Strategic Sourcing Europe

cc-hubwoo confirmed 2 days ago its great ambitions for 2007 but needs more cash to turn its vision into reality and reach profitability. In a press release dated 16th of January cc-hubwoo (world’s leading provider for on-demand electronic procurement solutions and supplier network management with  60  worldwide buying corporation as customers) announced the launched of [...]

What is still amazing me in the eSourcing and eProcurement world is the lack of transparency of prices. So here is my question of the day: how much does it cost to get a full managed reverse auction? Which pricing model do you know and/or use (fixed-fee, success fee, mixed…)? Let me start dropping some [...]

I recently traded emails with Andrew Bartolini of Aberdeen Group, thanks to this blog. Andrew Bartolini, as far as you can read on his offical bio, is meant to know what he is talking about, as he is” a Supply Management professional with rich experience in Strategic Sourcing, Business Process Transformation, and Software Implementation. As [...]

All useful links, text and legislation about Public Procurement in the European Union are now available here, in several languages. It took me some time to find it back… as many changes on EU official websites occurred lately. Public procurement is the process whereby public authorities – national or local government departments and their dependent [...]

I know Brian Farrington Ltd (BFL) and Dr. Brian Farrington as we set a partnership together a couple of years ago, to combine the best of Eutilia and BFL. BFL is an UK-based independent Procurement and Supply Chain consultancy providing services to major public and private sector organisations. Established in 1978, BFL have expertise and [...]

Events in Europe: Procurecon 2007 – The 10th Pan-European Strategic Sourcing Event (Europe’s biggest procurement event – 5/8 November 2007 – Hotel le Plaza – Brussels) Procurecon Indirect 2007(Europe first ever indirect procurement event – 24/25 April 2007 – Amsterdam) Developing Sustainable Procurement Strategies for Oil and Gas (conference 26/27 March 2007 – Aberdeen UK) [...]

I found this press release dated from the 8th of January and about Alibaba on Digital Media Asia. Here is an excerpt: Alibaba, an e-commerce company in China, has launched Alisoft, an online business software provider to be established as a new company serving small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in China. Alisoft will initially [...]

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I’m regularly browsing for Ariba news, in blogs, at Ariba website. Bottom line, Ariba is the market leader for spend management solutions and the best sensor to get more than some clue about where . To be honest, after 7 years in the eSourcing battlefield, I am still amazed by the very poor media-coverage Ariba [...]

Entering in a new year is a priviledged moment to take good resolutions. But which ones? That is the question (!). To help, I’ve listed below 27 purchasing leading practices that might give you some new bright ideas. Enjoy, and why not to let me know the ones you’ve pick-up (which are not necessarily the [...]

First of all, happy new year to all of you reading my posts! Now and since the official launch of this blog 7 weeks ago, you are on average more or less 60 visitors browsing daily 250 pages. Nothing outstanding at all there but still, I am happy about it. To start 2007, let me [...]

Asia-Europe Alliance (ASEAL) is an international organization, whose mission is to develop and expand cooperation in the field of Paperless Trade in order to contribute to the economic development of Asia and Europe, in accordance with ASEAL‘s Charter, Statute and Rules of Procedure. ASEAL was founded according to local laws and regulations of member countries [...]