Whoever is appointed must be given real decision-making power, Cabinet-level access and the budgets needed to oversee the complex procurement processes. According to Peter Kilfoyle, minister for public services, "a senior, board level person" will...
Compaq is to implement an e-procurement system from Infobank at a major utility based in the south-west of the UK, thought to be National Power. Compaq, an Infobank channel partner, will use the ecommerce specialist's InTrade Purchaser software to...
General Electric (GE) has launched an online procurement service to rival CommerceOne and Ariba. Procurement software is to come under the new global exchange services brand, alongside Internet data exchange, EAI (Enterprise Application Integration...
Andersen Consulting has made a foray into the e-procurement infrastructure provision market through a partnership with Sun Microsystems and iPlanet, the ecommerce brand of the Sun/Netscape Alliance. Andersen's AC Ventures unit will hold a majority...
Nine out of 10 procurement managers are intend to implement an e-procurement strategy, but still only 11 per cent have rolled out any form of internet purchasing. These are the facts according to the latest research on the uptake of e-procurement...
When Hewlett-Packard talks about its progress since its acquisition of Compaq Computer seven months ago, the discussion inevitably turns to how the company is trimming its costs. The first step, which took place just after the merger closed, was...