E-procurement: a new management tool
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Industria Solutions Inc., Mountain View, CA, set up the Global Project and Procurement Network to deal with shortcomings in the speed of transfer of complex information and electronic procurement (e-procurement), a new management tool. The company has done an extensive review of the dynamics of the process plant equipment (PPE) industry for chemical and energy plants. Supply chains for the two industries were found to be about 30% inefficient, but the problem was in information exchange.
Publication Name: Chemical Innovation
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 1527-4799
Year: 2001
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Right-brain chemistry
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A list is presented of Web sites providing resources for chemical engineering and research. Services include modeling of chemical discoveries, tips on report writing, and debunking of pseudoscientific theories or popular misconceptions.
Publication Name: Chemical Innovation
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 1527-4799
Year: 2000
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Surfing with a free (?) PC
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This article is about the company Free-PC and its products and services. Author recounts his experience in using a free PC and internet surfing service from the company and its implications.
Publication Name: Chemical Innovation
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 1527-4799
Year: 2000
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