Today, with some proprietary purchasing software, the same procedure can be completed within two hours.
The manufacturing industry, by contrast, wanted software that integrated purchasing, inventory, production and sales.
National software certification will guide the process of government purchasing of domestic software and IT products.
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It also explains the risks that consumers face when purchasing pirated software.
Unilever, for instance, is using agent-based modeling software to analyze the purchasing and social patterns of 150, 000 customers who use Swiss online grocer LeShop.ch.
Software programs for corporate purchasing, for example, give managers the ability to drill down into their spending databases, track buying trends, and identify discrepancies in pricing and contracts.
Why bother purchasing template software or contracting an expensive corporate voice over service when you can employ an equally talented entrepreneur for a personalized service that is not only cheaper and easier to access, but is more intimate and tailored to exactly what you need.
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You could also look into purchasing a tax software package to load onto your computer.
Once they know where they stand, some companies use cloud computing to empower their fuel buyers with powerful, automated fuel purchasing and management software.
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Fancy software automates design, manufacturing and purchasing.
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The chief executive of Aspect Development may have a point--his clients pay him millions for software to spot glaring problems in their purchasing habits.
Intelisys software automates the purchase-approval process, freeing up the purchasing department to spend time, say, negotiating better prices.
Imagine that a portfolio manager in 1999 told clients he thinks this small outfit called Microsoft could have a real growth spurt from core software sales as households and many small businesses were increasing their PC purchasing into the 1990s.
Imagine that a portfolio manager in 1999 told clients he thinks this small outfit called Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) could have a real growth spurt from core software sales as households and many small businesses were increasing their PC purchasing into the 1990s.
Instead of purchasing e-books through a single online store to read only on compatible software (i.e. books bought from the Kindle Store can only be read on Kindle apps), Google lets consumers buy books either from its store or any other online vendor that sells books in EPUB and PDF formats, and read them on any device with a web browser.
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