You may know the Sourcing Innovation blog from Michael Lamoureux but what about his Sourcing Resource Guide page and its 100 TOP links related to procurement or sourcing? You will find there an impressive list of links to analyst group, publication, white paper, events, vendor and blogger websites (mostly from US). If the look and [...]
This recurrent (famous?) topic was on the agenda of the US CPO’s summit and you can find the executive-outcome here. As titled by Purchasing.com, where I found the article, “the debate continues”, i.e. there is not really an answer. From my perspective and based on real customer experience, I would say that ‘on demand’ (my [...]
72%. Do you believe that? Ok, it’s not done yet and we all know that the usage of a framework contract is not as easy at it seems, accross a wide organisation . This means anyway that the average price for PC consumable has been cut by 72%, half of it coming from an “exciting [...]
On a quaterly basis, Forrester is issuing a leading-vendor ranking on several subjects and more specifically about contract management, an important software piece in the e-sourcing and e-procument battlefield. Those leaders, eager to let it know are providing those reports on their website. So, enjoy reading this one, found on Oracle site, Top 10 Contract [...]
The Information Service Division of the university of Saldford has issued in 2004 (still ok…) a quite interesting paper listing common questions that anyone would have about company|market information and where to get the answers (i.e. internet websites or paper publications). Examples: – How to find the address of a company, – How to discover [...]
If you are a capital extensive company, you might already know Dovebid. Founded a very long time ago – yes, in 1937! – the firm pioneered the use of auctions in high technology by selling the assets of Osborne Computer – the first computer auction in history. Six decades after its founding, the firm has [...]
Do you know Bobex? It’s a european B2B marketplace. Not a new one, as Bobex started business in 2000 . Their tagline? “Matching suppliers and buyers”. The principe is simple, as mentioned on their website: Buyers submit their request free of charge and suppliers reply with customised bids. ‘Customised bids ‘ means that Bobex is [...]
Following are 7 training or conference events organised – mainly in UK – in November 2006: Promoting Procurement in Wales 28 November The Quality Hotel, Cardiff, ProcureCon 2006 6-9 November 2006 Hotel Le Plaza Brussels, Executive Decisions MasterClass 15 November 2006 London £579/£699, Energy – commodity buying in a volatile environment 1 November 2006 London [...]
Are you using standard pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) to identify the most suitable suppliers to invite to tender for contracts?. PQQ, widely used in the Public Sector, was a strong recommendation on how public sector bodies can improve small & medium sized enterprises (SMEs) access to the Government marketplace. Actually, PQQ brings – if used properly [...]
I remember the early days when running our first auctions and not having really a clue about how long they would last… we even got an auction running for 2 days with a pause during the night… Thousands of auctions later, here come a nice tip (Thanks to Lloyd Keays who found the equation!) to [...]
Looking for a website enabling you to identify quickly EU Public RFx|Tenders (OJEC notices) matching your company business? I got many requests from visitors to give an overview of the market on this topic. Soooo, here are the ones I know, their links and some information about each of them. I sorted them out according [...]
This TOP 10 has been made by Denise Doig (Denise Doig is the Managing Editor of HRO Today, FAO Today, and HRO Europe magazines. She can be reached at ddoig@outsourcingtoday.com). It is clearly focused on outsourcing services, as FAO today is. On one hand, well known companies are listed but on the other hand I’m [...]
I don’t know why, but I got the feeling Open Source applications will take-off more and more. Currently, it is still difficult to find a lot of alternative or ‘best of breed’ open source applications covering eSourcing. I am ready to bet it will change. Anyway, I was searching for this kind of stuff and [...]
Most of the big eProcurement players are struggling for critical mass and attractive pricing. Very few are already cash positive and if so, they have still a long way ahead to recover their initial investment. Those company might not appreciate so much this entrepreurial open source pitch from Dave Stephen, CEO and co-founder of COUPA. [...]
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