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Accenture and Universal Music Group Sign Digital Supply Chain Contract
Accenture has been selected to provide the next-generation digital supply chain for the international...12 Mar 2008 | (News)
ICG Signs Deal with Chiquita
ICG Commerce, the leading procurement outsourcing specialist, announced that it has signed a five-year...30 Aug 2007 | (News)
Due diligence essential for procurement outsourcing
Business process outsourcing (BPO) analyst NelsonHall has produced a report intended to help businesses...20 Feb 2007 | (News)
NelsonHall says organizations require end-to-end procurement outsourcing services
NelsonHall, the leading independent business process outsourcing (BPO) analyst firm, announced the availability...18 Jan 2007 | (News)
China's Masteel selects Honeywell for process control system
Masteel, one of China's largest iron and steel manufacturers, will implement Honeywell's IntelaTrac PKS,...19 Dec 2006 | (News)
Hackett: Big savings by offshoring procurement
Hackett’s estimates show the average Fortune 500 company could save almost $10 million a year by outsourcing...15 Nov 2006 | (News)
SRA wins $90.5M U.S. Department of Agriculture procurement task order
SRA International, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a competitive task order by the U.S. General...13 Nov 2006 | (News)
US Air Force expands its original outsourcing contract with CSC
Computer Sciences (CSC) has won an additional $378 million to a previous outsourcing contract with the...20 Sep 2006 | (News)
Altran outsourcing procurement to Ariba
Leading European consulting firm taps Ariba to manage indirect spend, drive savings and operational excellence...18 Sep 2006 | (News)
China Supply Chain Council extends its presence to India
Launch of its new India portal is just one part of the company's push to further capitalize on a recent...13 Sep 2006 | (News)
NHS selects DHL for £1.6bn procurement outsourcing deal
DHL, the logistics unit of Europe's leading postal company, Deutsche Post AG, announced that it had won...06 Sep 2006 | (News)
Procurement is the fastest growing area of BPO
NelsonHall, a BPO analyst firm, revealed that procurement is now the fastest growing area of back office...01 Sep 2006 | (News)
London borough goes e-procurement, installs London's first shared service center
The London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has signed up for a new £120 million project which will...11 Aug 2006 | (News)
Pasa to lose much of its buying role due to outsourcing deal
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (Pasa) is set to lose a large part of its buying role as part of...09 Aug 2006 | (News)
National Australia Bank outsources procurement-to-pay services to Xchanging
National Australia Bank U.K. has appointed Xchanging, a business-processing services company, to manage...11 Jul 2006 | (News)
KarstadtQuelle sells procurement unit to HK's Li & Fung
Europe's leading retail group KarstadtQuelle AG said it is selling its worldwide procurement unit KarstadtQuelle...30 May 2006 | (News)
Tremendous growth opportunities beckon in support services segment of UK Defence Logistics Markets
The defence logistics markets in the United Kingdom will register growth across all its major sectors,...27 May 2006 | (News)
New Century Financial Corporation to outsource human resources and procurement to Accenture in seven-year agreement
New Century Financial Corporation and Accenture have signed a seven-year business-process outsourcing...15 May 2006 | (News)
Colgate outsources procurement to IBM
Colgate-Palmolive has signed a seven-year outsourcing contract with IBM for procurement and accounts...11 Apr 2006 | (News)
Colgate signs 7-year procurement and payables outsourcing deal with IBM
As part of its worldwide efforts to generate global efficiencies, Colgate-Palmolive Company announced...01 Apr 2006 | (News)
Asian Sourcing Network launched
A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, a leading global sourcing services firm, and UGS Corp., a leading...17 Mar 2006 | (News)
[SharedXpertise Commentary] IBM helps nonprofit with procurement outsourcing
Nonprofit Aggregates Spend for Other Nonprofits to Reduce Millions in Material Costs.01 Mar 2006 | (News) |
i2 acquires assets of RiverOne
i2 Technologies, Inc. announced that a subsidiary of i2 has acquired the assets of RiverOne, Inc. RiverOne’s...27 Feb 2006 | (News)
IBM acquires supply-chain vendor Viacore
IBM today announced that it will strengthen its Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) capabilities...13 Feb 2006 | (News)
INPUT Predicts US federal IT outsourcing market to reach nearly $18b by FY10
The federal IT outsourcing market is expected to increase at a healthy compound annual growth rate of...13 Jan 2006 | (News)
THT Research releases IT OEM procurement data for 2005/2006
THT Research, a leading research firm covering information technology contract manufacturing, today announced...10 Jan 2006 | (News)
