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<title>Montgomery Emerson - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Business consultant with over 25 years of experience in project management, building customer care programs and Procure to pay solutions.

Business needs to become more efficient and these three areas are critical areas that each company should address!]]></description>
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<title>13 Simple Rules for Keeping the Peace and Setting Expectations in Your Buy to Rent Property</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In order to maintain a comfortable safe and secure environment for all tenants, instituting house rules can help set expectations and boundaries for your tenants. Creating a document that outlines your expectations is key to keeping the peace and circumventing awkward conversations with tenants down the road.]]></description>
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<title>Why You Should Diversify Your Heat Strategy for Your Buy to Rent Property - Oil Vs Natural Gas</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:06:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the northeast many buy to rent properties have the old water radiator systems throughout the home as the primary heat source. The boiler used to heat these homes utilizes fuel oil to heat the hot water to distribute heat across the entire home.]]></description>
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<title>How to Choose a Location and Prepare to Install a Gas Heater for Your Buy to Rent Property</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you have natural gas coming into your buy to rent home, you can use this as a supplemental energy source to your primary heating system. Installing a natural gas heater can be a good way to diversify your heat sources to help contain costs and provide redundancy in your heating strategy.]]></description>
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<title>How to Define Your Target Market for Your Buy to Rent Property</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:07:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Buying to rent is a long term strategy that real estate investors use to create annuity income and eventual long term wealth. Buying a home with the intent to renting it out for positive cash flow is a very successful business model that can help replace your full time income over time. Unfortunately, managing a rental property can be difficult. Before buying your first property, it is important to accept the fact that you will be dealing with various personalities and situations that may be challenging to say the least.]]></description>
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<title>How to Develop a Rehab Strategy for Your Buy to Rent Property</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:57:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Buy to rent homes can need a lot of work and depending on your resources, you may need to do most of the work yourself. When determining your rehab strategy it is important to prioritize the tasks needed to get the property cash flowing as soon as possible.]]></description>
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<title>How to Manage a Buy to Rent Property - 3 Basic Rules to Communicate to Your Tenant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Buying to rent is a strategy that many property investors use to create long term wealth. Buying properties and renting them out for positive cash flow is a very lucrative business model that can help supplement or even replace your full time income. Managing tenants can be challenging but giving them 3 simple rules will help set their expectations and the foundation for a long term relationship.]]></description>
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<title>Customer Loyalty Or Satisfaction? Why Your Business Should Care!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:44:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When analyzing your customer retention program, do you know if repeat business is based on customer loyalty or satisfaction? When you truly peel back the reasons behind each customer relationship, you may be surprised that they mean to totally different things.]]></description>
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<title>How You Can Fix Your Departmental Procurement Process Using a Purchase Order Flowchart</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:34:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It does not matter how large your company is, if you still have paper requisitions and purchase orders, you have hidden issues relative to proper controls and maverick spending. Mapping out your overall procurement process using a Purchase Order Flowchart is one of the necessary activities when deploying e-procurement.]]></description>
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<title>How a Simple Tool Can Help Build Customer Loyalty and Accelerate Your Dental Promotion Campaign</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:47:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Asking your customers what they like or dislike can be a powerful tool in identifying your strengths and weaknesses as a dental professional. Fixing what they dislike can help you increase patient numbers and can be a key component of your dental promotion strategy.]]></description>
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<title>Dentists Need Love Too! 4 Dental Promotion Tips to Help Market Your Office!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:56:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dentists and other health care professionals build their reputation on word of mouth advertising, which can take several years to build. If you are just starting out in a new area, creating a dental promotion campaign can help build that initial client base much faster.]]></description>
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<title>The Open, Hook and Close - Sample Realtor Video Marketing Script Ideas</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:10:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Realtors choosing to take the plunge and opt to have a high definition video created about them can struggle when trying to develop their agent marketing script. A promotional video is one tool that can help create an immediate impact on the visitor because it stimulates several senses at one time. The typical flat or static web site is skimmed quickly without much regard to the realtor trying to get their brand implanted into the memory of their audience. A marketing video changes things a bit since the realtor who is being touted in the video is becoming more known to the web visitor and more likely to be remembered when the time comes to sell their home.]]></description>
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<title>The Open, Hook and Close - Anatomy of a Realtor Video Marketing Script</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:05:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Real estate agents use various tools and techniques to market themselves to try and generate new business and get listings. Promotional Video is one tool that can help create a sense of rapport between a realtor and their prospective client when perusing your web site. Writing content for you marketing script can be a bit daunting, but can easily be broken down into various pieces to flow effortlessly off of the actors lips when he or she speaks about you and your capabilities.]]></description>
