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Procurement and Supply Chain Articles and White Papers
Understanding Business Process Redesign
Process redesign is used to reinvent the way that a business operates, making the organization more cost effective, efficient, and stakeholder oriented....
Procurement Ideas (Green Procurement)
Often the most highly visible aspect of a green business plan includes purchasing and the supply chain. Suppliers are being held to a higher standard, subjected to greater scrutiny and expected to respond to these challenges....
Getting a Handle on Call Center Headaches
Outsourcing call center operations can significantly reduce costs for labor, investment capital and overhead, all while improving both overall business productivity and efficiency....
What is a Procurement Service Provider?
The use of Procurement Service Providers is rapidly increasing due to global market conditions and the need for businesses to maintain and reduce costs without eliminating resources....
Procurement Service Provider Selection Guide
There are a large variety of Procurement Service Providers moving into the market every day. How can you select the right one for you business?....
What is an RFI, RFQ, or RFP?
Typical sourcing project may include many types of requests, from a buyer to potential suppliers, or vendors. Types of requests include....
Writing an RFP (Request for Proposal)
When a company needs a project to be completed by a contractor or outside source, they write a RFP. This is a formal document describing the project, how the contract companies should respond, how the proposals will be reviewed, and contact information ....
What is a Proposal and Why Do You Need One? (For Suppliers)
Do you know anyone who regularly wins bids? Or can boast a balanced relationship between doing the hard work of producing proposals and regularly winning the business?
How to Construct an Effective Telecom RFP
In the telecom industry, the RFP can serve as the means for purchasing equipment as well the preferred path by companies and government agencies to obtain telecom services and maintenance agreements from telecom carriers themselves....
What is a Reverse Auction?
Reverse Auctions allows you to expand the marketplace, by uniting a client with multiple competing bidders. A Reverse Auction allows you to minimize the time spent on traditional bidding, and provides more focus on the potential savings....
Professional Buyer's Use of Reverse Auctions
Some professional buyers are still wondering why they should take advantage of reverse auction technology. It is true that some items are not good to reverse auction, but some are very good opportunities for reverse auction. This article will give a brief look into the top five buyer rewards for using reverse auctions and how the buyer and their company can be more successful....
Aberdeen and Source One Research Report
New Report Benchmarks Sourcing Effectiveness and identifies best practices for Strategic Sourcing in the mid-market....
Creative Approach to Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Engagement
Adding creativity to the Strategic Sourcing process will have positive impacts on achievable savings for years to come. Following a static sourcing process often achieves mediocre results....
Strategic Sourcing Toner as a Separate Spend Category
Toner costs are extremely high unit cost item compared with office supplies. Maximum savings can be achieved by managing toner as a separate category from Office Supplies. Conventional supply sources do not have the expertise, resources or the motivation to....
What's Behind Storeroom Wars
Each step in the distribution of MRO items from manufacturer to end user presents and opportunity for conflict, which if unresolved, adds cost to the process....
Supply Chain Management
Learn about Supply Chain Management and Spend Management with our easy to read PowerPoint training materials....
Welcome to Procurement Service Provider's database of procurement related research, articles and white papers. Our library is expanding daily, so check back often. If you would like to contribute your own (non-marketing) documents, please contact us.
Procurement Articles and White Papers:
Topic Areas:
- Business Process Redesign
- Call Centers
- Green Procurement
- Procurement Service Providers
- Procurement News
- Requests for Proposal
- Reverse Auctions
- Storeroom Management
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supply Chain Management Lessons
Process redesign is used to reinvent the way that a business operates, making the organization more cost effective, efficient, and stakeholder oriented....
Often the most highly visible aspect of a green business plan includes purchasing and the supply chain. Suppliers are being held to a higher standard, subjected to greater scrutiny and expected to respond to these challenges....
Outsourcing call center operations can significantly reduce costs for labor, investment capital and overhead, all while improving both overall business productivity and efficiency....
Procurement Services Providers
The use of Procurement Service Providers is rapidly increasing due to global market conditions and the need for businesses to maintain and reduce costs without eliminating resources....
There are a large variety of Procurement Service Providers moving into the market every day. How can you select the right one for you business?....
Typical sourcing project may include many types of requests, from a buyer to potential suppliers, or vendors. Types of requests include....
When a company needs a project to be completed by a contractor or outside source, they write a RFP. This is a formal document describing the project, how the contract companies should respond, how the proposals will be reviewed, and contact information ....
Do you know anyone who regularly wins bids? Or can boast a balanced relationship between doing the hard work of producing proposals and regularly winning the business?
In the telecom industry, the RFP can serve as the means for purchasing equipment as well the preferred path by companies and government agencies to obtain telecom services and maintenance agreements from telecom carriers themselves....
Reverse Auctions allows you to expand the marketplace, by uniting a client with multiple competing bidders. A Reverse Auction allows you to minimize the time spent on traditional bidding, and provides more focus on the potential savings....
Some professional buyers are still wondering why they should take advantage of reverse auction technology. It is true that some items are not good to reverse auction, but some are very good opportunities for reverse auction. This article will give a brief look into the top five buyer rewards for using reverse auctions and how the buyer and their company can be more successful....
New Report Benchmarks Sourcing Effectiveness and identifies best practices for Strategic Sourcing in the mid-market....
Adding creativity to the Strategic Sourcing process will have positive impacts on achievable savings for years to come. Following a static sourcing process often achieves mediocre results....
Toner costs are extremely high unit cost item compared with office supplies. Maximum savings can be achieved by managing toner as a separate category from Office Supplies. Conventional supply sources do not have the expertise, resources or the motivation to....
Each step in the distribution of MRO items from manufacturer to end user presents and opportunity for conflict, which if unresolved, adds cost to the process....
Learn about Supply Chain Management and Spend Management with our easy to read PowerPoint training materials....
