Company Also Unveils First Online Calculator to Quantify the Overall Environmental Benefits of the eProcurement Process
NEW YORK, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Dimension Data, a $4.5 billion IT solutions and services provider, today announced the launch of an eBook intended to help organizations of all sizes bridge the gap between environmentally sustainable procurement practices and cost containment. Titled Overcoming the Challenges of Green Procurement Through eProcurement, the free online eBook highlights nine eProcurement best practices designed to help organizations implement and manage green purchasing programs, reduce environmental waste and control costs.
Along with the eBook, Dimension Data is also launching a free online green procurement calculator - the first calculator to quantify the overall environmental benefits of the eProcurement process for a given organization. The calculator allows users to enter in the average number of requisitions and purchase orders processed each month and then calculate the environmental benefits -- in terms of paper, energy, carbon emissions and more -- that could be realized by switching to a paperless eProcurement process.
"An increasing number of organizations are examining ways to factor environmental criteria into their buying decisions," said Ettienne Reinecke, CTO of Dimension Data. "However, in today's economic climate, organizations face the added challenge of balancing sustainable purchasing with cost savings. Our eBook outlines nine tested and proven best practices that will help organizations implement and manage green procurement programs, while simultaneously achieving the cost and efficiency savings that have long been associated with eProcurement.
"The benefits of a well-planned and executed eProcurement program can be significant. Consider this: The production of just one ream of paper uses 6% of a tree, 27.8 kilowatt-hours of energy, 6.4 kilograms of greenhouse gas, 180 liters of water waste and 2.6 kilograms of solid waste - and that's without printing or faxing. To fax or print requires an additional 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity and 5 kilograms of carbon emissions. Over the course of a year, this adds up to an alarming amount of unnecessary paper consumption and carbon emissions."
The nine best practices highlighted in Dimension Data's eBook each map to at least one of four green procurement program enablers: knowledge transfer and training, selection and control of suppliers (enforcing green suppliers), measurement and compliance, and a paperless workflow. The eBook also provides tips for organizations without existing eProcurement programs on how they can still leverage the same best practices and assist their green procurement implementation. In addition, the eBook outlines the important criteria to look for when choosing vendors and suppliers.
Overcoming the Challenges of Green Procurement Through eProcurement and the green calculator can be obtained by visiting http://www.dimensiondata.com/Services/eProcurement/GreenProcurement.htm
About Dimension Data
Dimension Data (LSE: DDT), a specialist IT services and solutions provider, helps clients plan, build, support and manage their network and IT infrastructures. Dimension Data applies its expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage and contact center technologies and its unique skills in consulting, integration and managed services to create customized client services. For more information: Call 866-DIDATA-US or visit www.dimensiondata.com/na.
About Dimension Data Direct
Dimension Data Direct is Dimension Data's B2B eProcurement solution that allows clients to purchase IT products and services electronically via either punch-out from the clients' existing eProcurement system or by utilizing our hosted procurement solution. In 2008 we helped our clients eliminate the need to print more than 1.8 million sheets of paper with Dimension Data Direct. That means we've helped our clients save 219 trees, approximately 69,134 kg of carbon emissions, and about 138,268 kWh of energy - the same amount of energy used by the average American household for 13 years!
For more information about Dimension Data Direct's eProcurement system go to: http://www.dimensiondata.com/Services/eProcurement/eProcurement.htm
Media Contacts:
Lisa Grimes Laura Sexton
Dimension Data Davies Murphy Group
(703) 217-2692 (781) 418-2417
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