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<title>3 Sample Openings For Your Realtor Marketing Scripts</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:36:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A marketing script is the written content you develop and submit to a video production company that will eventually be delivered by the professional actor. He or she will be articulate in their delivery and inflection when they read your words into the camera. This will allow your video resume to be professionally produced by others using your words and style.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write Video Marketing Scripts For Your Company</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:10:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Creating several video marketing scripts can be a daunting process unless you break down the components. The ultimate goal of a marketing script is to sell your company's experience and core competencies to the potential client perusing your website.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write a Sample Marketing Script For Your Company Video</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:41:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Video marketing should be among the elements of every company marketing strategy. Typically, several samples of marketing scripts need to be created, reviewed and approved before one or two are chosen for your company video.]]></description>
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<title>How to Make an Attorney Video As Part of Your Legal Marketing Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:48:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The lifeblood of any law practice is generating new business and due to the economic climate that exists today, firms need every advantage to promote themselves to prospective clients. Traditional advertising through TV ads can be expensive and tend to look like used car commercials if not carefully designed. Attorney videos need to be presented professionally, carry a specific message and be delivered by an unbiased messenger.]]></description>
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<title>How to Revive a Real Estate Business Using Online PR Campaign Strategies</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:07:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The days of marketing by just having your face on a "For Sale" sign or business card are long gone. Taking advantage of the internet and online PR Campaigns can be fairly easy if you are open to revamping your marketing strategy.]]></description>
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<title>Why Smart Phones Are Driving Businesses to Use More Internet Based PR Campaign Strategies</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:55:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The old days of print ads or the direct mail flyer is slowly screeching to a halt. With the increase of mobile technology and access to online internet information at the virtual click of a touch screen, many business owners are turning to online PR Campaign strategies to drive business leads.]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Face on a Static Web Page a Competitive Advantage? How About a PR Video!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:33:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To compete for business in this tough economy you need a PR Video that will set you apart from the other lackluster sites peppering the local realtor sites. Of course, many realtors are not into getting themselves on YouTube using their webcam to promote themselves and would feel very self conscious in doing so.]]></description>
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<title>3 Ways Real Estate Agents Can Generate Leads Using PR Campaigns</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:47:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Realtors are like mini-business owners; they need to generate leads to get listings and utilize various techniques to find new business. Unfortunately, the costs of TV or large newspaper ads are usually too costly for their budget. Developing an online Public Relations or PR campaign strategy may be just the thing to generate leads that set them apart from the competition.]]></description>
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<title>Why Your Real Estate Business Needs a Realtor PR Video to Adorn Your Website</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:35:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a Realtor, you are trained to market properties, but rarely market yourself very well when it comes to finding potential clients. A Realtor video promoting your services and experience can be just the thing to build credibility very quickly when a potential customer comes across your website.]]></description>
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<title>What is the &quot;X&quot; Factor When it Comes to the Internet and Lawyer Marketing?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:14:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Internet marketing of lawyers and law firms is becoming more mainstream. As law practices become more competitive, the market has become saturated with TV commercials, bus and billboard ads and other traditional media.]]></description>
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<title>3 Things You Need to Juice Up Your Attorney Marketing Campaign</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:08:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Like any business every law practice needs to have an attorney marketing strategy to promote their services. If your firm is struggling to bring in new clients, you need to pay attention to building a pipeline of interested customers who seek your services.]]></description>
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<title>How to Get From the &quot;As-Is&quot; to the &quot;To-Be&quot; Process Using Sample Flowcharts</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:12:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Process mapping consultants need various skills to help business executives understand their own processes so they can blow them up and rebuild more efficient ways of doing business. This can be a challenging task in itself unless you can rely on sample flowcharts to articulate the process in an understandable format. ]]></description>
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<title>How to Use Simple Sample Flowcharts to Communicate Complex Processes</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:14:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Helping an organization map out processes can be a challenging task unless you know how to create sample flowcharts. When attempting to get subject matter experts to redefine their business processes, it is imperative to help them identify gaps or redundancies in their current as-is process.]]></description>
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<title>Blow Up Their Approval Process - Examples in Effective Procurement Engineering</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:19:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a procurement consultant, one of the major activities that need to be addressed when deploying e-procurement is the departmental approval process. In an attempt to help customers understand the importance of process re-engineering, examples and case studies can help show the benefits of blowing up the approval process and rebuilding them from the ground up.]]></description>
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<title>Why You Should Use the Swimlane Format to Flowchart Your Procurement Process</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:41:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Process mapping is a tried and true way to visually see how your procurement processes from end to end. The Swimlane technique is in flowchart format used by many procurement engineers to help clients define their current processes.]]></description>
