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Mar 14, 2006

IT-Enabled Change

The following is based on Dr. Bozarth’s research on “ERP Implementation Efforts at Three Firms: Applying lessons from the SISP and IT-enabled change literature” which is scheduled to appear in…

Mar 8, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Secure Top Management Support – Part 9

Having a champion in senior management to send the signal that compliance to the redesigned P2P process is critical. Ideally, a policy of “zero tolerance” should be established, with consequences…

Mar 8, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Conclusions and Observations – Part 10

Virtually all of the hypotheses identified at the beginning of the research project were validated by the suppliers and subject matter experts interviewed in the study. A confluence of respondents…

Mar 8, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Reduce Complexity in Catalogs and Buying Channels – Part 8

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 PART 9 PART 10 Many of the experts also emphasized the need to reduce…

Mar 2, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Develop a Robust Technology w/a Portal to Minimize Touch P6

A number of SME’s described the need to eliminate the manual intervention of multiple untrained individuals in entering information into systems such as SAP. Many ERP systems have modules for…

Mar 2, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: On-Site Relationship Managers – Part 5

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 PART 9 PART 10 An important point that many respondents noted was the need…

Feb 12, 2006

Smart and Secure Tradelanes (SST)

Abstract: An industry initiative, SST, was established in October of 2002. The purpose is to identify the tampering of containers while in transit using automated tracking, detection and security technologies.…

Jan 31, 2006

Overview of US Government Security Initiatives

Even before the events of 9/11, security was a priority for the United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). The following initiatives are in place to ensure the highest security…

Jan 18, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Subject matter expert insights into the P2P process – Part 4

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 PART 9 PART 10 A number of senior executives from a variety of different…

Jan 4, 2006

Best Practices in Procure to Pay Cycle: Perspectives from suppliers – Part 2

PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 PART 9 PART 10 We first interviewed eight suppliers who were known to have…