"How ImagePoint Saved $1.5M on Direct Materials""

Everyone in manufacturing feels the pressure to reduce direct material costs. The challenge is in breaking out from the status quo, implementing new business processes, and creating opportunities. The impact of technology can also be a wildcard. With today's limited budgets it is more critical than ever to clearly understand the cost benefits of a technology investment.

But while some companies agonize over how to proceed, others are already realizing hard dollar benefits from the use of new supply management tools. AMR Research has just completed a study on the benefits of supplier portals-- they found that saving time to enable more strategic purchasing activities is the number one factor in cutting direct material costs.

Innovative companies like ImagePoint, the country's foremost provider of display signs and turnkey image solutions, are using the new supply management tools to integrate their suppliers tightly into their manufacturing environment, thereby increasing inventory turns, lowering costs, and eliminating clerical work.

Learning from these leaders is the best way for you to cut through the confusion and assess the opportunities within your own company. Please join AMR Research, ImagePoint, and SupplyWorks for our FREE 45 MINUTE WEBCAST: "How ImagePoint Saved $1.5M on Direct Materials". In this presentation you will learn how ImagePoint Corporation has streamlined key purchasing and sourcing processes, created visibility, and lowered their annual direct material spend by over $1.5M.

Besides seeing how other manufacturers are taking advantage of the downturn to improve their competitiveness, you'll gain insight into how you can implement new tools to achieve these benefits with minimal risk.

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