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Don’t force a square peg into a round hole
The Apollo 13 movie air scrubber repair scene is dramatic. Lives were at stake and the clock was ticking for a team of engineers to come up with an ad hoc air scrubber using only the parts on hand. The air scrubber repair was good enough for Apollo 13 to limp home. Ultimately, the team saved the astronauts’ lives and the nation’s prestige. This was a true story of derring-do and makes for great cinema.
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Be a better buyer with Closed-Loop Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) Purchasing
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In the latest issue of Uptime Magazine, Reliabilityweb.com includes the article "Be a better buyer with Closed-Loop Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) Purchasing.” The article explains what to look for when reviewing procurement management options for MRO. To learn more about being a better buyer with Closed-Loop MRO Procurement.
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Contraqer Corp. Partners with Smartware Group to Enable Closed-Loop MRO Procurement
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Integration between software systems provides real-time visibility into MRO inventory to increase uptime and reduce costs.
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Contraqer Successfully Deploys Closed-Loop MRO Procurement Solution at Grassland Dairy Products, Inc.
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Contraqer Corp., a leading cloud procurement management software provider, is proud to announce the completed deployment of a closed-loop maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) procurement solution at Grassland Dairy Products, Inc.
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Learn How Closed-Loop MRO Procurement Saves Time & Improves Uptime
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Join Contraqer and our newest partner, Smartware Group, the company behind Bigfoot CMMS for a webinar on March 30 or March 31 to "Learn How Closed-Loop MRO Procurement Saves Time and Improves Uptime." During this webinar, we will define Closed-Loop MRO Procurement and outline benefits, including: Fewer parts outages which results in higher uptime and more reliable assets & equipment Fewer emergency shipments, resulting in lower shipping costs Lower inventory levels, resulting in both lower working capital utilization and lower depreciation expense Lower purchase prices, resulting in a lower overall maintenance spend Lots of time saved and more accurate inventory information through the elimination of tedious, manual work
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Benefits of Closed-Loop MRO Procurement
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We recently introduced you to the concept of Closed-Loop MRO Procurement. We continue the conversation here with more information about the associated benefits. When you implement Closed-Loop MRO Procurement, you realize several benefits: Fewer parts outages which results in higher uptime and more reliable assets & equipment Fewer emergency shipments, resulting in lower shipping costs Lower inventory levels, resulting in both lower working capital utilization and lower depreciation expense Lower purchase prices, resulting in a lower overall maintenance spend Lots of time saved and more accurate inventory information through the elimination of tedious, manual work
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Procurement - the Secret Sauce of MRO
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Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) is big. America’s 350,000-plus mining and manufacturing facilities annually spend nearly $200 billion on indirect MRO materials. A large percentage of these facilities don’t actively manage the specification, purchase, storage, and consumption of indirect materials (items such as tools, bearings, motors, etc.) to the same extent that they manage their direct materials (steel, plastic, production chemicals, etc.).1
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4 Reasons for SEWP's Continued Success
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With the Federal 2016 fiscal year in the rearview mirror, NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement (SEWP) can look back on another record-setting performance, proving once again that it is among the favorite procurement vehicles for government agencies and contractors alike. SEWP’s PM, Joanne Woytek, has built a reputation for running a smooth operation, unusually fast and responsive, that stands above other Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs). Before 2017 grabs all of our attention it is worth pausing a moment to give credit where credit is due.
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Contraqer selected as one of 20 Most Promising Procurement Providers
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CIOReview selected Contraqer as one of the 20 Most Promising Procurement Solution Providers 2016 and named Contraqer the “Company of the Month” in the Procurement Special Edition. “We strive to find the most compelling companies in each of the vertical markets that we analyze. With that in mind, we are honored and excited to feature Contraqer in the latest 2016 edition showcasing the top 20 companies providing Procurement Solutions,” said Jeevan George, Managing Editor of CIOReview. “We’ve been working diligently to make our clients' lives easier by giving them insight into their procurement data when they need it and automating their procurement processes," said Dwight Gibbs, CEO of Contraqer. “We appreciate CIO Review recognizing our accomplishments.”
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Who Should be on Your IT Procurement Team?
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Who manages your IT procurement? Does your IT department lead because it has the technical knowledge? Does your procurement department lead because it has experience managing the messy process of IT buying? Or is it some combination of the two?
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