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Business Definition for: Electronic Procurement

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Electronic Procurement
The Internet's rapid growth has driven many companies to add an electronic commerce component to their operations to gain competitive advantage. Business-to-business online procurement has emerged as one of the hottest topics in the world of commerce and technology. The growth of the Internet and commercial web-based applications is offering...
Tags: Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
White papers 2004-11-02
ePlus Adds Two Electronic Procurement Patents to its Patent Portfolio
HERNDON, Va. -- ePlus inc. (Nasdaq NM:PLUS), a leading provider of Enterprise Cost Management solutions, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded it two new patents in the electronic procurement field covering aspects of "ad hoc" or "special item" requisitions. These two patents enhance ePlus's existing...
Tags: ePlus, patent, procurement
Research articles 2006-06-13
U.S. Department of Defence selects webMethods integration platform to strengthen electronic procurement system; Department of Defence EMALL will increase connection to suppliers and marketplaces for a more robust procurement process using webMethods integ
M2 PRESSWIRE-3 January 2002-webMethods: U.S. Department of Defence selects webMethods integration platform to strengthen electronic procurement system; Department of Defence EMALL will increase connection to suppliers and marketplaces for a more robust procurement process using webMethods integration platform C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...
Tags: procurement, SOFTWARE, supplier, U.S. Department of Defense, WebMethods Inc.
Research articles 2002-01-03
COST CUTTER: Site connects schools; Commonfund offers electronic procurement.(Brief Article)
WILTON, Conn. -- Commonfund executives are looking to save academia a few bucks. The money manager is joining forces with Intelisys Electronic Commerce Inc., New York, to provide the largest online business-to-business electronic commerce network for educational institutions. Commonfund plans...
Tags: Commonfund
Research articles 2000-04-03
Electronic procurement.(Brief Article)
* Electronic Procurement: Tribes will be able to use the government's online procurement system for products and services under a cooperative agreement announced this month between the General Services Administration and the Interior Department. Under the initiative, federally recognized tribes participating in the Office of ...
Tags: procurement, U.S. General Services Administration
Research articles 2005-02-01
Department Of Commerce Launches New Caci-Developed Electronic Procurement System Engine Running Commerce Cstars Is Caci's Comprizontm.Buy - Government Activity
CACI International Inc (NASDAQ:CACI) has announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce has launched its new Commerce Standard Acquisition Reporting System CSTARS, an enterprise-wide electronic procurement system built on CACI's Comprizon.Buy contract management and e-Procurement software. Phase one of CSTARS implementation has been completed and the system is now installed...
Tags: acquisition, CACI International Inc., FINANCE, Investment, procurement, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2000-12-25
A Model for Assessing the Impact of Electronic Procurement Forms
This paper aims to contribute to the development of a model for assessing the direct and indirect impact of various forms of electronic procurement EP on a firm's integral purchasing (-related) costs. The model builds on existing classifications of purchasing costs and benefits and is illustrated by means of a...
Tags: Procurement, Model, University Of Twente, Purchasing & Procurement, Benefits, Business Operations, Human Resources
White papers 2001-03-19
Sonera introduces electronic procurement solution
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-8 May 2002-Sonera introduces electronic procurement solution C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Tags: procurement
Research articles 2002-05-08
Streamline MRO purchases. (maintenance, repair and operations procurement)(Brief Article)
00-00-0000 Organizations with large, nonproduction procurement requirements can streamline purchasing and make it more cost effective with a package of Web-based, electronic procurement solutions from Intelisys Electronic Commerce LLC, New York (www 00-00-0000 Organizations with large, nonproduction procurement requirements can streamline purchasing...
Tags: procurement, Streamline
Research articles 1998-05-04
San Diego State University Uses Intelisys' Electronic Commerce Solution to Develop New Approach to Procurement in Public Sector
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--May 24, 1999-- SDSU's Model to Transform the Procurement Process Into a Revenue Generator Serves as Test for the California State University System Intelisys, a leading provider of global electronic procurement solutions, today announced that San Diego State University SDSU has selected the Intelisys...
