purchasing management

SagecommissionedForresterConsultingtoconducta TotalEconomicImpact™(TEI)studytoexaminethe potentialreturnoninvestment(ROI)organizationsmay realizebydeployingits Enterprise Management solutionas part of Sage Business Cloud.Thepurpose ofthisstudyistoprovidereaders withaframework to evaluatethepotentialfinancialimpactof Enterprise Managementwithintheir organizations. Tobetter understandthebenefits,costs,andrisks associatedwithaninvestmentinEnterprise Management,Forrester conducted in-depth interviews withtwoEnterprise Managementcustomers. For a brief description of each customer, see the Analysis section. According toSage,Enterprise Managementis an integratedand globalenterprise business management solution for purchasing, manufacturing, inventory, sales, customer service,and financial management. Formoredetails ontheEnterprise Management solution,seeAppendix A. For this TEI study, Forrester has created a compositeOrganizationto illustrate the quantifiable benefits and costs of investing i

UNSPSC enables preference item management, better spend analysis, supply standardization and information control. Whether you are deliberating on the need for a common product and classification standard for your company, or are an advanced UNSPSC adopter, we hope that "Adopting UNSPSC" will answer some of your questions and perhaps help you in some way to improve your purchasing and supply management processes.

Financial services firms are turning to Business Spend Management (BSM) as a Strategic Solution Beset by competitors and burdened by ever-shifting regulatory requirements, financial services firms are turning to cloud-based technology to gain better control over—and visibility into—spending. In the process, they are becoming fiercer competitors. Download this ebook for insights into how you can improve your organization's financial health and how: A cloud complete-BSM solution can track and measure all purchasing activities, identifying patterns that provide opportunities for negotiating discounts, and better managing risk To increase savings across source-to-contract, procure-to-pay, travel & expense management, as well as risk and supplier management Modern technology enables the finance function to take cost-management to a deeper level—without investing in IT infrastructure

Today, more than ever, the customer is at the center of business. Armed with more choice and ultimately more power, customers expect businesses to deliver entirely satisfying, customer-centric experiences throughout the sales cycle. Whether you sell to businesses or consumers, customers are accustomed to one-click purchasing, full mobile access, and social media-driven recommendations, and they are demanding a similar experience of all companies they do business with. With eSignature & Digital Transaction Management (DTM) solutions from DocuSign you can provide that experience, allowing customers to transact with you on their terms while reinforcing your modern reputation.

Watch this on-demand webinar to hear senior research director Patrick Connaughton from the Hackett Group review the latest research on supplier segmentation and stratification strategies. You’ll also get practical advice on implementing these best practices at your organization.

As a purchasing executive or vendor management professional, your goal is to balance business value, cost and associated risks when sourcing and managing technology vendors. Download this whitepaper and learn: • To identify internal drivers that shape sourcing strategies • Best practices for developing a new T&M sourcing strategy • 5 key sourcing and vendor management activities that strengthen your sourcing strategy

This demo shows how Intuit Quickbooks Enterprise Solutions enabled by IBM Smart Business offers a smarter way to acquire, use and support business applications. Find out how you can use this software solution for your business to simplify inventory, purchasing, sales, and payroll, enabling you to cut costs and complexity. 

This webinar will discuss the challenges in designing a workable change management process, defining approval workflows, and conforming to IT governances such as Sarbanes-Oxley and SAS70. This webinar will also show you how quickly Numara FootPrints Change Management can help you effectively and easily manage change, ensure compliance in IT, as well as other functional areas of your business. Learn more today!

The objective of this white paper is to review various aspects of retail financial management and to draw important lessons for small and mid-size retailers. The paper addresses a wide range of topics that impact a retailer’s financial success. Many of these are common to retailers of all sizes, but some are specific to mid to small tier businesses and many cautionary notes are given.

The strategic sourcing group has faced myriad challenges over the last two decades, including a fluctuating economy and increased expectations to bolster the enterprise bottom-line. However, the last few years have brought about a new, complex challenge: continue to drive procurement performance while finding fresh cost savings within other areas of corporate spending.

Spend Matters has long argued that spend visibility and contract management have always been two sides of the same coin. Companies can leverage an integrated spend analysis, contract management and P2P solution set to institute real-time controls to validate a number of possible spend variables.

More and more, manufacturers realize, that for increased productivity, they need a fully integrated, job-based manufacturing software system that has functionality for quoting, scheduling, job tracking, costing, purchasing, performance metrics and customer relationship management to name a few. In this white paper, Business-Software.com profiles the leading discrete manufacturing software vendors.

So far, most data centers have virtualized their least-critical workloads as a matter of basic cost containment. Virtualizing mission-critical applications is still forthcoming for the majority,though, largely due to infrastructural concerns. Complicating matters is the shift in IT purchasing decisions from IT to business management. Integrated Computing Platforms (ICPs), private cloud computing, and public cloud services all leverage virtualization to achieve a number of IT and business goals, including increased ROI, reduced OpEx, and business process improvement. Now more than ever, it makes sense to explore the benefits of ICPs. Find expert data center considerations here.

"O-Demand Webinar: See how workflow can be sped up significantly by removing of paper frmo the equation. A paperless environment with eSignature functionality paves the way for secure, authorized signing of documents in minutes plus the tracking all forms to completion with full visibility anytime, anywhere, on any device. "

Today, more than ever, the customer is at the center of business. Armed with more choice and ultimately more power, customers expect businesses to deliver entirely satisfying, customer-centric experiences throughout the sales cycle. Whether you sell to businesses or consumers, customers are accustomed to one-click purchasing, full mobile access, and social media-driven recommendations, and they are demanding a similar experience of all companies they do business with. With eSignature & Digital Transaction Management (DTM) solutions from DocuSign you can provide that experience, allowing customers to transact with you on their terms while reinforcing your modern reputation.

When you register, you will have access to Purchasing Tips and Pay Per Click Management Advice so get your free price quotes today!

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is a foundational cyber security technology. However, a properly executed SIEM strategy is difficult to execute even in static network environments with limited assets, much less for companies that have heterogeneous networks, transient end users, and plans of expansion. In this analyst report from Frost & Sullivan, you’ll read about several factors that companies big and small need to consider when purchasing and deploying a SIEM. You’ll also learn about AlienVault’s unified approach to solving for these challenges, with its on-prem appliance (USM Appliance™), and cloud-based SIEM-as-service, (USM Anywhere™). Download this report now to learn more about the changing SIEM market and AlienVault’s unified approach to security information and event management.

This white paper describes the architecture of SAS Marketing Operations Management and various aspects of its deployment and security. The following areas are covered: • High-level architecture overview • Architectural components • Ecosystem • Virtualization • Deployment options • Deployment best practices • Security This paper is intended for those involved in purchasing, selling and implementing SAS Marketing Operations Management, including system administrators and anyone seeking an understanding of the solution’s architecture and security.