Avoiding Risk Cited as Main Reasons Why Companies Move to Domestic Suppliers

To address supply chain threats, 28 percent of respondents in a recent survey said they have shifted from overseas to domestic suppliers in the past 12 months, according to BBK, an international business advisory firm with roots in the automotive manufacturing industry. Nearly 70 percent of these respondents cited transportation, shipping and logistics costs as the most significant factors in decisions to re-shore.

Agiloft Teams with ESM for Contract Lifecycle Management

Agiloft Inc., a provider of contract lifecycle applications, has entered into an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) partnership with ESM Solutions, a vendor of spend-management software.

DAT Introduces Real-Time Rate Tool for Carriers

DAT, a freight marketplace platform and information provider, has released DAT RateView.

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