Reinventing the Supplier Negotiation Process at Motorola

Theresa Metty (), Rob Harlan (), Quentin Samelson (), Tom Moore (), Thomas Morris (), Ron Sorensen (), Avner Schneur (), Olga Raskina (), Rina Schneur (), Joshua Kanner (), Kevin Potts () and Jeffrey Robbins ()
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Theresa Metty: Motorola, Inc., 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Rob Harlan: Motorola, Inc., 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Quentin Samelson: Motorola, Inc., 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Tom Moore: Motorola, Inc., 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Thomas Morris: Motorola, Inc., 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Ron Sorensen: Motorola, Inc., 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Avner Schneur: Emptoris, Inc., 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Olga Raskina: Emptoris, Inc., 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Rina Schneur: Emptoris, Inc., 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Joshua Kanner: Emptoris, Inc., 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Kevin Potts: Emptoris, Inc., 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Jeffrey Robbins: Emptoris, Inc., 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

Interfaces, 2005, vol. 35, issue 1, 7-23

Abstract: As the world market for telecommunications underwent a massive downturn in the early 2000s, Motorola, Inc. needed to cut costs and increase productivity throughout its operations. It had to identify a method of reducing the time and effort required to prepare for and conduct negotiations with its suppliers, simplify their coordination, and optimize contract awards across sectors, to save costs. Motorola's global procurement function selected Emptoris's end-to-end Internet negotiations platform. Combining innovative bidding, online supplier negotiations, and scenario-based optimization analysis, it identifies the best procurement strategy while enhancing supplier relationships. Sourcing over $16 billion and saving more than $600 million, including $200 million specifically driven by the platform's advanced capabilities, Motorola changed its supplier negotiation paradigm and moved to a truly global process.

Keywords: analysis of algorithms; industries: computer; electronic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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