RFX
Gartner recently named Source One’s free WhyAbe.com platform as a Cool Vendor in Procurement and Finance for 2008. This is a big score for the sourcing and contract management toolset, when you consider that not many sourcing providers get this recognition from Gartner and that previous winners have included FreeFlow, Vinimaya, and BIQ - [...]
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Just like we did in the X-emplification series, we’re going to start with e-RFX and e-Auction as we tackle the generic questions that you should be asking every vendor, and the types of answers you should be expecting. 1. What do I have to do to get a good handle on how to make [...]
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Late last fall in the doctor wonders why the elephants in the room are often so hard to see and the doctor exposes the elephants in the room I exposed the elephants in the room that were hiding behind the blinds, couch, lamp, and projection screen. But this is a very big room - [...]
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So, I bet you’re all wondering - what’s to x-emplify? I’m sure you’re saying that it’s just RFx and e-Auction … it’s been around for 10 years … and it’s pretty self explanatory. My answer to that is that you’d think it should be, but given the wide range of capabilities that exist [...]
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I’m not sure what the reason for this is, maybe it’s the “Free RFP Templates” for e-Sourcing (RFPs & e-Auctions), Supplier Management, Contract Management, and Spend Analysis brought to you by Procuri & Co., maybe it’s an over-inflated sense of technical knowledge, or maybe it’s just plain stupidity - but more and more I’m hearing [...]
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Yesterday we defined a basic strategic sourcing process, indicated there were five critical process-driven phases that may be greatly enhanced by software solutions, and indicated that we would spend one theday discussing each of these phases this week. Yesterday we discussed Spend Management and Spend Analysis. Today we are going to discuss the RFX process.
RFX, [...]
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