NEW CACI ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT SOLUTION TO INCLUDE DUN & BRADSTREET BUSINESS INFORMATION.CACI CACI - A company developing and marketing SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other simulation software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681. , an Arlington, Va., developer of computer systems and software for government and commercial customers, and business information provider Dun & Bradstreet last week introduced a solution for government procurement Government procurement, also called public tendering, is the procurement of goods and services on behalf of a public authority, such as a government agency. With 10 to 15% of GDP in developed countries, and up to 20% in developing countries, government procurement accounts professionals designed to help reduce costs and expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. the procurement process. Based on CACI's "Comprizon.Buy" digital purchasing system software, the solution will provide procurement specialists with standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. data and access to D&B's database of business reports and past performance evaluations Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return to help them manage their supply chain. Purchasing officers will be able to use the integrated solution to transform complex legacy data stored in back-office procurement systems into information that can provide a clear and immediate strategic advantage, the two firms say. The Comprizon.Buy software will also provide insight to support future contract negotiations, leverage volume pricing and expose risky supplier relationships. In addition, D&B's Data Rationalization service reconciles actual customer data with information in D&B's global database on more than 57 million companies worldwide. "It appears that the Dun & Bradstreet - CACI Comprizon.Buy alliance could provide an enterprise solution for acquisition managers to acquire vendor D&B D-U-N-S Numbers, vendor financial reports and analysis of agency vendor records promptly. Their alliance could make it possible to identify duplicate D&B D-U-N-S Numbering in our database records and provide real time vendor records maintenance in a most efficient manner," says Leroy Wallin, director of regional acquisitions at the State Dept STATE DEPT Department of State .'s Office of Logistics Management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet . The solution will "integrate D&B business information directly into the procurement process, helping government agencies to meet their goal of spending less and spending smart," adds Chris Palen, assistant vice president for Government Services at Dun & Bradstreet. |
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