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Automating Procurement Contracts Means Fast ROI
If you're still wading through paper-based documents to find out how your suppliers are performing, it's time to automate your contract management system.
Contracts are the lifeblood of procurement. They are the legal expression of supplier relationships, securing the terms that are supposed to drive savings to the bottom line. Yet most organizations are unwittingly exposing themselves to risk and liability by relying on paper-based methods for controlling their contracts. Read the article.


Solutions
Cracking the Code on Supplier Enablement
Different kinds of suppliers require different approaches for supply chain efficiency.
Sounds simple enough: keep suppliers well informed and in the loop and the supply chain will be efficient. Snags arise when you're working with two distinct categories of suppliers — high value and high volume. Read the article.
Technology Trends
Daily Spend Management Systems Evolve
A radical shift in technology deployment eases the burden for IT.
If you can get headlines for your community, or even the world, with a quick glance at a newspaper, shouldn't you be able to do the same with your spend management systems? A radical shift in technology deployment can make it possible. Read the article (PDF).
Customers
New York City Housing Authority Expects 80% Productivity Increase with Procurement Automation
NYCHA gets a single source of truth for management and operating information.

In 2002, NYCHA launched a broad-based initiative to upgrade its business
systems to support cost-saving improvements including a more efficient procurement program. Read the article.


News & Events
Download the Aberdeen whitepaper "The CFO's View of Procurement"
Read an IDC White Paper: Increasing Supply Chain Responsiveness Among Configured Electronic Systems Manufacturers (PDF)
Contracts & The Future of Supply Chain Play! (7 min.)
Listen in as Gartner expert Andy Kyte and Oracle executives share insights on the evolution of sourcing and contract management.
Download the Advanced Procurement brochure (PDF) to learn more about how your enterprise can dramatically cut all supply management costs.
Oracle Executive Procurement Summit link: Register now to attend the Oracle Executive Procurement Summit — See dates, cities, and times.
Oracle Introduces New Strategic Sourcing Capabilities for Oracle Advanced Procurement, with eSender certification. MORE

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November 2005
A quarterly e-newsletter for enterprises that use Procurement applications.


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