eyeforprocurement Newsletter : August 2007

Hi,

I have thought that you might be interested to know that the eyeforprocurement Green Purchasing Summit will take place on November 29-30, 2007 at the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, FL. www.eyeforprocurement.com/green

The earlier you register, the less you pay, check our early bird offers at https://secure.firstconf.com/procurement/green/register.htm If you register by September 22nd you will save $400! In addition, you will get $100 off if you quote 'Purchasing' - that's a total saving of $500!

The conference will bring together an unrivalled set of expert speakers. Top procurement executives from successful leaders in green procurement, including Wal-Mart, General Motors, Boeing, Office Depot, Nike, IBM, Microsoft, Chiquita, to name but a few, will show you how to grow a green procurement plan that's worth its weight in gold. Session by stimulating session, you will learn how to overcome the challenges of green procurement and make the green purchasing change in your company happen. You will discover green procurement benefits and the true value of greening your procurement operations. To view the full program please download the brochure at www.eyeforprocurement.com/green/brochure.shtml

If you are interested to know what other procurement professionals think and do about green purchasing, you can also download a free Green Purchasing report based on the responses to the survey carried out by eyeforprocurement. To download a free report please go to www.eyeforprocurement.com/green/free_report.shtml

If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me at izabela@eyeforprocurement.com or 1 800 814 3459 ext. 252

Best regards,

Izabela

News Items:

eyeforprocurement’s Green Purchasing Report just released
eyeforprocurement’s Green Purchasing report highlights both the benefits and obstacles that businesses face when implementing "green" purchasing practices.
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Why Aren't You Optimizing Your Sourcing Decisions?
I could give 8:1 odds that if you are reading this then you are not using strategic sourcing decision optimization and I would make a killing. I could give 6:1 odds that you don't even know what it really is and I could give 4:1 odds that you haven't even used a good decision support system and I would still reap more than a winning long-shot bet at the track.
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Releases 2006 Ethical Sourcing Report
Wal-Mart's Ethical Standards program audited more factories than any company in the world; high-risk factory violations decreased more than 23 percent; program scope increased to include environmental criteria.
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Emptoris and CPO Agenda Engage European Business Community to Examine Trends in World Class Procurement
Emptoris, a leading provider of Enterprise Supply and Contract Management solutions, and CPO Agenda, a leading global business magazine for procurement professionals, summarized the findings of the first half of the CPO Agenda Executive Debate roundtable sessions, sponsored by Emptoris and Accenture, which focused on examining key trends and practices in achieving world class procurement at Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 organisations across Europe.
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Optimizing Inventory Management and Supply Chain Finance Practices Improves Working Capital Metrics; Technology Plays an Important Role
Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company, has just released the latest benchmark report on working capital optimization based on a survey of 400 supply chain and finance professionals. This report helps companies identify best practices in moving from working capital optimization theory to practical initiatives that can improve their corporate financial performance.
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Dell Launches 'Direct Talk' for Diverse Suppliers
Representatives from diverse businesses across the United States met with Dell managers to learn about upcoming procurement opportunities and to better understand the company's supplier guidelines and processes related to doing business with Dell.
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Western Importers Express Concerns Over China VAT Refund Policy Changes
Most Western companies that import materials and products from China expect negative effects, including price increases, from China's new VAT refund rate policy, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by China strategy consulting firm Technomic Asia, examines the impact this new VAT policy is expected to have on affected companies.
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BCG Study Identifies Ten Practices for Successful Sourcing From China
According to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), companies are encountering increasingly tough challenges, both internal and external, as their sourcing operations evolve through four stages of maturity -- each more complex than the last. To progress, companies must continuously renew themselves to meet the emerging challenges.
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Brooks Brothers Moves Worldwide Supplier Transactions Onto TradeCard
TradeCard, Inc., the leading provider of global trade solutions for financial and physical supply chain automation has announced that Brooks Brothers, a division of Retail Brand Alliance Inc. (RBA), has extended its TradeCard membership to fully automate transactions with its global suppliers from purchase order through payment.
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EPA Recognizes Pepsi's Three Anchor Bottlers Among Nation's Top Purchasers of Renewable Energy Certificates
In an effort to extend PepsiCo's sustainability efforts to the supply chain, the three largest Pepsi-Cola bottlers in North America announced today that they are each purchasing renewable energy certificates (RECs) to match 100% of the electricity used by their U.S. operations.
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Pepsi Tops List Of Green Power Purchasers
The EPA has updated its Top Green Power Purchasers list. The National Top 25 list of Green Power Partners accounts for more than 6 billion kilowatt-hours per year of green power purchasing, more than 60 percent of the total kWh in the Green Power Partnership.
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Environmental Concerns Distant Priority In IT Purchasing Decisions
Over 60 percent of companies regard cost as the key factor in IT purchasing decisions and over 35 percent view security as the primary concern, according to the latest survey from 1E.
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