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E-procurement Promises to make Purchasing Faster
November 10, 2008

E-procurement promises to make purchasing faster, easier, and more cost effective.  Is it time for your school to log on, sign in, and save big?  Read more...

University of Missouri's CPO Wins Award for Strategic Procurement Initiative
October 16, 2008

William M. (Bill) Cooper, associate vice president and chief procurement officer at the University of Missouri, has won the CACUBO RBC Capital Markets Best Practices award for his department's strategic approach to procurement. Mr. Cooper was honored at the Central Association of College and University Business Officers' (CACUBO) Annual Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where he also presented his winning proposal. Read more...

 

Georgia to Launch a Statewide E-procurement System
October 3, 2008

As part of a multimillion-dollar overhaul of purchasing operations in the state government, Georgia purchasing professionals soon will be able to buy products and services using an online shopping catalog.

Beginning in January, the state will begin a rollout to three pilot agencies. After that, officials will be expanding the online catalog to the Peach State's more than 500 purchasing professionals - representing more than 100 state agencies, 35 state universities, 33 vocational/technical schools and around $3.4 billion in annual addressable spend - who will be able to perform flexible searches, compare prices, build a shopping cart and save items as favorites, just as they would on popular Web sites such as Amazon.com.

Cary, N.C.-based e-procurement vendor SciQuest is providing the online catalog as well as some back-end services for the system, which will be integrated with PeopleSoft enterprise resourcing planning (ERP) technology across the state. Georgia's Department of Administrative Services selected SciQuest after a competitive bidding process.  Read more...

State Turns Buyers into Strategists
August 18, 2008
The state of Georgia is rethinking how it buys things.

For decades, the state relied on people called order-takers to handle purchases. When a purchase request arrived from a state agency, the order-taker posted it for the public to read. Soon, proposals would arrive, and after opening all bids in public, the order-takers chose the bid with the lowest price.

They considered few details surrounding the initial purchase request. Read more...

Switching to software as a service saved SciQuest
July 30, 2008

Moving SciQuest from a public company offering an online business-to-business exchange to a private one offering software as a service saved the company, says CEO Stephen Wiehe.

Effectively Managing Research Supplies to Save Time and Money
July 7, 2008

Wade Sanner, commodity manager - technical at Emory University explains the solution that Emory used to centralize and realize maximum efficiency from campus inventory management.

Case Study: Using Strategic Procurement to Drive Contract Compliance at the University of Missouri
May 1, 2008
The chief procurement officer at the university of Missouri outlines the steps taken by the university to achieve strategic procurement and how this impacted their approach to contract management.
Virginia Tech Recognized with the Award of Excellence in Procurement
April 1, 2008
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University recognized as having innovative and exemplary procurement practices in higher education that have resulted in significant advantages for the institution, faculty, staff, and students.  Winners are selected by the NAEP Awards Committee on the basis of the procurement department's contribution to and support of the mission of their institution.
SciQuest's Dan Traub Selected as Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2008 Pros to Know
March 17, 2008

Honoring supply chain leaders building their companies' 21st century supply chains.

SciQuest Selected to Present at CED's 25th Annual Venture Conference
March 11, 2008

Leading Southeast, Mid-Atlantic Venture Conference will Feature Late Stage and Early Stage Presenters in IT, Telecom, Alternative Energy, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices.

95 Industry Leaders Throughout the Channel Offer their Predictions for 2008
January 23, 2008

Vertical Systems Reseller magazine highlights 95 technology leaders' thoughts on the year ahead.  SciQuest president & CEO, Steve Wiehe, discusses sortware-as-a-service and its advantages for vendors and VARs.

Tech Talk: Agile Development Transforming Software Development (Part 2 of 2)
January 21, 2008

WRAL - Agile Development Transforming Software Development

A multi-step process called agile development is helping SciQuest deliver software faster, cheaper and more targeted to customers' needs, says Chief Operating Officer Jamie Duke.

Tech Talk: SciQuest on Transformation Mission (Part 1 of 2)
January 18, 2008

WRAL - Tech Talk: SciQuest on Transformation Mission

Jamie Duke, chief operating officer at SciQuest, talk about the company's growing business in providing "e-procurement" services to many of world's top universities and pharmaceutical firms.

Ion Wave Technologies' CEO to Present at the Industry's Leading Procurement Conference
January 16, 2008

Springfield, MO, January 2, 2008 -- Ion Wave Technologies‘ CEO, Darren Henderson will be a guest lecturer outlining Strategies for Maximizing Eprocurement Sourcing at the SciQuest NextLevel 2008 Executive Conference in Orlando, Florida.

BLM Announces Triangle Entrepreneur of the Year
January 14, 2008

Business Leader magazine announces 2007/2008 Impact Entrepreneurs for the Triangle, including SciQuest's president & CEO, Steve Wiehe.