Analysts/Research
Boston Consulting Group, a highly respected consultancy, has released a new publication named Sourcing From China - Lessons from the Learners. It is another one of these reports that I have come across recently which is a digestible size and easily read. I recommend downloading and saving, if your organization does any offshoring [...]
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If you are a small business (as defined by Aberdeen as sub $1b in revenue), then you are probably getting tired of being classified as a Laggard in every study that comes out. I came across a nice short brief by Aberdeen which packages up the details of the smaller enterprises very well. [...]
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As August came to a close, Aberdeen released their latest spend analysis research study, Working Too Hard for the Money (free, courtesy of Iasta). A few bloggers, like Tim with his Aberdeen’s Spend Analysis Benchmark: The Penultimate Study?,
Why Spend Analysis?, and Spend Analysis: Building the Business Case posts and Eric with his Aberdeen on [...]
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Booz Allen Hamilton has recently released a free white paper, entitled, Avoiding the Procurement Rabbit Hole. BAH gives good insight into the complex nature that procurement has become since the genesis of strategic sourcing in the 1980s. From the executive summary:
Procurement leaders have worked hard to build functional excellence. But to safeguard [...]
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Gather around E-Sourcing Forum readers, I have an offer for you! Iasta has sponsored the latest Aberdeen Benchmark study on Spend Analysis, titled Spend Analysis: Working Too Hard for the Money. Just follow the link and you will be given access to download the report directly from Aberdeen. As a teaser, here [...]
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Last month, I caught a short article in Supply Management (UK) which mentioned the growth of the sourcing software market as reported by AMR Research. It highlights that buyers are expanding usage of sourcing technologies due to more comprehensive and broad functionality. Growth is expected to grow rapidly over the next few years, [...]
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There is a potentially interesting research study being created by Aberdeen that is dedicated to usage of on-demand applications in supply chain. Aberdeen states: “In this annual research program Aberdeen will analyze the various strategies that companies are adopting towards supply chain applications development and delivery with a specific focus towards the on-demand model.”
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As a followup to Monday’s post about AMR research data, the same firm recently released its 2007 awards for the best run supply chains in the world. This is pretty much the who’s who of the most sophisticated sourcing departments too, which should not come as a surprise.
1 Nokia – As a pioneer in [...]
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In a recent email from Supply Chain Brain, there was a summary of some AMR research by Mickey North Rizza and Jane Barrett named Advanced Sourcing and Procurement: The Demand-Driven Transformation to Strategic Supply Management. They surveyed over 40 companies on various topics to come up with findings in seven broad categories.
Our research also [...]
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The procurement organization used to be a back-office function, considered of little strategic value to the company. But with the Chief Procurement Officer now taking a seat at a company’s helm and supply management increasingly becoming a bottom line issue, it’s finally getting the respect it deserves.
Technology: The procurement and logistics team at Alltel Wireless, [...]
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