Vendigital Seminar January 2011

Vendigital held a Seminar hosted by Professor Richard Lamming and featuring senior industrial speaker Paul Adams, COO of Talaris at the IMechE in London. The seminar focused on supply chain strategies and challenges business leaders are facing or might choose to face for the sake of sustainability in the future.

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Vendigital opens its Hong Kong office

In March 2009 Vendigital opened its Hong Kong office to support customers in Asia. Dominic Jephcott the founder and CEO of Vendigital has relocated to Hong Kong to drive the business there.

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ISO 9001:2000 Certification for Vendigital Ltd

Vendigital is delighted to announce that we have successfully achieved registration to the BS EN ISO 9001:2000 standard. This internationally recognised award for quality is an International Standard in use worldwide as a benchmark for Quality. The award recognises Vendigital’s commitment to an exceptional quality of service.

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Vendigital Appoints Roy Williams as Managing Director of the UK business.

Vendigital Ltd, one of the UK’s leading procurement businesses has appointed Roy Williams as Managing Director for the UK business. Roy was previously the Operations Director responsible for successfully growing the business capability across the both the Procurement Services and Procurement Software divisions.

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Vendigital land sustainable cost reduction of 19% on Castings

Dutch based Bredel Hose Pumps BV, the world's largest manufacturer of hose pumps, have made substantial and sustainable savings on their cast iron components, by enlisting the sourcing and market purchasing expertise of Vendigital to assist them with searching for new and better suppliers.

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The Müller Group gets sourcing with Vendigital

The Müller Group, a market leader in dairy products, identified new sources of aluminium foils for its yoghurt pot lids with the aid of Vendigital, the sourcing and market purchasing specialist.

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Vendigital helps Newburgh save on stainless steel costs

Newburgh Engineering Ltd, a world class manufacturer of engineering components and assemblies, has made substantial savings on its procurement of Duplex Stainless Steel grades using the sourcing and market purchasing expertise of Vendigital. This significant saving has been achieved in a raw material market that has been rising for the last 24 months, a trend which may continue with the ongoing strength in demand and volatile nickel prices.

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Vendigital helps Northgate cut over 50% off mobile phone bill

Northgate Information Systems (IS), a market leader in software applications and outsourcing solutions, has cut its mobile telephony costs by over 50% through an online auction managed by Vendigital, the sourcing and market purchasing experts.

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Vendigital Appoints Technology Director

Vendigital, the sourcing and market purchasing specialist, has appointed Paul Gurr as its Technology Director. In his new role, Paul is responsible for identifying the future needs of procurement professionals and pushing the boundaries of what is achievable through the development of Vendigital's technology offerings for the marketplace.

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Transforming Cheshire County Council: Two E-Auctions save over half a million pounds

Cheshire County Council’s programme to ‘Transform Cheshire’ includes transformation of the Council's services and procurement. As part of this exercise, the Council worked with sourcing and market purchasing specialist Vendigital, in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers to run two online auctions for the categories of IT Consumables and Print.

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Abel & Cole combines latest sourcing techniques with sustainable business ethics

Abel & Cole, the organic food home delivery service, has saved 8% on its annual spend of over £1million on customer presentation boxes. This saving has been secured from a new supplier with complementary sustainable business ethics using the sourcing and market purchasing expertise of Vendigital.

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Archant Regional saves over £300,000 per year on Transport and IT Equipment costs

Archant Regional has saved over £300,000 per year on Transport and IT Equipment costs with the assistance of procurement specialists Vendigital. Vendigital was brought in to help Archant Regional adopt innovative new ways to improve its purchasing with initial focus on Transport and IT Equipment.

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Cancer Research UK saves over £2.5 million pa via On Line Auctions including equipment for its new Cambridge Research Institute

Cancer Research UK announces savings of over £2.5 million per annum achieved through a series of online auctions managed by Aria Insite and Vendigital to purchase office supplies, IT hardware and laboratory consumables. The savings on millions of pounds worth of spend are part of the charity’s Procurement Improvement initiative across the whole organisation.

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Low Cost Country Suppliers Likely To Become Uncompetitive Within 2 Years According To New Survey

A new survey of 100 purchasing directors/managers within manufacturing organisations by procurement specialists Vendigital, found that 57% of respondents thought their low cost country suppliers would be competitive for only 1-2 years and a further 20% cited just 2-3 years.

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Watson-Marlow turns to Vendigital for Savings Optimiser Analysis

Watson-Marlow Bredel invited Vendigital to undertake a Savings Optimiser Programme across all areas of its purchasing. As the world's leading manufacturer of peristaltic pumps for the last 50 years, Watson-Marlow Bredel is always searching for high quality suppliers that can enhance its own innovation and help it maintain its market position.

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Online Auction saves Northumbria University 35% on Stationery Purchases

An online auction for the University of Northumbria at Newcastle has generated savings of £212,000 per year, representing a 35% saving on the University’s original stationery expenditure. Twelve suppliers placed 312 bids within the 90-minute online event hosted by Vendigital.

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Vendigital has launched an e-sourcing and online auctioning forum

Vendigital, the e-sourcing and online auction specialist, has launched an e-sourcing and online auctioning forum. The group currently includes senior procurement executives from a range of companies including BAE Systems plc; National Grid Transco; IMI plc; PwC as well as Professor Richard Lamming, director of the School of Management at Southampton University.

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Vendigital expands in europe with purchase of german e-procurement specialist, serveline.com

E-sourcing company Vendigital has today dramatically expanded its operations in Europe with the purchase of Serveline, an e-sourcing and online auction specialist based in Germany. The financial terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed.

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E-sourcing delivers 16.9% savings for global automotive supplier

Vendigital, e-sourcing specialist, has announced the result of an auction with a leading supplier of automotive mirrors. Over 80 companies across Europe were contacted with the details of set of wire harnesses, of which 8 companies were invited to the final auction. The business was ultimately resourced to W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG, headquartered in Munich, a supplier introduced to the buyer by Vendigital.

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Vendigital demonstrates the power of e-sourcing at AP Hydraulics by achieving 21% cost saving

Vendigital, e-sourcing specialist, has announced the results of its latest project with brake specialist company AP Hydraulics Ltd. The eight week search for suitable suppliers across Europe and the Far East culminated in a series of on line auctions that demonstrated the cost saving potential that e-sourcing offers companies.

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