Andrew K. ReeseAndrew K. Reese is former editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.From the Author - Page 4Sourcing & ProcurementInformation is Purchasing PowerYou can strategically source all day long, but driving savings to your company's bottom line takes more than just finely honed negotiating skills. First you need to know what to source, and then you need to ensure compliance with your hard-won contracts. One purchasing director's advice: start with the data.Sourcing & ProcurementDigging Out from the Contract ClutterYou're an e-business pioneer: You use EDI and XML to automate links to your direct material suppliers. You have your indirect material suppliers plugged into a private e-marketplace. Your engineers collaborate online with your customers and contract manufacturers. So why are all those paper contracts cluttering up your desk and busting the seams of your filing cabinet? Automated online contract management could be just the tool you need to end the paper chase.Sourcing SolutionsNeedle in a Supply Chain HaystackManufacturers move toward JIT production with increased visibility. New wireless location systems are making it possible to pinpoint instantly that needle of a critical asset in your company's supply chain haystack.Sourcing & Procurementi On the Market: IT Spend 2002: Plans for the UnplannableClimate control systems from Carrier Corp. keep the heat at bay in locations as diverse as the Sistine Chapel and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So it's no surprise that when an uncertain economy turns up the heat on information systems' budgets, Carrier's CIO, Jagdish Dalal, has kept his cool.Sourcing & ProcurementEnabling CreativityAn interview with Cliff Stockley, vice president of client services, Framework Technologies Corp.: One view on collaboration and the product development cycle.Sourcing & ProcurementLights! Camera! Procure!Behind every good movie are countless numbers of office supplies, MRO parts and printing jobs, among other things, that must be purchased. But for one major movie studio, choreographing its nearly 60,000 small to midsize suppliers was definitely a practice in movie magic.Sourcing & ProcurementDown with the CurtainGeneral Electric (GE)General Electric assembles some of the world's most advanced jet aircraft engines at its Durham, N.C. facility. But until recently, when a worker at the plant needed a new pair of safety goggles or other shop supplies, the only way to get them was decidedly low-tech: hunting and gathering.Previous PagePage 4 of 4