eProcurement
ProcureAZ Unifies Purchasing in Arizona
Implementation of statewide hosted e-procurement system also extends low-cost access to local governments....
Removing the obstacles to e-procurement adoption
10 reasons government agencies do not use e-procurement platforms, and how they can overcome those obstacles....
Transitioning a Mature P-Card System
Washington State Department of Transportation shares the lessons of switching card providers....
Baltimore triples purchasing efficiency
Baltimore tripled the amount of purchases processed each month with an online system....
Pasadena Optimizes Conversion to Electronic Payments
A California city's strategic implementation of an electronic payment system lowers costs and improves efficiency....
Premier Farnell's Newark division receives 2009 Ariba Spend Management Excellence Award
London-based multi-channel distributor Premier Farnell's Chicago-based Newark division has received a 2009 Spend Management Excellence Award from Sunnyvale, Calif.-based supplier network Ariba....
BuySpeed delivers bang for the buck in the bayou
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the rebuilding of New Orleans made it more important than ever for the city to modernize its cumbersome and inefficient paper-based purchasing process....
New channel for used construction equipment includes safeguards
Cat Auction Services, a partnership of Caterpillar dealers, aims to create value and minimize risk for both buyers and sellers. ...
Automating procurement processes puts states at the head of the class
We all want efficient government. Efficiency prevents waste and ultimately prevents needless spending of our tax dollars. So when a report card measuring...
The futures so bright ...
Whether youre lying awake in the middle of the night sweating about tomorrows workload or daydreaming about all the fun things that youd like to do on...
Are Shared Services in The Procurement Mix?
At first glance, it seems that the value of a shared service environment for the federal government would be obvious. The process involves taking existing...
Georgia County Streamlines Financial Systems and Procurement Procedures
As the third most-populated county in Georgia, Dekalb County provides its growing population with a wide range of products and services. Similar to other...
Federal IT Spending to Reach $102 Billion by 2012
Information technology (IT) spending by the U.S. federal government will grow 5 percent annually, from $79 billion in 2007 to $102 billion by 2012, according to initial findings from the five-year Federal IT Market Forecast released by INPUT, a provider of government market intelligence....
Diversity Spending Pays Back in Dollars and Sense
As the largest private employer in the city of Philadelphia and the fourth-largest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the University of Pennsylvania...
Public Sector Revisits Outsourcing Hot Button
By Terrence McCrossan Is your human resources (HR) department being challenged to create new efficiencies in 2007? Both public- and private-sector organizations...
E-Procurement Adoption in Local Governments of the United States(1)
By Eric Prier and Clifford P. McCue(2) In many U.S. local governments, one of the most exciting advancements has been the increased use of communications...
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