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<title>Understanding How to Draw a Flowchart Can Find Problems in Your Purchase Order Process</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:25:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If your organization is looking for ways to reduce costs, the purchase order chain is one area that can be made more efficient. If the purchasing department learns how to draw a flowchart depicting the as is for each department, the overall effort could help reduce costs by eliminating redundant approval processes and mistakes.]]></description>
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<title>Learning How to Draw Flowcharts Can Be a Valuable Skill in Mapping Business Processes</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:07:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A flowchart is a sequence of graphical symbols and shapes that create a visual map to document a procedure or set of steps to accomplish a goal based on specific business rules. Learning how to draw flowcharts can become a valuable skill when doing business analysis and re-engineering.]]></description>
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<title>Integrate Your Procurement Management Software With SCT Banner For Maximum Effectiveness</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:13:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprise resource planning tools are not only used by private industry but also used by colleges and universities to manage their financial, human resource and other business critical systems. SCT Banner is one such application designed to help colleges and universities manage their business functions. ]]></description>
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<title>You Can Now Afford to Connect SCT Banner to E-Procurement! A Procurement Management Plan Done Right</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:20:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many colleges and universities have spent millions of dollars on their enterprise resource planning tool from SCT Banner. Their investment in time, money and resources can result in major efficiencies in various organizations that can help stream line operations. Unfortunately when these institutions purchase an ERP Solution such as the one from Sungard, the procurement management plans and processes still rely on manual paper based formats. Time and time again, these colleges who have purchased a robust application to manage student enrollment, HR planning and other areas do not have the ability to easily create and route purchase requisitions electronically.]]></description>
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<title>Control Purchasing Costs With Online Contracts and Structured Purchase Approval Routes</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:22:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As companies and government agencies struggle to reduce operating budgets, purchasing managers are beginning to control purchasing costs using e-procurement. Utilizing tools to enforce contract compliance and...]]></description>
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<title>Why You Should Integrate E-Procurement With Colleague - Datatel's Purchasing ERP System</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:03:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When purchasing an ERP Solution, sometimes the e-procurement module is not as robust as other best of breed applications. Enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs) are very focused on addressing financial, human resource and other functions but cannot possibly be the best tool in every area.]]></description>
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<title>How to Track Down Your Purchase Requisition For Management Approval</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:50:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A paper purchase order or requisition is one of the most elusive creatures known to man. Once the item list has been handwritten on the 4 part form, it is stuffed into a manila envelope and sent down the inter-office mail. Days later it comes back unsigned with a post-it saying you have forgotten to write down the proper budget account code. In order to get management approval, you have to send it out again hoping that everything is correct.]]></description>
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<title>Why Quality and Customer Service During an E-Procurement Project Matters</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:53:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Quality Customer service and Project management are critical when deploying e-procurement or any other software. Listening and understanding the client issues is a valuable asset that can help make a project more successful and should be part of every PM's training and skill set.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Have Redundant Purchasing Processes? Approvals Can Be Streamlined With eProcurement</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:29:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most frustrating areas of any business is the paper purchase process. Approvals are done the old fashioned way, signature on paper and then mailed around the company before the purchase can be executed. This process can take several days or even longer because of the redundant nature of pushing paper.]]></description>
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<title>Why a Sensible Approach to Customer Service and Project Management Should Go Together</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:20:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The approach to customer service before, during and after a customer engagement increases the chance that the client will provide favorable reviews and references when asked. Therefore, it is imperative to provide a professional customer centric approach when dealing with the client teams and project sponsors.]]></description>
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<title>How to Reduce Costs in a Business Using E-Procurement</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:50:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cost reduction is usually at the top of every business, especially in today's economic climate. Many companies are looking in various areas of their business and asking their management teams to come up with ideas on how to reduce costs within their respective areas.]]></description>
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<title>Top 10 Hidden Costs of a Traditional Operations Based Procurement Cycle</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 15:00:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Operations procurement is direct spend associated with supporting the cost of doing business and usually comes from the operating budget. Usually, the purchasing cycles put in place 10 or 20 years ago are still being used, and could be costing your company dearly.]]></description>
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<title>How to Improve the Customer Procurement Cycle - Remove Paper From the Equation!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:44:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customer procurement processes are very similar regardless of size, industry and geographical location. Because of this, most businesses still conduct paper based purchasing procedures to procure goods and services. This is mostly due to the same purchasing director being in place for 20 years and having the mentality "if it isn't broke, don't fix it."]]></description>
