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Coventry City Council Cuts Overhead by US$414,000 by Migrating 24% of Spend to Online Purchasing 2008-02-01 Oracle

Coventry City Council provides local government services to 306,000 residents and businesses in the United Kingdom's eleventh largest city. Coventry City Council wanted to streamline and e-enable financial and purchasing processes following a government Best Value Review assessment and improve budget management and gain advance visibility of spending by introducing commitment accounting. The challenge was to cut back-office purchasing costs and leverage best value for US$258 million annual spend on goods and services and reduce volume of items in stock, shorten purchasing cycles, and pay supplier invoices faster. The council implemented Oracle iProcurement as part of the council's Modernization and Improvement Plan following a poor Corporate Performance Assessment (CPA) rating in 2002 and migrated 33% of transactions online within 12 months.

Tags: Finance

Wokingham Borough Council Reaps Operational Benefits From a Single, Integrated System 0000-00-00 Oracle

Wokingham Borough Council is at the heart of a thriving economy, with a high representation of blue-chip companies in its catchment area. The company wanted to provide integrated functionality and electronic purchasing not available through 12-year-old legacy systems and simplify technology solutions and avoid duplication of software and processes. The challenge was to improve the level and type of information available and improve decision-making by budget managers by providing them with improved analysis capabilities. The company selected a solution supplied, implemented, and supported directly by Oracle, providing a "One-stop technology shop", yielding implementation and maintenance efficiencies and savings. The company chose Oracle on the basis of global reputation, competitive price, and track record with local government implementations.

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Aluar Aluminio Argentino S.A.I.C. Improves Analysis and Decision-Making 0000-00-00 Oracle

Aluar is the only producer of primary aluminum and the most important provider of semi-fabricated aluminum in Argentina. The company wanted to update the company's 10-year-old technology, taking advantage of unified, integrated support processes in the plants of the group, based in Puerto Madryn (Chubut State) and Abasto (Buenos Aires State). The challenges were to offer high level service necessary to financial and management process and give the company the opportunity to operate new industrial manufacturing processes, due to the integrated system. The company implemented a wide range of Oracle E-Business Suite modules to integrate company's activities and by using Oracle Purchasing as the infrastructure for corporate level purchases; integrated catalog items from suppliers, increasing the company's negotiating power for procurement contracts.

Tags: Finance,

Best Practice Procurement Cuts Costs for Cheshire 0000-00-00 Oracle

Cheshire County Council provides environmental, community and children's services to 672,000 people in Cheshire. It is the 14th-largest local authority in England and Wales. The council wanted to capture and analyze purchasing data to gain insight into spends and identify best-value suppliers and best-value products. The challenges were to drive out cost by automating and Web-enabling the procure-to-pay process for as many goods and services as possible and reduce the need for paper-based ordering and invoicing. The company used Oracle Advanced Procurement to standardize purchasing processes across all departments, enforce use of purchase orders for each transaction, and create single supplier database.

Tags: Best Practices, Database Applications

Xchanging Helps Customers Increase Profit With Sarbanes-Oxley Compliant Procurement Solution 2007-08-01 Oracle

International business process outsourcing company Xchanging plc specializes in handling large, complex, back-office processing services for procurement, financial, and accounting operations. The company wanted to implement a Sarbanes-Oxley compliant procure-to-pay model, capable of processing thousands of secure transactions daily, to win a major new outsourcing contract from a large bank. The challenge was to create a procure-to-pay solution that cuts transaction costs, leverages buying power, enforces on-contract spend, improves reporting, and boosts margins for Xchanging and the customer. The company implemented Oracle iProcurement, a self-service requisitioning application with configurable approval management capabilities that enforce adherence to purchasing policies. It also used Oracle iProcurement to automate and streamline processes, deploy real-time order status tracking, and leverage the product's built-in spend analysis and discount calculation functionality.

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Database Applications

The Components of a Quality Business Case 2007-07-18 Forrester Research

Business cases are following their own "maturity model" as they move from filling the need for obtaining funds for a standalone initiative to being a driver for project planning, serving as the tool for prioritization of competing investments, and becoming an enabler of long-term project benefits realization. As the sophistication of the business case increases, the content must keep up. Business cases now must speak to alignment, benefits realization and risk, as well as mere project economics.

