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IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
Doug Bartholomew |
The Big Squeeze Small and midsize manufacturers say price-cut mandates and online reverse auctions compromise quality and endanger their businesses. Supporters of the practices say the strongest suppliers will survive, making supply chains more efficient...   |
CIO
January 15, 2004
Jon Surmacz |
The Growing Importance of Internet Purchasing Large companies can leverage their buying power online |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2002
Michael A. Verespej |
E-Procurement Explosion Expected to reach $3 trillion in transactions by 2003, online purchasing is saving millions for savvy manufacturing companies... |
CIO
June 1, 2003
Mohanbir Sawhney |
Forward Thinking About Reverse Auctions It's easy to overestimate the value of this online procurement tool. |
CIO
June 15, 2003
Malcolm Wheatley |
How to Know if E-Procurement Is Right for You While some companies have achieved price reductions through online sourcing, the focus of e-procurement initiatives today is process efficiency. Here's how to decide if, what and how you should buy electronically. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
Jill Jusko |
Procurement -- Not All Dollars And Cents Despite the downswing in the economy, manufacturers continue to strive for collaborative procurement partnerships... |
CIO
December 1, 2002
Christopher Koch |
Covisint's Last Chance Can an old car guy come out of retirement and save one of the icons of the new economy? In an exclusive Q&A, Covisint CEO Harold Kutner says that's exactly what he's going to do. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2006
Traci Purdum |
Procurement: Managing Maverick Spend How a Web-based solution can keep indirect-materials spend in check. |
IndustryWeek
June 17, 2009
Steve Minter |
Can GPOs Help Ease the Pain? As manufacturers look for cost-cutting that won't cripple them in a recovery, group purchasing organizations let them "swing a bigger bat." |
eCFO
May 2001
Janet Kersnar |
Go Your Own Way In the race to embrace online trading exchanges and the like, companies could be inflicting irreparable damage on their supply chains. For one thing, many suppliers just aren't up to speed. Here's how Bass Brewers, BMW, and others avoided the pitfalls and perils... |
Food Processing
August 2005
Mike Pehanich |
MRO strategies mean money in the bank Redundant purchasing and poor inventory management have cost companies millions of dollars for generations. But there are mountains of savings waiting to be found in maintenance, repairs and operations costs. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Sources of Strength With globalization forces transforming their businesses, manufacturers are creating more powerful sourcing strategies to control costs throughout the supply chain. |
CIO
April 1, 2002 |
Online Procurement Companies can reduce their total purchasing budget by up to 8.5 percent by buying online, according to an IDC study... |
CFO
March 18, 2003
Anne Stuart |
A Hire Power Services E-procurement is quietly gaining ground, helping companies control an expense that often escapes scrutiny. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
Nick Zubko |
Getting More from MRO Knowing the capabilities of maintenance, repair, and operations suppliers can help manufacturers keep costs down. |
Bio-IT World
August 13, 2003
Robert M. Frederickson |
Lab Shopping Network SciQuest customizes its global marketplace Web portal to better meet customer needs. |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2001
Doug Bartholomew |
Starving Suppliers Not The Answer OEMs are playing a dangerous game with reverse auctions, mandatory price cuts... |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2002
Doug Bartholomew |
Benefiting From The Boom A wealth of software categories and vendors give manufacturers many paths to improvement. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
The Evolution of B2B: Lessons From the Auto Industry Even as public exchanges have run into trouble, large industry wide exchanges are continuing to crop up and smaller, private exchanges are flourishing. |
CIO
May 1, 2006
Meridith Levinson |
How to Keep the Web from Becoming a Trap Smart companies are taking their transition from EDI to the Internet slowly -- to keep IT costs down and let suppliers' and customers' investments in technology catch up. |
Managed Care
February 2001
Joyce R. Ochs |
B2B for Health 'Business to business' is where the real action is in Internet health care... |
CFO
May 1, 2005
John Edwards |
Greetings and Solicitations Online trading hubs stage a comeback. But this time, there's a twist. A number of bid-based, online auction houses have popped up to service business customers. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Walking into Walls Learn to overcome these five obstacles to building a reliable supplier network. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Trimming the Fat From Indirect Procurement Industrial manufacturers are looking to sharply reduce transactional costs and the number of purchase orders. |
eCFO
May 2001
Adam Lincoln |
In the Nick of Time Cutting-edge supply-chain management is emerging as the cornerstone of successful ebusiness. But managers at companies as diverse as Cathay Pacific, Chung Nam Watch, and Nike are finding that not only is the pace of change fast--it can get furious, too... |