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<title>How Much Does Web Based E-Procurement Cost? Not As Much As You Think!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 11:51:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to move your organization into the 21st century by dumping that old paper based purchasing process, you may be in for a pleasant surprise when it comes to the procurement costs. Of course there are many overpriced e-procurement providers that can charge more than the market can stand, but an online web based solution can be very cost effective.]]></description>
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<title>Use a Procurement Engineer to Design and Build Your Procurement Solution</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 09:44:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are considering dumping the tired old paper based purchasing process and jumping into the 21st century, you need to find a company with competent project manager to design and build your procurement solution. Delivering a viable alternative to the 4 part form requires a solid understanding of the process and impacts of business decisions to configure the tool appropriately. During a standard implementation, the customer needs to make decisions based on the functionality and features within the solution and having the right procurement engineer can make all the difference.]]></description>
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<title>How to Implement Web Requisitions With a Structured Procurement Project Management Methodology</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:10:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We implement our e-procurement solutions in various sectors including; Public, Government, Private and Higher education. Having a solid procurement project  management methodology helps us implement many projects successfully regardless of size and geography.]]></description>
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<title>Implementing Web Procurement - Engineering a Deployment Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 16:08:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When engineering a web procurement project, the concept of rolling out a transaction based system within weeks, not months is hard to fathom for most businesses. Most companies and institutions are used to projects that last months to bring a new application live.]]></description>
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<title>How to Implement Web Requisition Software - A Simple E-Procurement Project Plan</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:43:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When deploying an e-procurement solution, a simple e-procurement project plan is all you need to get a customer up and running within a few weeks. When most businesses are used to projects that last months and thousands of man-hours, they are very skeptical when we come in with an efficient methodology for delivering our e-procurement solutions. ]]></description>
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<title>Implementing Web Procurement - Engineering an Online Approval Process</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:20:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When engineering a web procurement platform to replace the tired old manual procurement process, it is crucial to help each department map out their current approval process. Each department within the enterprise has created standard business practices that fit their needs. Usually these models were developed 10 or even twenty years ago, when 4 part forms were all the rage.]]></description>
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<title>Online Purchasing - Engineering a Procurement Plan Needs Executive Support</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 14:58:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When engineering an online e-procurement implementation, the project can be fairly straight forward depending on the project champion's ability to drive the organization. After deploying internet based purchasing applications across the country within large and small entities, it is critical to have the sponsor keep the enterprise focused and defer or remove any barriers that could disrupt the schedule.]]></description>
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<title>How to Track Purchase Requisitions With a Click of a Button If You Have E-Procurement</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 10:57:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are putting a business case together for a new purchase requisition system, one area to look at is many hours your stakeholders are wasting trying to track a purchase order after they have sent it down the interoffice mail system. One of the most frustrating parts of the paper purchase order shuffle is trying to locate your purchase requisition when waiting for the approval process to run its course. Submitting paper requisitions and procurement orders through the antiquated interoffice mail system seems ridiculous since e-mail can now travel the globe within minutes.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Always Over Budget? Purchase Software Integrated With Your ERP is the Answer!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 12:01:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the years many departments struggle to stay within budget when trying to purchase products and services. Many times, the paper purchase order process does not provide a way to validate that there is money available within the cost center when a new purchase order is being created.]]></description>
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<title>Why an E-Sourcing Tool Can Make the Vendor Process Easier and Still Comply With State Bid Laws</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4302285</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 09:56:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bid laws require that government agencies utilize a structured method of soliciting prices though a standard process that allows each vendor to participate and keep the playing field even and ensure the best price and vendor is available. Using the traditional method of a paper based solicitation for bid is a standard practice in government and public sector entities. Even though the process is antiquated and inefficient, it does fulfill the legal requirements of many state regulatory requirements.]]></description>
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<title>Why Your Contract Process Should Feed Your Procurement Process</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4298176</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4298176</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:12:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many purchasing organizations have one specific role when it comes to the contract to purchase process- To provide the ability for the rest of the organization to purchase products and services at the best possible price while still maintaining fiscal controls and accountability. Many of these departments have to accomplish this goal with resources and solid structured processes. As these purchasing groups work to drive down prices, they need the proper tools to support the dwindling resources they have within their departments.]]></description>
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<title>Why it is Easy to Find Your Purchase Order Requisition Using an E-Procurement Tool</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 15:32:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Paper purchase order requisitions are difficult to fill out, modify and very cumbersome to track down once they have been submitted for approval. The overall purchasing process is inefficient and can take days or even weeks to get your order.]]></description>