Tags: procurement, San Diego State University
Research articles 1999-05-24
Study shows big early returns from e-procurement investments.(Brief Article)
B2B e-commerce is already delivering dramatic returns on investment for firms doing electronic procurement, a major new study concludes. According to Deloitte Consulting, a top management consulting firm, more than 200 respondents in a survey B2B e-commerce is...
Tags: e-procurement, procurement, Deloitte LLP
Research articles 2000-02-01
IBM moves procurement to the Web--big time!
Revolutionary is the word that IBM's purchasing chief uses to describe electronic procurement on the Internet. Revolutionary is the word that IBM's purchasing chief uses to describe electronic procurement on the Internet.
Tags: IBM Corp., procurement, Web
Research articles 1998-12-10
Harbinger Partners With Chevron to Enable Electronic Procurement for Petroleum Supply Chain
ATLANTA--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 16, 1998--Harbinger Corporation (NASDAQ:HRBC), a worldwide supplier of Electronic Commerce EC software, services and solutions for supply chain management, today announced a partnership with Chevron Corporation to assist the petroleum industry giant in building a Web-based catalog management solution that will dramatically reduce its procurement costs. As a...
Tags: Chevron Corp., Harbinger, petroleum, procurement, supply chain
Research articles 1998-11-16
Procurement Alliance.(Brief Article)
Corporations looking to enhance their electronic procurement solutions might look to a new alliance between Paymentech and Core-Harbor designed to provide automation and control for purchasing, payment and reconciliation. The companies claim the comb Corporations looking to enhance their electronic procurement solutions might look to...
Tags: First USA Paymentech, procurement
Research articles 2000-09-01
CACI wins contract to provide electronic procurement system for big federal govt. agency. (CACI International Inc.'s contract with the General Services Administration)
CACI International Inc, of Arlington, Va., a custom software developer whose largest customer is the federal government, has won a contract to automate the General Services Administration's GSA procurement systems and provide electronic data interchange EDI capabilities. The GSA is the huge US agency charged...
Tags: agency, CACI International Inc., EDI, procurement, SOFTWARE, U.S. General Services Administration
Research articles 1995-08-21
Integrators Still Searching for Right E-Procurement Model
The article overviews that although E-Procurement has been implemented for long but still the purchaser are still looking for a perfect model for E-procurement. It states that integrators are casting about for the best business model for electronic procurement in the state and local government market, and neither businessmen nor...
Tags: E-procurement, Business Model, Post-Newsweek Media, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
White papers 2001-08-13
E-commerce will cut stocks, shrink time-to-technology.(electronic procurement)(Intel Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
While some companies become involved in e-procurement for one or two reasons and limit their applications to one or two areas, Intel Corp. sees e-procurement as an integral part of its major business strategies. The two most significant strategies While some companies become...
Tags: company, e-business, e-procurement, Intel Corp., procurement, stock, supplier
Research articles 2000-09-21
IBM Transforms Procurement for German Labor Office
The Bundesagentur für Arbeit BA, the federal government agency responsible for supporting Germany's labor market, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an innovative new project to improve the agency's procurement processes. The solution includes a web-based procurement and contract awarding management system called Public Electronic Procurement BA PeP. The...
Tags: IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, procurement
Research articles 2007-02-20
Telecommunications giant expands e-procurement.(electronic procurement)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
AT&T, the $60 billion telecommunications and cable giant, has been dabbling in e-procurement for a period of time and is now in process of upgrading and expanding its initiative. "Parts of our company already have experience with e-catalog AT&T, the $60 billion telecommunications and...
Tags: AT&T Corp., company, e-procurement, procurement, telecommunications
Research articles 2000-09-21
US DoD opts for webMethods for procurement system integration - Brief Article
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-4 January 2002-US DoD opts for webMethods for procurement system integration C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Integration software provider webMethods has been chosen by the US Department of Defence to supply an integration platform for its EMALL internal marketplace and procurement system. EMALL will now be...
Tags: procurement, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Defense, WebMethods Inc.
Research articles 2002-01-04