Tackling uncontrolled maintenance, repair and operations expenditure
Maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) expenditure can incorporate a multitude of different commodities, depending on the organisation and industry. Normally such expenditure includes those commodities that are not direct material inputs to actual products, but are rather associated with ‘keeping organisations and machines running’.
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Powerful, next generation spend analysis service launched
Purchasing Index (PI) is has announce the launch of a groundbreaking new spend analysis service, Spendtrak™, a next-generation technology that transforms spend analysis from “nice-to-have” to “must-have”. At a fraction of the cost of most older technologies, Spendtrak™ will immediately demonstrate superior value for money” Alan Low, Managing Director of PI, explained to SmartProcurement.
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Managed Print Services Provide a Professional Approach to Procuring Output Devices
The domain of Output Devices (copiers, faxes, scanners and multi-purpose devices) - usually referred to as ‘office equipment’ - is often an area of much controversy as it is serviced by many different companies with often divergent agendas and sales philosophies. When examining the advent of Managed Print Services (MPS) in South Africa, one notices that it offers procurement departments and end-users the option of recruiting the expertise and services of specialists who focus on the entire estate of in-house copier and print facilities.
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Courier Services Benchmarking Shows Up Rate Discrepancies
"Courier Services is a surprisingly complex spend category to manage as the devil (and delivery of savings!) is in the detail," benchmarker Purchasing Index (PI) MD Alan Low, told SmartProcurement. " We regularly benchmarks domestic courier rates across organisations from a variety of industry sectors...Posted by Editor at 9:30 AM | Comments (0)
Outsourcing Management of Print can lead to 30% cost savings
"The world-wide trend in commodity spend management is to either appoint speciality managers internally, or to outsource the spend to a credible third party service provider", Gary Davies, Managing Director of Print Outsource International (POINT), told SmartProcurement in a recent interview. In the industry, this specialist outsourced service is neatly captioned "Print Management". Furthermore, it is necessary to make the distinction that these services are normally engaged in managing the organisation's 'external' print requirements, i.e. where you send the jobs out and do not process it internally, using your own resources.
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New generation E-commerce tools for procuring 'indirect' spend commodities
Direct spend commodities are products that are directly involved in the organisation's core business and is often also referred to as 'productive spend'. For instance, in a manufacturing organisation, all equipment, materials and packaging will be included into this category.Posted by Editor at 9:40 AM | Comments (0)
