PROCUREMENT UPDATE

Focus on Strategic Sourcing

Interview with A.T. Kearney's Tom Slaight
Corporate Buying Moves to a Higher Level with Strategic Sourcing
If you're not using strategic sourcing to deliver real value, you're behind the curve, because adoption rates and cost savings are starting to climb. Read the interview with A.T. Kearney partner Tom Slaight.

Sourcing Events Equal Big Savings at Cendant Corporation Where Cendant once had no automated sourcing solution, it now holds multiple online events each quarter—saving significant time and money. Read the article.

Sharpening Your Sourcing Edge An onslaught of procurement challenges can leave you spinning, but sourcing tools provide a full complement of analysis, collaboration, and knowledge management. Read the article.

Procurement's Progress An A.T. Kearney study notes that value creation—not just cost reduction—is the focus of today's procurement environment. Read the synopsis or download the article now.

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Oracle Introduces New Strategic Sourcing Capabilities for Oracle Advanced Procurement In February, Oracle Sourcing became the first integrated application to receive eSender certification. See the product page on Oracle.com

LEARN MORE

A.T. Kearney White Paper: Creating Value Through Strategic Supply Management When are cutting costs and improving quality not enough? CEOs from around the world say the time has come to do more. Download the white paper.

New Procurement Resource Kit Download white papers, iSeminars, and case studies to find out more about driving procurement value. Register to get your free kit now.

Tractabel Energia Reduces Costs with Oracle Procurement Watch the video (2 min.).

Getting Sourcing Benefits to the Bottom Line Hear procurement luminary and author Bob Rudzki give a sneak preview of key research findings detailed in his upcoming book "Straight to the Bottom Line". Watch the video.

Internet Seminar: Optimize Working Capital by Linking Payables and Procurement Watch the iSeminar (21 min.).

Brochure: Advanced Procurement Download the brochure.

White Paper from the Hackett Group Achieve world-class source-to-settlement through best practices with this Hackett Group case study. Download the white paper.

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