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IndustryWeek
March 1, 2007
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Indirect Procurement Gets The Shaft Companies choose to outsource function to improve service.   |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Trimming the Fat From Indirect Procurement Industrial manufacturers are looking to sharply reduce transactional costs and the number of purchase orders. |
IndustryWeek
May 16, 2012
David Blanchard |
Straight Talk about Indirect Procurement The finance and purchasing departments need to get on the same page about their indirect procurement. |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Peggy Cope |
The Drive to Procurement Outsourcing ICG Commerce CEO talks about the drivers, challenges, and best practices of outsourcing your procurement. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Matters of Perception Many procurement teams feel underused and under-appreciated, but now could be their chance to shine. |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Rachael Stormonth |
Are Vendors Contributing To the Slowdown in New Procurement BPO? Mismatches between buy-side requirements and vendors' services and capabilities prove challenging. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Speaking Out on Outsourcing Study shows more companies are now willing to outsource procurement tasks. |
CFO
May 15, 2012
Josh Hyatt |
The Rise and Rise of Procurement Like CFOs of yore, procurement executives are shedding their roles as stewards and becoming what their companies need them to be: strategic thinkers. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2004
Rich Smith |
Kimberly-Clark's Blowout Quarter The company pre-announces excellent first-quarter results. |
FAO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Lisa Ross |
Department Procurement: Try Adding Procurement By outsourcing finance & accounting and procurement together, you can fan the flames of powerful synergies that will go straight to the bottom line -- while helping to improve operations. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
The Talent Search New skills and capabilities will be in high demand as procurement moves away from traditional responsibilities. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Beaker Counters Bristol-Myers Squibb incorporates procurement initiative. |
Global Services
June 27, 2007 |
The Global Sourcers More and more people are sourcing services from around the world for their companies. But do they have the right skills for a job that is becoming increasingly strategic to their companies? |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Buyer's Discourse: By the Numbers Companies that take a strategic and integrated approach to procurement can not only reduce costs, but also realize value and efficiencies. |
CFO
November 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Buy It for Me Companies are increasingly using third-party procurement services, even for essential purchases. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2002
Larry Hall |
Finding the Holes in Purchasing Policies The growth of real estate portfolios triggered many inefficiencies that are now apparent in a down economy. Despite greater scrutiny of spending, many real estate executives remain unaware of the high price of wasteful procurement operations. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009
Steve Minter |
Procurement Outsourcing in Manufacturing Large manufacturers helped lead the procurement outsourcing market to 30% growth in 2008, according to a recent study. |
The Motley Fool
July 23, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
No Paper Tiger Paper products giant Kimberly-Clark has a solid quarter in a difficult market. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Regaining Cost-Consciousness The A&D industry wakes up to new ways to reduce procurement costs. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2005
M.D. Mitchell |
Don't Cry, Kimberly-Clark Can the Kleenex maker's strong cash flows drive long-term growth despite higher costs? |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2006
Jill Jusko |
Rethinking Raw Materials Escalating prices for metals, plastics and other materials are challenging manufacturers to find new methods to rein in costs. |
The Motley Fool
January 26, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Kimberly-Clark Hits the Mark No accidents for the consumer products maker in its fourth-quarter earnings. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 21, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Comerica Awards BPO Contract to Accenture Accenture will provide COmerica with outsourced management of its procurement operations. |
HRO Today
Jul/Aug 2008
Andy Teng |
Department Benefits: Adopting TBO a Step at a Time Kimberly-Clark soaks in the benefits of outsourcing to one vendor for all of its benefits administration needs. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2004
Rich Smith |
Does Kimberly-Clark Have Inner Beauty? Surface numbers disappoint, but that's as far as Wall Street looks. At its current run rate, then, Kimberly-Clark looks on target to hit about $2.4 billion in free cash flow for fiscal 2004, giving it a forward enterprise value-to-free cash flow ratio of about 14. |