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<title>Why Procurement Process Flows Should Include Dollar Based Thresholds!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4292397</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:24:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When deploying and online e-procurement application, it is critical to analyze each department's procurement process flow to determine a baseline set of business rules. Each area within the enterprise has evolved their own standards that best suits their needs, unfortunately, these standards were based on business practices established in the early 90's.]]></description>
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<title>Why You Must Map Each Departmental Procurement Process Flow When Implementing E-Procurement</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4292417</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4292417</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 15:17:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When deploying an e-procurement tool to replace the old manual paper based purchase order process, it is critical to help each department map out their current procurement process approval paths and business rules. Each area within the organization has developed as standard model that best suits their needs, unfortunately, that model was probably based on business practices established a decade ago.]]></description>
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<title>An Online Marketing Strategy Template Can Help You Drive More Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4258090</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4258090</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 10:18:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Online marketing is a foreign concept to most small business owners. Usually, the concept of online marketing consists of a webpage, an e-mail address and few of your services or products posted in an online catalog.]]></description>
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<title>Client Testimonials - Why You Should Ask For Their Recommendation For Your Marketing Strategy</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4258074</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4258074</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 09:42:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you own a business, nothing is more important to you than knowing your clients are satisfied and value your work or products. Having them speak highly of your services is also a valuable marketing tool to help land new business.]]></description>
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<title>Expand Your Commodity Sourcing Reach With an Online Bidding Tool</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4221376</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4221376</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 15:34:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As purchasing departments become more challenged to drive down costs when it comes to commodity based sourcing, a fresh new perspective is needed. Purchasing managers and buyers are comfortable with their own internal process for identifying the lowest cost supplier for their goods and services. Unfortunately, these processes may have been around for so long they do not take into account the types of tools that can be used to expand their reach to other suppliers that may provide better products at lower costs.]]></description>
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<title>Control Purchasing Costs by Enforcing Contract Compliance</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4221589</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4221589</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 14:15:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the economy picks itself back up off the floor, many companies and government agencies are turning toward more structured processes and tools to help them control maverick spending. Budgets are tightening and more diligent approval processes are driving many toward stricter guidelines when it comes to supplies and services. ]]></description>
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<title>Why You Should Implement an E-Sourcing Tool to Maximize the Procurement Buyer Organization</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4218897</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4218897</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:24:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Strategic sourcing is a critical function within the purchasing organization. A procurement buyer is in effect, working to drive operational costs down when items and services are needed within the enterprise. Organizations rely on the buyer and the entire purchasing department to develop supplier relationships to deliver quality products and services at the best possible price points.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Thinking About Online E-Procurement? As Manager of Sourcing Contracts it Should Be!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4214763</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4214763</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 15:03:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Strategic sourcing is a major factor in an organization's effectiveness to keep operational costs down. Companies and other organizations are looking at every nook and cranny to minimize their spend and ensuring that all constituents are utilizing the enterprise contracts are critical to this strategy.]]></description>
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<title>Are Your Prepared For the New Procurement Sourcing Jobs? What You Need to Know!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4214171</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4214171</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 13:57:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a buyer, your role has been to process purchase requisitions for the enterprise and source out the best price and products. With E-procurement, your role will be changing. ]]></description>
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<title>How E-Procurement Can Reduce Purchase Price Variance</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4214020</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4214020</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 13:03:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Any organization or enterprise needs to purchase products and services to support their operations and or maintain their business. Companies and government agencies alike need to purchase these commodities at the lowest price possible to generate a profit.]]></description>
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<title>Does Your Purchase Process Flow Like Molasses? E-Procurement Can Help!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4210405</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4210405</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:38:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pushing paper purchase orders is old school and very painful no matter what size of company you work in. It was a process that was probably created twenty years ago when carbon copy forms were all the rage. These processes have always been slow because each approver must read and sign each PO and stuff it in the inter office mail system to eventually end up in the purchasing department.]]></description>
