Genpact announces SolPro™ procurement solution

from businesswire.com

Genpact, a global provider of high-quality business services and technology solutions, today announced the release of its SolPro™ procurement solution that will help Global 2000 businesses significantly reduce costs and risks by optimizing sourcing, procurement and payable processes.

Genpact’s Procure-to-Pay Solutions (SolPro) on SAP platform is a suite of indirect procurement tools, based on SAP® SRM, that offers an integrated, end-to-end service that can quickly and effectively address a number of pain points facing global corporations, such as inadequate controllership, limited buy consolidation, poor spend visibility, process variability and contract leakage. “SolPro gives customers a roadmap to optimize procure-to-pay processes by right-sourcing across ITO, BPO and high-end spend-management services,” said Manish Soman, senior vice president, Genpact Software Solutions. Genpact currently supports and manages procure-to-pay processes for some of the world’s largest companies including GE.

Supply Chain Higher Learning

from sdcexec.com

U-M’s Ross School of Business offers new master’s degree in supply chain management
By Editorial Staff

Ann Arbor, MI — April 24, 2007 — A new Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM) program will be offered by the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan beginning January 2008. The admission deadline for the inaugural class is August 1, 2007.

Best-in-Class Supply Chains: The Perfect Order

from industryweek.com

As customers get even more demanding, manufacturers are under pressure to get it right every single time… or else. 

As the pace of commerce has dramatically increased, the patience of customers has similarly decreased. “Better, faster, and cheaper” just isn’t good enough any more; customers today are demanding perfect orders, shipped and delivered on time to the minute, at a cost that barely leaves any margin for error — or profit.