Schneider Logistics launches new bidding tool for shippers and carriers
Schneider Logistics, Inc., an international lead logistics provider and part of the Schneider National...05 Jan 2006 | (News)
Accenture wins Bank of Ireland outsourcing deal
The Bank of Ireland will outsource some of its training and purchasing operations in a €150 million-plus...20 Dec 2005 | (News)
Unilever engages IBM to transform procurement operations
IBM today announced the signing of an agreement to transform and manage strategic sourcing and procurement...13 Dec 2005 | (News)
US Senate passes spending bill that discourages outsourcing
A measure in the Transportation Spending Bill requires a public-private competition before any work performed...01 Dec 2005 | (News)
Coty Inc. Signs 5-Year Contract With IBM for Business Transformation Services
Coty Inc., a leading global beauty company, today announced that it has signed a 5-year contract with...29 Nov 2005 | (News)
IBM Makes Supply Chain Management and Procurement Outsourcing Data Readily Available to Marketplace through Sponsorship of New SBPOA-based Website Channel
The Shared Services and Business Process Outsourcing Association (SBPOA), the world’s only independent...21 Nov 2005 | (News)
As procurement outsourcing rises, proper partner selection is crucial
According to a report by IDC, the Procurement Outsourcing market is much larger than indicated by public...26 Oct 2005 | (News)
Mercer HR awards IBM $58 million procurement contract
IBM Will Implement Internal Procurement and Help Desk Systems to Drive Productivity Increases at Mercer...21 Oct 2005 | (News)
Global Healthcare Exchange to acquire Neoforma
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC, and Neoforma, Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement for...12 Oct 2005 | (News)
Ariba selected to manage indirect spend at Harris Corporation
Ariba(R), Inc., the leading Spend Management solutions provider, has been engaged to manage indirect...07 Oct 2005 | (News)
Procurement Challenges Resulting from Global Sourcing and Business Expansion Addressed in First i2 Next-Generation Supply Chain Management Solution
Companies faced with procurement challenges brought on by global sourcing and business expansion can...28 Sep 2005 | (News)
IBM transforms Virgin Megastore's Times Square location with 150 kiosks
As part of a business transformation plan for Virgin Entertainment, IBM Business Consulting Services...25 Sep 2005 | (News)
Rent-A-Center, Inc. looks to procurement outsourcing as key vehicle for combating rising operating costs and achieving performance improvement goals
ICG Commerce, a leading procurement services provider, today announced a multi-year engagement to provide...25 Sep 2005 | (News)
Supply chain excellence: Tactics that save costs
More than 80% of supply chain executives report outsourcing supply chain functions help reduce costs,...16 Sep 2005 | (News)
BA row shows need for back-up plan
The dispute between British Airways and Gate Gourmet should act as a warning to the profession, purchasing...29 Aug 2005 | (News)
Synergex selected to provide business process and product fulfillment services
Synergex Corporation announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement to provide business process...26 Aug 2005 | (News)
Exel wins UK rail logistics outsourcing contracts
Exel, a UK-based logistics service provider, has won a GBP 21 million logistics outsourcing contract...23 Aug 2005 | (News)
Outsourcing remodels the supply chain
The global electronics supply chain is undergoing a fundamental transformation due to OEMs’ continued...20 Aug 2005 | (News)
The Practitioner as Salesman
IBM’s chief procurement officer soon hopes to spend as much of his time earning money for the company...20 Aug 2005 | (News)
Leading Analyst Firm Positions IBM in North American Supply Chain Management Services Leader Quadrant
IBM Business Consulting Services today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned IBM in the leader...10 Aug 2005 | (News)
Aegis InterWorld enters BPO logistics market
Aegis InterWorld Inc. (AIW), a global provider of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services and solutions,...09 Aug 2005 | (News)
Farm cooperative modernizes its supply chain with SPS Commerce's hosted EDI services
SPS Commerce, the leader in hosted EDI software, announced today that Land O’Lakes, a national farmer-owned...06 Aug 2005 | (News)
UK's NHS organisations form e-procurement network
More than 50 NHS organisations last month joined forces to create the largest online purchasing system...06 Aug 2005 | (News)
Gulf States Toyota innovates with active RFID, real-time locating system technology
Gulf States Toyota, a premiere regional Toyota distributor for 145 dealers, has selected IBM and WhereNet...04 Aug 2005 | (News)
DHL Expands SCM Outsourcing to Latin America
U.S. logistics company DHL has expanded its supply chain management outsourcing offering to Latin America...04 Aug 2005 | (News)
IBM introduces Supply Chain Outsourcing offering
