Eastman Kodak sharpens e-procurement tools on IT. (It procurement best practices series).(Allen Kanapesky)(Interview)

Purchasing, November, 2001 by Avery, Susan

It should come as no surprise to readers who are following PURCHASING Magazine's IT Procurement Best Practices series that members of the IT Procurement Working Group have identified e-procurement as a best practice. EDI, e-catalogs, Web-based ordering and other electronic procurement tools provide far-reaching benefits to organizations in many industries: improved efficiency and lower costs are two.

In this fifth story of the series that PURCHASING is developing with members of the IT Procurement Group, the worldwide purchasing operation at Eastman Kodak Company demonstrates its use of an array of e-procurement tools that have helped to consolidate its IT supplier base, aggregate IT spending, streamline processes and reduce purchasing costs. Allen...