Tags: Finance, Strategic Planning, Methodology

HP Products Built to Protect the Environment 2007-02-01 IDG (International Data Group)

Eco-responsibility is an increasingly important item for customers. While the term "Eco-responsibility" may have different meanings for different customers, it's clear that what was once an aspiration is now becoming more central to business planning and purchasing decisions. Customers are becoming mindful of the ways in which their operations affect the environment. This includes labor decisions, parts sourcing, Research and Development (R&D), as well as in their IT decisions. While this paper focuses on the role of IT and environmental responsibility in the enterprise, this new sense of eco-responsibility is true for all customer types, including consumers. In fact, consumers today are more aware that their everyday decisions impact the environment.

B2B Reality Check 2007-01-18 01:00:27 Quocirca Ltd

There is a common perception that supply chain automation has created an environment in which transactions move quickly and efficiently between organisations in industries such as the retail supply chain, the automotive manufacturing supply chain and high-tech manufacturing. This perception is challenged by arecent research study summarised in this report

Delivering on the Service Proposition: What to Look for When Considering On-Demand Applications 2007-01-08 13:49:55 SpringCM

If the ease and economics of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) appeal to you, check out this informative white paper from SpringCM. It highlights best practices in SaaS operations and offers guidelines for evaluating providers based on these key criteria:

Performance

Reliability

Availability

Information Stewardship

Scalability

Enterprise Dependability

Download the paper to learn what questions to ask�and what answers to listen for�when selecting a Software-as-a-Service vendor.

Should CIOs Capitalize Or Expense IT Investments? 2006-12-28 Forrester Research

CIOs frequently wonder whether to capitalize or expense an IT investment initiative. Often these decisions are made with insufficient financial analysis it is not as simple as doing the math and making the call on a standalone basis for individual projects. The consequence of flawed decisions can get in the way of the company's ability to make future investments with highly worthwhile initiatives by mortgaging its future with deferred obligations based on unrealistic depreciation periods and residual values. CIOs must provide input to, and work closely with, the CFO and treasurer before finalizing these decisions.

