News Articles http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:00:00 GMT Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for instrument containers have been awarded to Aesculap Inc. of Center Valley, Pa.; CareFusion of San Diego; Case Medical Inc. of South Hackensack, N.J.; Medline Industries Inc. of Mundelein, Ill.; and Specialty Surgical Instrumentation Inc. of Nashville, Tenn. http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Hospitals-Healthcare-Providers-To-Benefit-0009?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:00:00 GMT Park City Group, Inc., a developer of patented retail supply chain solutions and services, today announced that it has been selected by the International Periodical Distributors Association (IPDA) for enhanced technology solutions to optimize retails sales and supply chain management for its organization members http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Park-City-Group-Selected-By-IPDA-To-Optimize-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:00:00 GMT The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will run 13 lean management workshops in Chicago Sept 14-16, 2010, on how to implement lean business concepts in manufacturing, distribution, and service companies. Courses cover such lean concepts as value-stream mapping, visual management, problem solving, standard work, and much more http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Chicago-Lean-Workshops-For-Manufacturing-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:00:00 GMT McKesson Corporation today announced that it has been named a Walmart supplier of the year for its performance in 2009 for one of the world's largest retailers http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/McKesson-Named-Walmart-Supplier-Of-The-Year-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GMT The Shelby Group, a premier provider of Ariba and Spend Management Consulting has announced a joint webinar with its partner, Vinimaya http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/The-Shelby-Group-Vinimaya-Help-Organizations-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:42:00 GMT Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities (PLCM) Executive Director John A. Garner, Jr. today announced Edinboro Borough and the cities of Franklin, Oil City and Warren have locked into electric rates with Constellation NewEnergy through PLCM's Municipal Utility Alliance (MUA) ahead of rate caps expiring in the Penelec service territory http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Edinboro-Franklin-Oil-City-And-Warren-Plan-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:19:00 GMT SciQuest, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand strategic procurement and supplier enablement solutions, recently announced that Duke University will deploy the company's on-demand procurement automation solutions. http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Duke-University-Selects-SciQuests-Procurement-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:00:00 GMT TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. announced today that it has entered into a 27 month contract with HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust) to offer medical transcription and clinical documentation products and services to nearly 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facilities and other health-care organizations within the HealthTrust membership http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Transcend-Awarded-HealthTrust-Contract-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:30:00 GMT RollStream Inc., the leader in enterprise community management, and Natural Insight, the leading web-based platform for task management and workforce optimization, today announced a channel partnership to help large enterprises optimize their supply chain operations by improving execution management processes and boosting trading partner compliance and performance. http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/RollStream-And-Natural-Insight-Partner-To-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:01:00 GMT Enviance, Inc., a global provider of Environmental ERP solutions that measure, manage, report and reduce environmental and regulatory risks, announced today that its Enviance TRI Reporter, a Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Compliance Management Software tool, was used to automate and submit more than 1,000 Form R Reports across 93 separate facilities for major industrial clients http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Enviance-Streamlines-Toxic-Release-Inventory-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT SYSPRO, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, today announced that T&M Rubber has selected SYSPRO ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software following what T&M Office Manager, Denise Dawson, describes as "Poor service and implementation failure on the part of a SYSPRO competitor." T&M Rubber, headquartered in Goshen, Ind., is a world-class developer and producer of quality rubber parts http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/SYSPRO-ERP-Software-Choice-Of-TM-Rubber-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:52:00 GMT SYSPRO, the leading provider of visionary, pragmatic ERP software, today announced that SYSPRO 6.1, the newest release of SYSPRO ERP software, was presented with a People's Choice Stevie Award for Favorite New End User Software Product at the 2010 American Business Awards http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/SYSPRO-ERP-Wins-Peoples-Choice-Award-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:53:00 GMT VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.) announced today that Comax Flavors has selected its S2K Enterprise for Manufacturing to streamline manufacturing management operations, enhance productivity time and automate processes. http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Comax-Flavors-Selects-VAI-To-Integrate-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:10:00 GMT After an extensive search, the APICS International Conference & Expo, presented by APICS The Association for Operations Management, will move to the Wynn Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, October 18-20, 2010 http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/APICS-International-Conference-Expo-Moves-To-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:02:00 GMT Acumatica, a provider of cloud ERP software today announced that TimAc Solutions closed two enterprise resource planning deals with customers in just one month of becoming an Acumatica value added reseller (VAR) http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Acumatica-VAR-Closes-Two-ERP-Deals-During-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT Panasonic Solutions Company (PSC), manufacturer of durable, reliable Panasonic Toughbook mobile computers, today announced that Panasonic Finance Solutions (administered by CoActiv Partners) has begun offering financing and leasing options through the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance Company's (National IPA) National Cooperative Purchasing Agreement http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Panasonic-Solutions-Company-Offers-Customized-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:00 GMT Seventeen hospitals in Pennsylvania have agreed to work together to reduce their supply expenses and improve their operational performance. The hospitals are all members of VHA Inc., the national health care network. VHA will help the new purchasing coalition organize and focus its supply chain improvement activities http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Seventeen-Hospitals-In-Pennsylvania-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:59:00 GMT QC Software is dedicated to providing a warehouse control system (WCS) when it is needed and appropriate. According the Jerry List, "We are proud to be a member of the CSCMP. All of the staff at QC Software supports CSCMP's commitment to provide opportunities for supply chain professionals. http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/QC-Software-Part-Of-Council-Of-Supply-Chain-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:19:00 GMT Business and Franchise Lawyer Charles N. Internicola has announced the release of the Second Edition of "An Entrepreneurs Guide to Purchasing a Business or Franchise: A No Nonsense Guide to Educate, Inform and Empower Business Purchasers and Prospective Franchisees" http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/An-Entrepreneurs-Guide-To-Purchasing-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:09:00 GMT The Premier healthcare alliance has named TriHealth Inc. of Cincinnati and GE Healthcare of Waukesha, Wis., winners of its 2010 Premier Diversity Award. The annual award recognizes a Premier member hospital or health system and a Premier contracted supplier for efforts to purchase goods and services from Premier contracted diverse suppliers, as well as develop procurement strategies aligned with the communities they serve http://www.purchasingnetwork.com/article.mvc/Premier-Healthcare-Alliance-Honors-Healthcare-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:52:00 GMT