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<title>Shock and Awe Your Enterprise With E-Procurement!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4210471</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4210471</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 11:34:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your end-users dread the process and your approvers are constantly overwhelmed with other duties and have to forge out a slot to approve all those requisitions that hit their desk. Most often than not, they are just signing the copy without really reading each document.  E-procurement applications can take the paper out of the equation and allows your enterprise to move these requests electronically through the approval process. This can trim days or even weeks off the process if done correctly.]]></description>
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<title>Is Your IVF Procedure Covered? What You Need to Know!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3968775</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3968775</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:20:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Couples who are looking at In vitro fertilization as a way to conceive a child know how expensive the preparations, medications and actual procedure can be. Usually, the would-be parents need to attempt the procedure a couple of times at is rare to conceive on the first try. It may take at least 2 separate cycles before a baby boy or girl is taken to term.]]></description>
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<title>Did You Inherit Grandma's Ugly House? 3 Things You Can Do to Get Rid of It!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4173985</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4173985</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:58:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Grandma's house was just willed to you and although you miss her terribly, the house she left you is in need of a lot of repairs. She was unable to keep up on the basic repairs and the animals she had in the home really caused some major issues.]]></description>
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<title>Did You Inherit an Ugly House? 3 Things You Can Do to Get Rid of It!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4173611</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4173611</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:07:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have just received a notice from your Uncle's estate notifying you that you were in his will. Your uncle had left you one of his investment properties in Philadelphia or his main residence in the suburbs. Unfortunately, it is in another state or even worse, it is an ugly home that had not been able to afford to keep up.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Live Next Door to an Ugly Home? Help Get it Sold!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4173521</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4173521</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:00:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The troubled housing market has had a huge impact on nice neighborhoods across the country. From South Philly to Bucks county these homes have been abandoned and left for the bank to worry about. These houses are now falling prey to time and neglect leaving an eyesore for the neighborhood to deal with.]]></description>
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<title>3 Options to Sell Your House Faster in Today's Market</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4164507</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4164507</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:43:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is no secret that the housing bust over the last few years has left many homeowners without options. Banks are making money hand over fist and the normal Joe is left trying to make the mortgage payment without a job.]]></description>
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<title>How E-Procurement and E-Sourcing Work Together For an Efficient End to End Purchasing Process</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4130839</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4130839</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:56:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All public sector organizations from school districts to state governments must legally bid out their products and service needs to ensure fairness among bidders and that the best discounts are found. The common practices of bidding out products and services among City, State and county governments are well established to ensure this happens. Unfortunately, these organizations still use manual paper based procedures to conduct these bids, which can be inefficient and very labor intensive.]]></description>
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<title>How Well Does Your Purchase Process Flow? Chart it Out!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4131242</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4131242</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:38:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The manual paper based purchase order process is a dinosaur that was probably developed decades ago. These processes are full of inefficient rules and redundant approvals that probably was set up years ago based on established rules and regulations relevant at the time.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Know If Your Company is Buying Off Contract? What You Need to Know About E-Procurement!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4099108</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4099108</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:49:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Purchasing is a simple idea; negotiate the best price with a supplier and present the contracted items to your constituents for purchasing: The purchasing department puts out a bid for a category like office or janitorial supplies.]]></description>
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<title>Does Your Paper PO Process Act Like Snail Mail?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4095012</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4095012</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:28:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Companies, government agencies, universities and even school districts utilize the same old institutional paper based Purchase Order to request items to be ordered. If they are still on a manual paper based system, it was probably done the same way for years and even decades if the business is that old.]]></description>
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<title>Does Your Company Do the Paper PO Two Step? What Can E-Procurement Do For You?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4095115</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4095115</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:33:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Big and small companies and government institutions purchase millions of dollars of products and services over the course of a year. A remote clerk who wants to order a widget must fill out the 4 part form and send it into the black hole to get approval before they can spend the money in their budget.]]></description>
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<title>3 Reasons You May Need a Data Recovery Software Or Service</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4089052</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4089052</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:48:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every morning you walk into your office and fire up the laptop or other office computer. You go get a cup of coffee and have your morning stroll around the office. When you get back to check your e-mail, you see an unrecoverable error on the screen indicating your PC has a serious disk error.]]></description>
