Archive for the 'Procurement' Category

Government’s procurement policy panned

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Years after acceding into the World Trade Organization, Taiwan is still barring foreign bidders from accessing government procurement projects, the European Chamber of Commerce in Taipei said yesterday.
“There is still a trend to prohibit international companies from bidding in government projects like the CKS (International Airport Access MRT system),” a visibly frustrated Geoffrey Spencer, co-chair […]

Pushing Procurement Savings to the Bottom Line, Increasing Corporate Competitiveness Both Dominating the CFO Agenda, Says AberdeenGroup

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 11, 2005–Following a benchmarking study of 100 CFOs and senior financial managers conducted with Business Finance Magazine, AberdeenGroup has published a new report, “The CFO’s View of Procurement: Getting More to the Bottom Line.” According to the new report, economic uncertainty, slower revenue growth, and lower profit margins are placing greater demands on […]

Procurement BPO Deal Analysis Reveals Vibrant Market Activity, IDC Finds

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 26, 2005–A newly released IDC study of worldwide procurement business process outsourcing (BPO) contracts signed by U.S. providers reveals that the procurement BPO market is much larger than public deal announcements alone indicate. While only 50 procurement BPO deals have been publicly disclosed by U.S.-based providers over time, IDC’s exploration of the […]