IndustryWeek
November 18, 2009
Steve Minter |
Supply Chain Risks Material costs, supplier stability cited by manufacturers. |
IndustryWeek
November 18, 2009
Steve Minter |
Saving on Paper Really is Greener e-Lynxx promises their print procurement process will save customers 25%, or the service is free. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Just-In-Time Remains Justifiable Worried about how bird flu, hurricanes or civil unrest could impact a lean supply chain? Despite such inherent risks, the benefits of just-in-time manufacturing may still be too much to pass up. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
A Material World The growth of the global economy continues to change the landscape of the raw materials market. Realizing that the old rules no longer apply, manufacturers are looking inward for opportunities to drive costs back down without making their customers foot the bill. |
Food Processing
October 2008
Dave Fusaro |
Supply Chain Pains Who's managing whom? In a year of unprecedented pressures, our exclusive joint survey finds a tug of war between food processors and their suppliers. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2006
Patricia Panchak |
Editor's Page -- Collaboration Is Key To Global Success The shift toward less integration among manufacturers and their suppliers and customers needs to be reversed. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2001
Michael A. Verespej |
Automakers Put Wheels On Supply Chains Industry intends to accelerate order-to-delivery times... |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2004
David Drickhamer |
Supply-Chain Superstars High-level supply-chain executives are leading the way in harnessing supply chains to cut system-wide costs and bolster revenue growth. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Good Captains and Calm Seas Five ways CPOs can prepare for an economic downturn. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2001
Doug Bartholomew |
Turbocharging The Supply Chain Honeywell's Garrett Division takes suppliers online... |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2005
Doug Bartholomew |
ERP Vendors: Big Get Bigger For most large and medium-size manufacturing companies that use an enterprise resource planning system, the changing ERP vendor landscape is nothing new; consolidation of software vendors began years ago. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009
Steve Minter |
Procurement Outsourcing in Manufacturing Large manufacturers helped lead the procurement outsourcing market to 30% growth in 2008, according to a recent study. |
Inc.
May 2007
Max Chafkin |
Reverse Auctions A supplier's survival guide to reverse auctions. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2005
John Teresko |
The Tough Get Going Collaboration. That's the one-word description of the rapidly evolving business practice that increasingly defines success for automotive suppliers. |
CIO
June 15, 2002
Meridith Levinson |
How to Grow Your B2B Network Forget the 80/20 rule, and stop wasting money. You need to get the rest of your trading partners online to reap a real return from e-commerce. Why you should recruit more trading partners for B2B e-commerce, five strategies for signing up partners, and incentives for e-commerce resisters. |
InternetNews
March 10, 2009
Alex Goldman |
Oracle Sourcing Goes SaaS Oracle continues its adoption of the on-demand model. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Online Marketplaces Are Back in Play An improved approach to the market offers manufacturers an effective way to find new suppliers. |
Fast Company
February 2001
Paul C. Judge |
"How I Saved $100 Million on the Web." Jonathan W. Ayers, president of Carrier Corp., loves the Web. But he's no radical. For giant companies like his, he argues, the real power of the Internet lies in doing what you already do faster and cheaper. |
CRM
March 21, 2014
Ofer Yourvexel |
5 Reasons Small Businesses Have Not Embraced Online Ordering When it comes to B2B, the sales rep is still a critical link. |
IndustryWeek
June 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Ford Combines Purchasing with Product Development Ford Motor Co. merges key operations teams to eliminate wasted time and effort. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Online Marketplace Evolution In their infancy, many online marketplaces kept their focus too narrow. Those that saw the big picture survived. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
General Motors to Increase Sourcing in China General Motors to spend 25% more per year on Chinese components through 2010. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2007
Jonathan Katz |
Raw Materials: Raw Deal Raw materials prices continue to cut into profits, and with little relief in sight, manufacturers are solidifying supplier relationships and turning toward substitute products as solutions. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Tier 1s Say Toyota is Tops in Supplier Relations Annual study evaluates supplier working conditions at six major OEMs. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Green Purchasing Has Some Companies Seeing Red Cost of implementing green purchasing practices is holding some companies back. |