Tags: Finance, Strategic Planning

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Title	Date Added	Company
Coventry City Council Cuts Overhead by US$414,000 by Migrating 24% of Spend to Online Purchasing	2008-02-01	Oracle
Coventry City Council provides local government services to 306,000 residents and businesses in the United Kingdom's eleventh largest city. Coventry City Council wanted to streamline and e-enable financial and purchasing processes following a government Best Value Review assessment and improve budget management and gain advance visibility of spending by introducing commitment accounting. The challenge was to cut back-office purchasing costs and leverage best value for US$258 million annual spend on goods and services and reduce volume of items in stock, shorten purchasing cycles, and pay supplier invoices faster. The council implemented Oracle iProcurement as part of the council's Modernization and Improvement Plan following a poor Corporate Performance Assessment (CPA) rating in 2002 and migrated 33% of transactions online within 12 months. Tags: Finance
Wokingham Borough Council Reaps Operational Benefits From a Single, Integrated System	0000-00-00	Oracle
Wokingham Borough Council is at the heart of a thriving economy, with a high representation of blue-chip companies in its catchment area. The company wanted to provide integrated functionality and electronic purchasing not available through 12-year-old legacy systems and simplify technology solutions and avoid duplication of software and processes. The challenge was to improve the level and type of information available and improve decision-making by budget managers by providing them with improved analysis capabilities. The company selected a solution supplied, implemented, and supported directly by Oracle, providing a "One-stop technology shop", yielding implementation and maintenance efficiencies and savings. The company chose Oracle on the basis of global reputation, competitive price, and track record with local government implementations. Tags:
Aluar Aluminio Argentino S.A.I.C. Improves Analysis and Decision-Making	0000-00-00	Oracle
Aluar is the only producer of primary aluminum and the most important provider of semi-fabricated aluminum in Argentina. The company wanted to update the company's 10-year-old technology, taking advantage of unified, integrated support processes in the plants of the group, based in Puerto Madryn (Chubut State) and Abasto (Buenos Aires State). The challenges were to offer high level service necessary to financial and management process and give the company the opportunity to operate new industrial manufacturing processes, due to the integrated system. The company implemented a wide range of Oracle E-Business Suite modules to integrate company's activities and by using Oracle Purchasing as the infrastructure for corporate level purchases; integrated catalog items from suppliers, increasing the company's negotiating power for procurement contracts. Tags: Finance,
Best Practice Procurement Cuts Costs for Cheshire	0000-00-00	Oracle
Cheshire County Council provides environmental, community and children's services to 672,000 people in Cheshire. It is the 14th-largest local authority in England and Wales. The council wanted to capture and analyze purchasing data to gain insight into spends and identify best-value suppliers and best-value products. The challenges were to drive out cost by automating and Web-enabling the procure-to-pay process for as many goods and services as possible and reduce the need for paper-based ordering and invoicing. The company used Oracle Advanced Procurement to standardize purchasing processes across all departments, enforce use of purchase orders for each transaction, and create single supplier database. Tags: Best Practices, Database Applications
Xchanging Helps Customers Increase Profit With Sarbanes-Oxley Compliant Procurement Solution	2007-08-01	Oracle
International business process outsourcing company Xchanging plc specializes in handling large, complex, back-office processing services for procurement, financial, and accounting operations. The company wanted to implement a Sarbanes-Oxley compliant procure-to-pay model, capable of processing thousands of secure transactions daily, to win a major new outsourcing contract from a large bank. The challenge was to create a procure-to-pay solution that cuts transaction costs, leverages buying power, enforces on-contract spend, improves reporting, and boosts margins for Xchanging and the customer. The company implemented Oracle iProcurement, a self-service requisitioning application with configurable approval management capabilities that enforce adherence to purchasing policies. It also used Oracle iProcurement to automate and streamline processes, deploy real-time order status tracking, and leverage the product's built-in spend analysis and discount calculation functionality. Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Database Applications
The Components of a Quality Business Case	2007-07-18	Forrester Research
Business cases are following their own "maturity model" as they move from filling the need for obtaining funds for a standalone initiative to being a driver for project planning, serving as the tool for prioritization of competing investments, and becoming an enabler of long-term project benefits realization. As the sophistication of the business case increases, the content must keep up. Business cases now must speak to alignment, benefits realization and risk, as well as mere project economics. Tags: Finance, Strategic Planning, Methodology
HP Products Built to Protect the Environment	2007-02-01	IDG (International Data Group)
Eco-responsibility is an increasingly important item for customers. While the term "Eco-responsibility" may have different meanings for different customers, it's clear that what was once an aspiration is now becoming more central to business planning and purchasing decisions. Customers are becoming mindful of the ways in which their operations affect the environment. This includes labor decisions, parts sourcing, Research and Development (R&D), as well as in their IT decisions. While this paper focuses on the role of IT and environmental responsibility in the enterprise, this new sense of eco-responsibility is true for all customer types, including consumers. In fact, consumers today are more aware that their everyday decisions impact the environment.
B2B Reality Check	2007-01-18 01:00:27	Quocirca Ltd
There is a common perception that supply chain automation has created an environment in which transactions move quickly and efficiently between organisations in industries such as the retail supply chain, the automotive manufacturing supply chain and high-tech manufacturing. This perception is challenged by arecent research study summarised in this report
Delivering on the Service Proposition: What to Look for When Considering On-Demand Applications	2007-01-08 13:49:55	SpringCM
If the ease and economics of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) appeal to you, check out this informative white paper from SpringCM. It highlights best practices in SaaS operations and offers guidelines for evaluating providers based on these key criteria: Performance Reliability Availability Information Stewardship Scalability Enterprise Dependability Download the paper to learn what questions to ask�and what answers to listen for�when selecting a Software-as-a-Service vendor.
Should CIOs Capitalize Or Expense IT Investments?	2006-12-28	Forrester Research
CIOs frequently wonder whether to capitalize or expense an IT investment initiative. Often these decisions are made with insufficient financial analysis it is not as simple as doing the math and making the call on a standalone basis for individual projects. The consequence of flawed decisions can get in the way of the company's ability to make future investments with highly worthwhile initiatives by mortgaging its future with deferred obligations based on unrealistic depreciation periods and residual values. CIOs must provide input to, and work closely with, the CFO and treasurer before finalizing these decisions. Tags: Finance, Strategic Planning