Dairy Queen® Chooses Iasta SmartSource for Strategic Sourcing and Advanced Sourcing Optimization

from prweb.com

Dairy Queen uses Iasta e-Sourcing technology to increase efficiency and accuracy of bid collection and award allocation for complex sourcing projects.

Indianapolis, IN (PRWeb) November 2, 2006 — Iasta.com, Inc., is fast-becoming the leading innovator of e-Sourcing software and services for global supply management within the restaurant and foodservice industries. Today the company announced International Dairy Queen, Inc. has chosen Iasta SmartSource™ to simplify procurement process through the usage of advanced decision optimization and analysis, as well as to lower overall procurement costs. Today’s announcement comes on the heels of a string of customer agreements for Iasta with restaurant and food corporations. Dairy Queen® expects to, and has already, seen significant value and cost savings using Iasta’s strategic sourcing technology.

Acquisition managers: We’re overwhelmed with oversight

from govexec.com

By Kimberly Palmer

Senior procurement officials have a message for investigators: Please leave us alone.

They feel berated by lawmakers and inspectors general who don’t always understand how contracting works, according to survey results released Thursday by the Professional Services Council, an Arlington, Va.-based industry group, and Grant Thornton, a global consultancy.

“They feel completely under fire,” said Stan Soloway, president of PSC.

PSC charts troubling procurement trends

from fcw.com

BY Michael Hardy
Published on Nov. 2, 2006

The Professional Services Council (PSC) has released a report, “Troubling Trends in Federal Procurement,” showing that federal acquisition professionals are worried about whether they have the resources they need to do their jobs. Other issues that concern them include oversight, conflicting strategic initiatives and the development of good partnerships with industry.

R.H Barringer overhauls supply chain management

from mikrofax.com

R.H Barringer, the beverage distributor, has overhauled supply chain management by announcing the implementation of new web based requisition, purchasing and sales order systems.

Partners in cost management

from purchasing.com
Purchasing at PPG consolidates the MRO buy, selects the right strategy for the situation, and collaborates with suppliers to impact the bottom line.

By Susan Avery
November 2, 2006

Working closely with MRO suppliers impacts the bottom line in more ways than one.

For sure, consolidating maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) goods and services purchases with a few select suppliers brings savings in the form of price discounts, says Tim Underhill, president of Underhill and Associates, a consulting firm that works with purchasing and distributors on total cost of ownership, strategic sourcing and supply chain management issues in Tulsa, Oklahoma.