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	<title>Strategic Sourcing Europe &#187; Case study</title>
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	<description>An European weblog for Purchasing professionals : eSourcing, eProcurement, eMarketplaces, KPIs, tools and methodology, market information...</description>
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		<title>How to write an RFP for information products</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2008/07/how-to-write-an-rfp-for-information-products/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2008/07/how-to-write-an-rfp-for-information-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find attached here how-to-write-an-rfp-s, an AT-Kearney POV and 5 tips to write an RFP. Nothing revolutionary in this article published in june 2006 but it is always good to come back to basics with ATK.]]></description>
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		<title>Outsourcing activities in a wink</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/05/outsourcing-activities-in-a-wink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/05/outsourcing-activities-in-a-wink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 23:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been issuing posts so far about outsourcing procurement tasks or goods, but do you know that you can as well outsource part of you activities to india,  as easy as buying online? What I am talking about is not new but it looks that the momentum is coming-up now. World is starting to tame [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solectron: A virtual factory to manage worldwide trading partners</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/03/solectron-a-virtual-factory-to-manage-worldwide-trading-partners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/03/solectron-a-virtual-factory-to-manage-worldwide-trading-partners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solectron Corporation, founded in 1977, is a leading global provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and integrated supply chain solutions. Solectron serves the world&#8217;s most innovative companies in industries that rely on high-tech electronics. Solectron&#8217;s 50,000 employees have a hand in designing, making and servicing products that people around the world rely on every day: PC&#8217;s, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top links this week #50</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/12/sses-top-links-this-week-50/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/12/sses-top-links-this-week-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report | White Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eProcurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eSourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[procurement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spend analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Sourcing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Survey]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not willing to reinvent the wheel but to efficiently circulate information and know-how amongst a community of interest for purchasing, I will issue, from now on and on a weekly base, the most compelling purchasing links I go by, with a short title-description. Here is the first post of this category. Links to worldwide Supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>e-Sourcing and e-Auctions  are not just cost-reduction tools</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/05/e-sourcing-and-e-auctions-are-not-just-cost-reduction-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/05/e-sourcing-and-e-auctions-are-not-just-cost-reduction-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 07:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Case study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eSourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverse Auctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eProcurement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the article attached below, Purchasing.com from February 17-2005, Jim carbone pointed out already that e-Sourcing technologies were freeing up time for buyers to work on strategic sourcing. Nothing new there, but quotes and lesson learned from Motorola or Scientific Atlanta are quite valuable to read. This article complement the e-Sourcing benefits table from Aberdeen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reverse auctions:  5 case studies</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/reverse-auctions-eauctions-reverse-auctions-case-studies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/reverse-auctions-eauctions-reverse-auctions-case-studies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A selection of case studies about reverse auction to share experience. Reverse Auction on a vehicule fleet Eutilia © 2002 When two of the UK&#8217;s largest utility companies , United Utilities and ScottishPower, were seeking suppliers to provide them with a mix of cars, vans and trucks for their vehicle fleets, they issued a tender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving on office furnitures with reverse auctions</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/reverse-auctions-eauctions-saving-on-office-furnitures-with-reverse-auctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/reverse-auctions-eauctions-saving-on-office-furnitures-with-reverse-auctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reverse Auctions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A case study on Reverse auction and Office furnitures. In 2005, London council &#8216;reverse e-auction&#8217; saved 2 million costs on office furnitures. An online &#8216;reverse e-auction&#8217; held on Tuesday 21 June 2005 has cut an estimated 2million GBP off the cost of office furnitures (stationery) for London Councils. Hosted by the London Borough of Hammersmith [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 to 65% savings with Reverse auctions</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/reverse-auctions-eauctions-reverse-auctions-17-to-65-savings-examples/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/04/reverse-auctions-eauctions-reverse-auctions-17-to-65-savings-examples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reverse Auctions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reverse auctions can generate significant savings if suitable., but do you know how much and what commodities to consider? Here are links to articles mentioning saving results with reverse auctions. Typical savings for Direct commodities range from8-23% and Indirects from 9-45% How a reverse auction saved the MoD over 65% &#124; UK &#8211; 2003 &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US public Bodies convinced by Reverse Auctions</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/03/us-public-bodies-convinced-by-reverse-auctions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/03/us-public-bodies-convinced-by-reverse-auctions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very clear recommendation from Texas comptroller, published in 2000: Use “Reverse Auctions” to Reduce Procurement Costs! In an on-line “reverse auction,” the suppliers, rather than the buyers, bid for contracts to provide goods; prices start high and go lower as the bidding continues. Numerous governments are using this technique to save money and increase [...]]]></description>
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