Big Blue offers to apply its own experience to transforming, optimizing other companies' supply chains...25 Jun 2005 | (News)
Procurement service outsourcing market hot
A hot and emerging market within the business process outsourcing (BPO), which will be of interest...14 Jun 2005 | (News)
Cost-effective logistics capabilities to meet today’s supply chain challenges
Today’s decentralized supply chain models and tighter trading partner collaborations demand expanded...09 Apr 2005 | (News)
A flying start
Controlling travel budgets can be a ‘nightmare’, said one of the speakers at the Supply Management...04 Apr 2005 | (News)
County office loses personnel and experience
The Multnomah County office in charge of contracts and purchasing is suffering from vacancies, lack of...04 Apr 2005 | (News)
Supplying Labor To Meet Demand
Vendors such as IBM are offering software and services to help companies manage their employees just...21 Mar 2005 | (News)
Procurement Services Provider’s Fifth Major Outsourcing Engagement
ICG Commerce, a leading procurement services provider, today announced that it has recently been engaged...25 Jan 2005 | (News)
IBM's Journey on the Road to On Demand
Transforming a supply chain involves changing culture as much as processes and technology. Bob Moffat,...19 Jan 2005 | (News)
Procurement chief weighs changes to job competition rules
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget's recently confirmed federal procurement chief is rethinking...17 Jan 2005 | (News)
TransProcure expands BPO services in US, gets award
TransProcure Corp., a leading Manila-based global procurement solutions and services provider is aggressively...17 Jan 2005 | (News)
HP to establish regional headquarters in the Czech Republic
Hewlett-Packard will establish its regional computer technology supply chain headquarters for Europe,...06 Dec 2004 | (News)
Aberdeen Group expand Sourcing & Procurement benchmarking and best practices research
As part of its continuing commitment to providing actionable and value-driven research to the global...19 Nov 2004 | (News)
Securing the Global Supply Chain for the Twenty First Century
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and its 165 member countries, which represent 99 percent of global...15 Nov 2004 | (News)
How to cure the healthcare supply chain
UHHS' original model was to build a service center, "investing the necessary capital to essentially move...27 Aug 2004 | (News)
Trade-centre.net launches online project outsourcing marketplace
Trade-Centre.Net today launched the "Online Marketplace" to provide all businesses a single point where...17 Aug 2004 | (News)
Beating outside pressures
Defence giant BAE Systems has saved tens of millions of pounds by handing purchasing to an external company,...12 Jul 2004 | (News)
NelsonHall forecasts nascent procurement BPO market to grow by CAGR of 26 percent
BPO market research firm NelsonHall today announced that the current worldwide market for procurement...25 May 2004 | (News)
Goodyear expects £30m savings with IBM BPO deal
The European arm of tyres firm Goodyear Dunlop expects to save more than £30m in two years, after...02 Apr 2004 | (News)
Accenture launches procurement business process outsourcing business
Accenture today announced that it has formed a new business process outsourcing business to provide procurement...02 Apr 2004 | (News)
Western Australia seeks procurement renewal
The Western Australian government is shopping for an off-the-shelf whole of government procurement package...19 Jan 2004 | (News)
ESIS selected as supply chain automation provider by CapOneSource Alliance
ESIS has been chosen as the sole direct materials supply chain automation provider for CapOneSource,...14 Jan 2004 | (News)
Cendian announces logistics outsourcing agreement with General Chemical
Cendian Corporation, the premier business process outsourcer for the chemical industry, announced today...08 Jan 2004 | (News)
Ariba signs agreement to acquire Alliente
Ariba, Inc., the leading Enterprise Spend Management (ESM) solutions provider, today announced that it...07 Jan 2004 | (News)
Worldwide procurement BPO market still small despite increasing interest
While interest is increasing in procurement business process outsourcing (BPO), the reality is that the...02 Sep 2003 | (News)
Procurement outsourcing may be an alternative to e-procurement initiatives
As enterprises find it increasingly difficult to train and staff their internal purchasing organizations,...02 Sep 2003 | (News)
ICG Commerce closes $35 million funding deal
Raising $35 million in venture capital these days is no small feat, but that's exactly what procurement-services...02 Sep 2003 | (News)
Hercules outsources transportation and logistics functions to Odyssey
Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation, a provider of outsourced logistics management services to...02 Sep 2003 | (News)
Continental Shift
How indirect sourcing and procurement in Europe differs from the U.S.; the value of aggregators and the...02 Sep 2003 | (News)
