• The sourcing benefits of TMS

  By David Hannon, March 11, 2010
  In addition to shipment tendering and tracking, LMS' transportation management system also allows American Railcar put its freight contracts out to bid through the TotalBid tool. With the TMS in place in early 2009, ARI put together a freight bid package based on the most frequently used lanes in 2008.  More

• Collaboration leads to the right manufacturing process

  By Paul Teague, Editor in Chief, March 11, 2010
  In the world of product development, supplier collaboration with engineering, initiated and facilitated by purchasing, is a concept that continues to gain enthusiastic acceptance—even among engineers. Most engineers recognize that when purchasing, engineering and suppliers work together they can reduce costs and improve product quality and performance.  More

• Purchasing 3.0

  By David Hannon, February 11, 2010
  From database software to social networking sites, procurement pros are leveraging every available means to streamline the function in today's fast-paced supply chains.Do you approve purchase orders on your Black-Berry? Have you used social networking to build supplier relationships? Do you know how to use relational database tools to analyze your spend data? Are you sure you're using Excel effectively? Do you, uh, Tweet? If you answered no to these questions, you may already be a step behind many of your peers.  More

• What $100K buys in spend analysis software

  By Susan Avery, February 11, 2010
  Sometimes buyers have to spend money to save money. This is especially true for spend analysis software. As we did for contract management software last month, we set out to find spend analysis software for under $100,000. What we learned is that this figure is really the minimum that buyers need to be willing to pay for the tool that provides a view into what they are purchasing and from whom.  More

• Ace Hardware leverages online tools in bidding less-than-truckload freight

  By David Hannon, February 11, 2010
  Use of LeanLogistics and SMC3 tools helps retailer streamline freight buying.Running an effective logistics bidding project is all about timing. The timing of market conditions needs to be right. The timing of the bid needs to match your company's supply chain goals. And, when it comes to using online tools in the bid process, there is a timeline to be followed as well. Retailer Ace Hardware of Oak Brook, Ill.  More

• Winner declared in PurchasingBizconnect's second caption-writing contest

  David Hannon, February 11, 2010
  The second installment of PurchasingBizconnect's cartoon caption-writing contest brought some clever and witty responses. But when we received our first poem, we knew we had our winner. Here it is: Harry had a little crock, with teeth as sharp as knives. Everywhere that Harry went, the fear gave people hives.  More

• Carbon management becomes key supply chain strategy

  Paul Teague, February 3, 2010
  New Carbon Disclosure Project report shows companies pressing suppliers on greenhouse gas emissions  More

• Supply chain strategy key to Oracle's plans for Sun Microsystems

  Dave Hannon, January 29, 2010
  Oracle's plans emphasize sourcing, supplier management  More

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