Purchasing Magazine is broadcasting their findings from a strategic sourcing study that they collected. It should be an interesting webcast, which will hopefully stand out from the normal droning infomercials that seem to dominate the medium. As described by PM:
A recent in-depth study by Purchasing set out to document the innovation and problem-solving […]
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That floor of the company headquarters that no one from procurement has been to..that’s the marketing department. It shares the floor with the legal department and they do not want you talking about their spend, let alone sourcing it! This month there was a very good (and direct) editorial in ELP, written by […]
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Ever since October, things have been off the hook here. Of course, we have had our normal growth trajectory over the course of 2007, but Q4 blew out the doors. From a profile standpoint we have added:
15 new software clients
3 additional verbal commitments
3 Fortune 100
6 Fortune 500
2 Fortune 1000
2 mid market
The remaining companies […]
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I took a trip in the way back machine and reviewed some of my favorite posts of 2007, which I have neatly repackaged in concentrate form here, its a mixture of good strong best practices and interesting topics:
Hello World! Announcing eSourcingWiki!
Two stage reverse auctions
We are very, very special
Issues in eSourcing: Adoption and Penetration
The 7Cs Cheat […]
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Just to give a little heads up for readers of ESF…I will be recharging the batteries from here on out, so there will not be daily updates again until January 2. I might put up a few things but nothing that cannot be caught up on, in the new year. Thanks for all […]
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I charged forward on a new corporate website for Iasta last week. We have some big plans to “break out” in 2008, which I believe we are perfectly positioned to do. One thing that needed to be addressed was our imaging. I would appreciate comments, either public or private. Thanks!
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Although I try to refrain from discussing Iasta or the Iasta solutions in this forum (as we have an entire website for that), I was pleased to notice that when reviewing Gartner’s 10 Strategic Technologies for 2008 (as reviewed in CRM Today), we’re already there with respect to at least four of the technologies and […]
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The Doctor, who runs Sourcing Innovation blog, is never short on heavy hitting analysis. I particularly like when he takes on topics in eSourcing (big surprise). Last week, he had an in depth breakdown of the core functionality that most think of for eSourcing -eRFx/eAuctions. Additionally, you will notice his theme of […]
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I find the topic of Fortune 1000 M&A interesting because we have over 125 customers, and in any given year, it seems like 5-10% of them go through a major structural change, as a result of a merger with another massive company. Many times there are conflicting technology directions that exist, which must we […]
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Supply Chain Finance is the optimization of both the availability and cost of capital within a buyer-centric supply chain. The availability and cost of capital is usually optimized through the aggregation, integration, packaging, and utilization of all of the relevant information generated in the supply chain in conjunction with cost analysis, cost management, and various […]
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