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Kidde customer Webcast: Optimizing the Supply Chain

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Overview Kidde is a leading fire and safety products manufacturer with global operations in 20 countries and 50 subsidiaries. In this webcast, Garth Watkins, Investment Relations Manager and Brian Rambo, Director of Operations at Kidde review the supply chain procurement benefits they achieved with ezMarket and WebSphere Commerce. With a total indirect purchasing spend of around $50 million and a global spend of $250 million, learn how Kidde realized a 17% savings through greater control of the purchasing process in a short period of time.

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Publisher	IBM
Live Date	14th August 2003 16:19 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Business Management, Supply Chain Management

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