US department lax on management

An audit from the inspector general of the Veterans Affairs department in the US, reveals the department is not using its computerised contract management system effectively, states Washington Technology.

Auditors looked at 6 755 procurement actions valued at about $1.7 billion and determined that only 17% of the actions were filed in the electronic system.

The report claims the VA cannot achieve the expected benefits of the electronic contract management system, including the ability to integrate procurement processes, reduce workload, and improve communications, without complete information.

Aurigo Software Technologies has unveiled Aurigo Brix 2009, a contract management solution for contractors, government agencies, and project management firms, says Tech Whack.

Aurigo adds that the solution has passed the software solution test for Microsoft Dynamics, which is a requirement for certification for Microsoft Dynamics status, Microsoft's highest partner-developed software.

Balaji Sreenivasan, CEO of Aurigo Software Technologies, says: “This is a major engineering milestone in our endeavour to provide complete industry ready enterprise resource planning solutions to organisations to the various stakeholders of the architecture, engineering and construction industry vertical.”

UK mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse will implement Ariba's on-demand spend management suite to manage its indirect spend and contract management processes.

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Michael Whitby, procurement director at Carphone Warehouse, said the technology adoption would mean that savings that have been negotiated would trickle through to the bottom line.

“By implementing Ariba's on-demand spend management solutions we now have a single solution through which we can manage our sourcing and contracts,” he said.