Volume Discounts

Concur Scores A Bingo

by D. Geller ... Users of the Concur Business Advantage will take advantage of volume discounts that are assured by the presence of Nortel Networks and SAFECO in the network ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/03/news_analysis/NA_EC_DPG_03_08_00_2.asp - 10k - 2000-03-08 Summary: Concur took a quantum leap in providing E-procurement services to small and mid-sized businesses by partnering with Nortel Networks and SAFECO. The resulting Concur Business Advantage will provide leveraged buying services to customers.

New Dimensions in EC and SCM Part 3: E-Procurement Can Broaden the ...

by Scott A. Elliff ... services, they do not directly involve suppliers in bidding for a customer's business — and prices do not typically reflect the volume discounts and other ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2001/02/research_notes/MI_EC_XSE_02_21_01_1.asp - 19k - 2001-02-21 Summary: From point-and-click ordering using Web-based catalogs of individual suppliers, to marketplaces that bring together in one place the products or services offered by multiple suppliers, to live auctions that determine the lowest-price bidder — there is a wide range of new e-procurement methods and tools

Process Manufacturing Software: A Primer

by Joseph J. Strub ... Such things as multi-tier pricing, volume discounts, regional discounts, sales territory discounts, percent off, and rebates are fairly standard and should be ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/09/research_notes/TU_ER_XJS_09_03_05_1.asp - 19k - 2005-09-03 Summary: This article defines process manufacturing; discusses its formulation, packaging, and pricing issues; talks about interfaces; and provides cautions and caveats.

More Marketplace Success For Manugistics?

by Steve McVey ... it would use Mercata's We-Commerce Network as the platform for its hosted group buying services, which it hopes will give buyers volume discounts and make ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/08/news_analysis/NA_BA_SRM_08_24_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-08-24 Summary: Give Manugistics high marks in self-confidence: some vendors are reluctant to announce new client wins before successful completion of the implementation, let alone before the deal is final.

Manugistics Envisions Supplier Relationship Management Solution

by Steve McVey ... additional benefits improved parts and supplier base rationalization, reduced part redundancies, a better ability to leverage volume discounts with preferred ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/08/news_analysis/NA_BA_SRM_08_10_01_1.asp - 8k - 2001-08-10 Summary: Manugistics’ launch of SRM is clear evidence that it intends to stake a larger claim in the E&HT market, the near-exclusive domain of its arch-nemesis i2 Technologies.

Inventory Planning & Optimization: Extending Your ERP System Part ...

by D Hooiman ... However, by focusing exclusively on this measure, organizations failed to take advantage of things like volume discounts and customer service levels. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/04/research_notes/MI_ER_SC_XDH_04_05_03_1.asp - 16k - 2003-04-05 Summary: Organizations today realize that although strategies focusing on outsourcing transportation, e-business and new distribution models are important, these are all secondary in relation to what lies at the heart of any supply chain: INVENTORY. Although firms have invested significantly in ERP and MRP syste

The Convergence of ERP and Field Services—One Vendor’s ...

by Predrag Jakovljevic and Judith Rothrock ... Additionally, Agresso Field Force is able to adjust to customer data changes, pricing increases, volume discounts, or workforce parameters, on the fly and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/02/research_notes/PN_EA_PJ_XJR_02_27_08_1.asp - 27k - 2008-02-27 Summary: Agresso’s experience with people-centric services organizations has led the vendor to design a solution that effectively address these businesses’ need for field services and asset maintenance management. Agresso’s melding of two solutions, and the product’s underlying architecture, support chang

The Third Paradigm

by Ann Grackin ... With products where we have a fair knowledge (low risk) of their behavior in the market, we can set up contracts that build in volume discounts, set lead times ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2005/01/research_notes/TN_SC_XAG_01_28_05_1.asp - 14k - 2005-01-28 Summary: Supply chain systems to date have represented the back-end of that process of servicing markets and have taken us a long way in replacing assets with information. But the fact is, building products still takes a long time. Contrastingly, markets require short response times--days. For the last few years

Understanding the True Cost of Sourcing

by Bill McBeath and Colin Kessinger ... The fully-loaded cost should reflect most of the terms in the total landed cost model, such as freight and taxes, as well as volume discounts, price floors and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/04/research_notes/TN_SC_XBM_04_23_04_1.asp - 20k - 2004-04-23 Summary: In today's twenty-first century, global outsourced business world, the traditional and somewhat simplistic approaches used to measure cost for sourcing decisions of direct materials fall short.

Dealing with Food Industry Pressures

by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic ... materials cost, whereas some solutions also automatically track repetitive shipments, so that the distributors always get the volume discounts and promotional ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/11/research_notes/TU_ER_XOT_11_03_06_1.asp - 21k - 2006-11-03 Summary: Small and medium food and beverage companies have the same regulatory requirements as large companies, but with significantly fewer resources with which to address them. Companies need systems that can provide comprehensive traceability information at the touch of a button.