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White Paper: Are you struggling to measure the impact of your procurement training investment? While procurement training is one of those rare investments that provides a return many times over, purchasing leaders often struggle with quantifying the benefit. Learn three methods for determining the return on... more
White Paper: Only a very small number of companies achieve elite status where their sourcing and procurement organization deliver the best possible performance - measured in total cost of ownership (TCO), working capital or availability of materials. Read how you can extract maximum value from virtually every... more
White Paper: Recently the total landed cost differential between manufacturing in the United States and China has closed to roughly 6%. The price for components that Western companies pay could make up the difference. Chinese manufacturers enjoy a big cost advantage for electronic components. This paper... more
White Paper: Database and workflow applications can dramatically improve the productivity of your global trade staff and significantly bolster your management’s oversight capacity. Download this whitepaper to find out how... more
White Paper: Executives and trade professionals can and should use business information to outthink rivals, and there's no better way to out-think them than by using analytics to make superior decisions... more
Data Sheet: Supplier risk is greater than it has been in decades. The current economic environment, combined with an increasingly complex global business and regulatory environment, has created an atmosphere where most firms are feeling more vulnerable than ever to uncertainty in their supply chains... more
Data Sheet: This White Paper Uncovers Indirect Supply Chain Inefficiencies - In challenging economic times, many companies focus cost-cutting efforts on direct materials and capital spending rather than Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) supplies, commonly known as indirect materials. Exel's new white... more
Data Sheet: Global companies struggle to find and save every dollar possible. According to a recent AMR research study, forty-percent of sourcing organizations are giving away 30 cents for every dollar of spend because their business strategies are misaligned. The opportunity, as AMR explains, is to move away... more
Webcast: Database and workflow applications can dramatically improve the productivity of your global trade staff and significantly bolster your management’s oversight capacity. Download the webcast now!... more
Webcast: Executives and trade professionals can and should use business information to outthink rivals, and there's no better way to out-think them than by using analytics to make superior decisions... more