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<title>5 Software Applications You Need For Your Small Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4048967</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4048967</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:32:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Running a business takes determination, planning and a great deal of time and commitment. Whether your business is service oriented or provides a unique widget to a target market, you need to maximize every dollar toward the bottom line.]]></description>
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<title>Why Every Business Should Plan For a Disaster - What You Need to Know!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4048963</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4048963</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:54:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What would you do if you receive a call in the middle of the night with the news that your entire operations were wiped out due to fire or other disaster. Would your business be able to operate the next day?]]></description>
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<title>Should Your Payroll System Software Be Outsourced?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4048956</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4048956</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:02:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If your organization screws up payroll, your employees can become disgruntled and disenchanted enough to cost your company dearly. In addition, there are governmental requirements that must be followed which can be a nightmare if not managed properly.]]></description>
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<title>5 Things to Consider When Managing Inventory in a Warehouse</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4048954</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4048954</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:02:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Inventory Management can be a large headache for small business owners as the costs of housing product and the materials to build those products can be expensive. If not managed properly, inventory sitting in a warehouse can cost a business dearly in terms of cash flow. Companies can literally have thousands or even millions of dollars of inventory sitting in the warehouse.]]></description>
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<title>How Your Accounts Receivable Software is the Key to Cash Flow</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4048951</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4048951</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:00:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Getting paid on timely basis is essential to a company's viability and staying power in the market place. Managing your receivables through manual processes can be done for small businesses, but as the company grows, accounts receivable business software may be something to consider.]]></description>
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<title>Why is a Purchase Order So Important to a Vendor</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/4002700</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/4002700</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:48:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Even with computer based financial systems and procurement systems in place, the old standby purchase order is the mechanism to place your order for most agencies. The PO is the contract that binds the buyer and seller to conduct commerce.]]></description>
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<title>3 Reasons Why Your Purchasing Process Needs E-Procurement Software</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3995842</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3995842</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:22:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Companies, government agencies, universities and even school districts utilize the same traditional paper based process to order items. Unfortunately, these processes are probably not much different than the ones created 20 years ago. The common practice of writing up a PO or purchase requisition on a paper form for signature approval is alive and well across the land.
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<title>Why Blanket POs Could Go the Way of the Dinosaur With E-Procurement</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3995473</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3995473</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:22:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Once a blanket order has been created, an authorized individual can pick up the phone and order product verbally utilizing the purchase order number for billing purposes. The payment process then becomes the control mechanism to monitor spend as the funds are liquidated as the invoices come into the accounts payable department.]]></description>
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<title>Why You Should Integrate E-Procurement With Your ERP System</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3993821</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3993821</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:20:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[E-procurement applications are meant to streamline the purchasing process not replace your ERP system. Integrating the both systems not only give you contract compliance, but allows automatic budget checking and allocation.]]></description>
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<title>How to Save Time Tracking Down a Purchase Order</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3993650</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3993650</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:20:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Shuffling paper requisitions and Purchase Orders through interoffice mail is inefficient and full of wasted time and energy. Here is the typical scenario: Requester fills out paper Purchase order and puts it into the Inter-Office mail system to their Supervisor in the next building. The Purchase order is delivered the next day The Supervisor receives the Purchase Order but does not open the envelope until the following morning.]]></description>
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<title>3 Areas E-Procurement Software Can Create Purchasing Best Practices</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3993554</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3993554</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:20:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As part of our discovery process, we engage the purchasing areas early on in the project to understand the specific issues relative their own business. We continually find that many customers are looking for three primary Cost Saving Goals when implementing our solutions:]]></description>
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<title>The Purchasing Process - Dump the Paper!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3993477</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3993477</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:18:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In government, public and private sectors, this simple idea is achieved in different ways and most commonly involves a paper based sourcing process on the front end and a paper based purchasing process on the backend. In many cases, these manual processes were established 20+ years ago and have changed very little over time.]]></description>
