As part of its IT initiative to optimize the company’s multi-million dollar purchasing budget, Martin-Baker looked to improving cost by taking a more strategic approach to direct material procurement as a means of generating cost savings from its supplier community.

The entire nature of demand is changing, placing unprecedented demands on forecasting accuracy. In fact, long-range planning and forecasting are increasingly losing their ability to guide manufacturers. Manufacturers seek lower risk levels by focusing on what products customers want - in a pull based fashion.

To stay successful in the face of rapid change and shifting customer demands, organizational flexibility is essential. To withstand the pressures of a tight economy and shrinking margins, maintaining and improving cash flow is a pressing need. Read this white paper to learn how a Lean Supply Chain solution will help you to trim time and cost from every step of the replenishment process.

In immediate and practical terms, failing to connect and streamline business processes can take a sharp toll on the bottom line. Organizations that do not integrate and manage their enterprise-wide business applications efficiently will not realize a full return on their investments. Read this white paper to learn more.

Golden Tulip needed to boost brand awareness and improve efficiency to maximize customer opportunities. The deployment of a PMS system was therefore required, find out what approach Golden Tulip used, and what system they elected to use?

This whitepaper tackles the basics of electronic trading and procurement: factors driving eprocurement such as cost savings, efficiency drives, organisational and managerial challenges - impacts on staffing, authorisation and work processes; key technology issues; how best to approach e-procurement.

Taking control of spending and costs is a major challenge for company executives today. With an increasingly unpredictable economy, businesses must seek more and more ways to tighten their belts and improve business efficiency.