Telstra this week said its IBM-led supply chain overhaul had helped shed 400 staff, cut its inventory centres by half, and cut out 2,000 suppliers.
Procurement traditionally has been a fragmented business for Singapore-headquartered Caltex Corporation, a major player in the oil industry throughout Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. But a new online procurement system that Caltex is rolling out is reinventing the way it does business.
Three-quarters of the way through a massive consolidation and overhaul of its core business applications, dairy and juice giant National Foods has found that the most difficult parts of the project aren't related to technology, but to processes and the simple challenge of keeping skilled people on track.
The Department of Defence is seeking proposals from vendors to provide extensive systems upgrades, services and support for its military integrated logistics information system, an IT project it has described as one of the largest currently underway in Australia.
The Lotteries Commission of Western Australia, Lotterywest, has selected Fujitsu to implement an SAP ERP system in a AU$7.3 million deal.
The market-leading maker of business applications is turning to smaller firms and Web services to expand its software portfolio.
Business software maker SAP plans to release an updated version of its e-commerce applications that includes new tools for selecting and coordinating with suppliers.
Siebel Systems will announce today in the US that the first company to complete installation of its latest customer relationship management system is IT services giant Electronic Data Systems.
Wondering how to tackle that daunting integration project? Take a look at how other enterprises have dealt with the issues.
Of the many technology revolutions promised during the boom years of the late 1990s, e-procurement was one that fell a long way when bubble burst but today, there are signs this market could be back from the dead. Additional reading: E-business for the enterprise
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