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XPRESS - Xerox Global Purchasing Measures the Benefits of Business-to-Business Procurement Using SAP's Business Warehouse

Overview Amongst the much hyped benefits and huge potential savings of e-Procurement there is one company, Xerox Xpress, the global purchasing operation of Xerox Corporation who are able to report real numbers of the performance and benefits of their solution. With the help of Axon, the business and technology services company, Xerox have implemented SAP's Business Warehouse (SAP BW) system for reporting directly on their SAP business-to-business procurement solution. They are able to deliver reports demonstrating the returns they are getting from the system and enabling them to make more informed and better decisions in their purchasing processes. Now Xpress has the ability to understand which suppliers are performing well and which are not.

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Publisher	SAP	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	October 2004	Downloads	32
Format	Case Studies
Topics	E-procurement, ERP

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