The Office for Supply Management Services (SMS) publishes the Procurement Update quarterly newsletter and distributes it by e-mail to members of the Cornell community who have signed up to hear from them. To subscribe to the newsletter, manage your subscriptions online.Â
The full contents of each issue are posted here. Between issues, please watch our home page for news releases and articles about other departments’ collaborations with SMS.
January 2012 Procurement Update
In this issue: Savings for Promotional Items and Custom Apparel | More Suppliers Consolidated under VWR International | e-SHOP Enhanced, Especially for Office Supplies | Spend Viz Enhanced to Integrate with KFS | Save the Date for the Vendor Show! | New HVAC Reverse Auction Continues Savings Initiative
August 2011 Procurement Update
In this issue: Procurement Initiative Update | Progress on Procurement Initiative | Reverse Auctions Prove Successful in Achieving Savings | Office Supplies Minimum Order Size Pilot Delivered on Expectations | "Strategic Preferred Suppliers" Provide Multiyear Savings and More | Verizon Wireless Increases Savings for Cornell
In this issue: An Unprecedented Number of Sourcing Projects Draws Record Participation | Specialty Underwriters Reduces Costs by Consolidating Maintenance and Warranty Services | Sharing Resources with Weill Cornell Medical College Generates Mutual Benefits | Manage E-mail Subscriptions to SMS News and Announcements Online | 2011 Preferred Vendor Show Cancelled | Fifty New Contracts Generate Significant Savings on Several Commodities | Countdown to Kuali Financial System Launch
January 2011 Procurement Update
In this issue: Procurement Initiative Update | Progress on Initiative Objectives | New Reverse Auctions Drive Prices Down | Departments Gain Savings Strategies through Business Spend Review Meetings with SMS | Preferred Supplier Meetings | New Preferred and Contracted Suppliers Now Available! | How Can SMS Help You?
