November 18, 2008 – Quadrem, a global provider of supply management solutions, has promoted Brandon Spear to Chief Operations Officer. In his new role, Brandon will continue to oversee Quadrem’s operations for eight regional offices on six continents.

October 22, 2008 – South Korean-based SK Engineering and Construction (SKEC) is using Quadrem solutions to manage sourcing and procurement communications with an international community of 5,000 suppliers. Approximately 300 to 400 tenders are expected to be issued by SKEC to support a gas train project it’s undertaking in the Middle East for a national petroleum company.

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September 15, 2008 - Gresham Computing and Quadrem International Limited have anounced a partnership to offer banks a suite of white-labeled solutions for ...

August 25, 2008 – Quadrem International, a leading provider of supply management solutions, will present a two-hour-long seminar at MINExpo® 2008 that will focus on the importance of innovation and risk management to drive growth and improve productivity within the mining industry. The sessions will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday, September 22, 2008. Reservations are required and may be requested online at www.quadrem.com/minexpo/mines under the Educational Opportunities tab.

August 18, 2008 – Quadrem today announced it has signed a global business process outsourcing (BPO) agreement with SAP AG in order to help customers reduce the cost and complexity of implementing and operating integrated electronic sourcing, procurement, invoicing, and contract management processes. In addition, Quadrem’s BPO services have qualified as “Powered by SAP”.

August 7, 2008 – Quadrem Professional Services is offering companies in the Mining and Metals industries a new on-site, two-and-a-half-day class, “Strategic Sourcing: Seven Steps to Sourcing Success.” This workshop helps procurement and sourcing teams identify qualified suppliers, optimally manage RFP events, and negotiate effective contracts.

August 7, 2008 – Anglo Base Metals launched its full e-Procurement functionality at a formal event on 1 August 2008, in partnership with Quadrem Africa, a subsidiary of Quadrem International Ltd, a supply chain solutions company with one of the world’s largest electronically connected supplier networks for private and public sectors.

July 30, 2008 – Today Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine recognizes Quadrem International as a leader in supply chain innovation, listing the Company in the seventh-annual “Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100”. Recipients are featured in the cover story of the June/July 2008 issue, as well as online at www.SDCExec.com/SDCE100.

Crossing the Digital Divide
Multinationals are leveraging Internet technology to build bridges to suppliers in developing economies
By Charles Jackson

For years, large multinational corporations have adopted an effective strategy of offshoring key operations to countries with advantageous labor environments to remain competitive in international markets. In doing this, many of these companies have been forced to "surrender" the world-class supply chain practices they've implemented, or aspire to implement, throughout the rest of their enterprises.

These large multinational companies have gained access to the developing world's labor pool and successfully transitioned and enlarged their supply chain community without sacrificing quality, surety of supply or customer loyalty. But there has been an unintended consequence. They have created a digital divide.

Deon Mocke, Quadrem Africa's regional vice-president, says global standards made sense in an electronic marketplace.
"In an e-marketplace we are in a unique position to bring economies of scale through coding and item description for spend analysis and procurement.  For example, we can apply global standards in coding regimes for catalogues."