Sshhh! It’s America. When I was in Europe last month, it was a lot of fun drinking $9 coffees and $7 deli sandwiches. It was also obvious that it is not the good ole days of the powerful dollar. I came across this article, which refers to the USA as the […]
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Aberdeen recently released an informative research brief entitled The Supplier Enablement Challenge that pointed out the importance of supplier enablement. They found that Best-In-Class companies that had achieved decent supplier enablement had 15% more spend under management (78% to 63%), requisition-to-order costs that were 30% less ($22 vs $32), requisition-to-order cycles that were […]
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SCDigest ran a commentary recently which spelled out five recommendations for improving your results for eSourcing.
Prioritize The Trinity Of Reliability, Quality And Price
Very true, eSourcing does not change what you would normally do when going through a sourcing exercise, it just enhances it. If you sense the loss of a critical milestones, recalibrate and […]
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We frequently get asked questions, such as to what the bottom limit of eSourcing might be? There are a few factors to take into consideration when responding to this question, but the short answer is, there are no limits.
First, it should be noted that there are limits to spend on fully managed reverse auctions. […]
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I have heard from a few different sources that an eSourcing vendor is close to being acquired by a major consulting firm. Now this would not be the type of acquisition that has already occurred, between Perfect and Cormine, which has virtually no impact on the eSourcing landscape. The potential acquisition I speak […]
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Now it seems like there is a never ending stream of coverage on regarding “The China Price” for outsourcing the manufacturing production of various products. So, when I ran across this article in Fortune Magazine, I was not surprised by the content and story line but was happy to see supply management guru, Andrew […]
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Supply and Demand Chain Exec has a fantastic article on eSourcing process integration, which is written by Andy Sealock of Pace Harmon. If you can get past the incredibly unfriendly user obstruction for printing and viewing the article on 7 different pages, you will be able to really get a ton of great information. […]
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This article is a little old now, but the topic is not and is one of the hottest stories around. This short brief is about energy efficiency being good for the bottom line, as well as the environment.
The green movement is gaining momentum across broad sectors of U.S. companies – and it’s no coincidence […]
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So, you are a CPO and you have decided that using eSourcing technology is a good thing and read some information about auctions that sounds compelling. Now, you have to make some decisions on how you want to implement your plan and drive the best value. Suddenly, the idea comes to you that […]
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Security of goods in transit is not a new issue. Ever since the dawn of ocean freight, well before the dawn of the spice trade, traders have had to worry about piracy. And many hundreds of years before that, those who traded by land had to worry about outlaws, bandits, and raiders. However, ever since […]
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