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<title>4 Important Things to Help You Manage a Software Project</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3898219</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3898219</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:22:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Software development is the concept of developing specific functionality within an application that is meant to meet customer requirements. Software projects are especially vulnerable to scope creep and other variables that could end up changing the design and miss the mark when it comes to meeting the customer's requirements.]]></description>
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<title>The Impact of Change Management - 3 Things the Project Champion Needs to Do</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3951340</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3951340</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:52:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every organization has a complex culture and set way of doing things. Some companies have processes and policies that have been in place for decades and usually it is unknown as to why they still exist. The idea that "This is the just the way we do it" is a common justification for following the same business practices and never thinking that there is a better way. People resist change, some actually loathe doing something different because they do not see it as a potentially wasteful or broken process, only that it is the way things get done.]]></description>
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<title>5 Elements of a Project Charter</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3916015</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3916015</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:16:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Since a project can span several months and involve a variety of resources and skills, the Project Manager is expected to outline the project framework and establish the fundamental components of the work effort. Everyone involved within the project, as well as the stakeholders, need a document that helps to define the rules and structure of the project.]]></description>
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<title>The Number 1 Critical Thing You Need For Your Project - Scope of Work</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3909744</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3909744</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:55:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A project can be a very complex and difficult animal to manage and cost out, given the amount of resources that may be needed. Properly defining the project objectives and goals is crucial to meeting expectations.]]></description>
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<title>What is Project Planning and Scope?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3895197</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/3895197</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:55:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Project management is the concept of guiding team members to perform all the needed tasks and activities to meet a common goal. The Project team needs to work within a specific set of parameters to keep from straying from the initial objectives. Planning a project and communicating the plan and scope effectively will help keep the team focused on their initial tasks to make sure their contributions are within the boundaries of the plan.]]></description>
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<title>Why a Project Charter Should Be Part of Your Checklist</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/3904743</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The executive leadership team or project champion owns the project and is therefore responsible for helping the rest of the organization to understand the vision and the reasoning behind the effort. The charter is the tool that can help bring a consistent message to the team and all the stakeholders that may be impacted.]]></description>
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<title>10 Things to Have on Your Project Management Checklist</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Project can be a tough animal to tame depending on how you structure it. Having the right tools and methodology behind you to define and run a project can go a long way towards a successful deployment or development effort.]]></description>
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<title>How Do You Eat an Elephant? The Project Phase Approach!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Slicing up a project into phases allows the project to be chunked out and managed more effectively. In addition, team members can focus on the tasks and activities needed to complete each phase, with the overall project goals in mind.]]></description>
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<title>4 Things a Project Manager Should Be Doing</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:04:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Projects can range from software development to building a skyscraper and everything in between. A project can be extremely complex with various resources having specific roles and responsibilities. In order for the team to be successful, the "3 legged stool concept" incorporates People, Process and Tools to keep the project within scope and successfully within the allocated budget."]]></description>
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<title>4 Steps to Follow If You Have Lost Your iPhone Or BlackBerry</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:33:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Once you find cheap phone insurance for your blackberry or iPhone, you have found peace of mind knowing that you are fully covered for whatever may happen to your phone down the road. Losing your phone can be a pain, but if you do happen to lose your phone, you can follow the next steps:]]></description>
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<title>How to Avoid Phone Insurance Fraud - A Tale of Lost and Found</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:22:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The portable phone has now become a critical communication tool for many business people. Many can barely live without them if the phone becomes disabled, lost or stolen. Many elect to cover their equipment with cheap phone insurance for their iPhone or BlackBerry to have peace of mind. This is a very popular service that many take advantage of to ensure they can receive a replacement quickly and without much fuss.]]></description>
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<title>3 Reasons Why Our People Need Insurance - Rockefeller Vs Smith</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:55:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With all of the healthcare debate going on in the news media, we as a country are constantly bombarded with information on reform and why it is necessary to cover individuals and families with regards to health insurance. The basic question we are trying to answer is "Why We Need Insurance"?]]></description>
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<title>Travel Laptop Insurance - Emergency Data Recovery</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:47:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your computer is the tool where you load pictures and crunch numbers for work and house information that if lost can be irreplaceable. With the size of hard drives today you can literally store thousands of photos and tons of sales data on your machine.]]></description>
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