IndustryWeek
January 20, 2010
David Blanchard |
Transformation is Out; Optimization is In A look at what to expect from the global supply chain in 2010. |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
2 Big Reasons to Sell Kimberly-Clark Inferior profitability and weak sales volumes are two reasons to sell Kimberly-Clark. |
Global Services
December 7, 2008
Chris Osentowski |
Global Sourcing Strategies Customers are conferring with their global sourcing providers to revisit their outsourcing strategies, procurement processes, transition and delivery commitments for what is expected to be a soft year. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Aligning Business Functions Pays Off Recent study outlines best practices to ensure a world-class procurement function. |
Managed Care
February 2001
Joyce R. Ochs |
B2B for Health 'Business to business' is where the real action is in Internet health care... |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2005
Doug Bartholomew |
Operations: New Ideas For Smooth Systems A move to outsourcing and a shift toward enterprise resource planning software for maintenance applications are among the key trends taking place in the market for maintenance, repair and operations software. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Kimberly-Clark: A Sturdy Investment At a yield approaching 3%, the consumer products company's stock remains an interesting investment idea. |
Global Services
June 4, 2008
Namita Goel |
Into its Own: Sourcing as a Profession If the demand for sourcing professionals outstrips supply, where will the talent come from? |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Navjot Kaur |
Kimberly-Clark: Still Trapped by Inflation Kimberly-Clark reports declining profits due to inflationary pressures in the second quarter. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2009
Nick Zubko |
Are Your Prices Right? Adjusting pricing strategies could help manufacturers survive the economic crisis. |
IndustryWeek
September 14, 2011 |
Time To Tell Your CPOs to Collaborate With Suppliers How to create value by collaborating inside and outside the organization. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
Jill Jusko |
Procurement -- Not All Dollars And Cents Despite the downswing in the economy, manufacturers continue to strive for collaborative procurement partnerships... |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2006
Rich Duprey |
In the Foolish Spotlight These companies released news at oddball hours, hoping investors wouldn't notice. Kimberly-Clark... M-Flex... National RV Holdings... Jefferies Group... |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
John Teresko |
The Services Procurement Challenge Outside and indirect services spending averages 15% of revenue. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Kimberly-Clark Gets No Love Higher energy prices have investors spooked about the large paper products company. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Oshkosh Opens Procurement Office in Shanghai Oshkosh Corp., a manufacturer of specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies, recently opened an Asia Procurement Center in Shanghai, China. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2004
Nathan Slaughter |
Kimberly-Clark's Cash The paper products giant has plans in store for its record cash flows. |
CIO
November 1, 2000
Tracy Mayor |
Our Vendors, Ourselves - Interview: Frank Casale Frank Casale wants you to love your outsourcer as yourself... |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Online Marketplace Evolution In their infancy, many online marketplaces kept their focus too narrow. Those that saw the big picture survived. |
Global Services
July 30, 2007
Glenn Brule |
Business-analysis Skills: Critical for Sourcing Success Whether a company is embarking on a full-scale, outsourced call center or IT operation, or contracting globally for simple project-based services, the need for business-analysis skills is vital. Yet, the role of a business analyst in outsourced engagements is often undefined and elusive. |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Steven Mallas |
The FORCE Is With Kimberly-Clark The tissue maker delivers another quarter of double-digit earnings growth. Investors, take note. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
The Do-It-Yourself Guide Is it always cheaper to farm it out, or should some things stay in-house? Here are six ways to help crack the "make or buy" mystery. |
Global Services
October 29, 2007
Deborah Kops |
If the Shoe Fits, Wear it Is there a predictive fit between such characteristics as culture, measurement systems, ways of working, procurement strategy and the type of global services solutions specific companies should implement? |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Kimberly-Clark Still in Limbo Kimberly-Clark struggles to restructure amid rising raw-material costs. These shares are still fairly to slightly overvalued here, given that free cash flow isn't really budging. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Cost in Translation More effective sourcing efforts could be as simple as getting your procurement and finance departments to speak the same language. |
