The MCC will continue its participation in the Institute's Supplier Consolidation reengineering efforts. The goal of this effort is to analyze MIT's buying patterns across product groups and consolidate the commodities or procedures wherever improvements can be effected. In October 1994 the Supplier Consolidation team selected desktop-devices as one of its three initial product areas for further investigation. Since that time, the MCC has been engaged in designing and piloting a new approach for desktop computer acquisitions. In June, the MCC ran the first pilot Save-A-Bundle sale. Preparations are now underway for the second pilot, a Back-to-School sale focused on serving students.
The members of the Save-A-Bundle implementation team are Sally Plamondon, Dan Weir, Gerry Greenhow