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Did you try the Ariba Network, a leading professional B2B supplier network supported by Ariba’s technology? $100 billion in annual transactions Any feedback would be appreciated
The Doctor made it again: Michael Lamoureux from the Sourcing Innovation Blog launched another cross-blog series on a thrilling item – The Future of Sourcing – and succeeded to get almost a dozen of SME (Subject Matter Expert) bloggers to post their POV (point of view) on this bottomless topic. How could I miss [...]
Yeah-yeeees… Of course you know the difference between those 2 ‘high-buzzing’ concepts which are green procurement and Sustainable procurement. However, the more I read about it, the more I see Green instead of Sustainable or vice versa. Even in my posts…oups. So, for the sake of it, give me 2′ to refresh our mind.
Are you still ignoring who Achilles Group is? Of course not! Indeed, a ~30M€ revenue and worldwide leading provider of Supplier Management Information (supplier pre-qualification databases). Achilles’ supplier management schemes speeds up the sourcing & procurement cycle while promoting corporate social responsibility. Achilles’ main weakness is aligned on its key strength, this strength which [...]
Though the impact of sustainable development in the supply chain and procurement has been on HEC radar screen for already 4 years, the french HEC School of management has decided to expand their research with the support of Ariba – duly represented by an eProcurement/eSourcing pioneer Pierre Francois Thaler, currently director of [...]
In this article published on www.outsourcing-best-practices.com, you shall learn more about the best way to measure a supplier’s ability to provide the services you are looking for: asking references (supplier’s customers experience).
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 [...]
Those websites (see below) are not really B2B eMarketplaces for software development but could be, somehow, with some additional functionality like a collaborative ‘online specification description” module. It is more a C to C eMarketplace to get your personal website done but I have to say I used them to develop some bits (graphical bits [...]
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:
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 [...]
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 [...]
Anyone – in Europe at least – dealing with B2B Sourcing activities is aware of Europages, Kompass, Dunn and Bradstreet, but what about Masterseek (45 million companies in 75 countries)? It’s a new entrant and as for all other players, it’s quite difficult to evaluate the quality of its database at a glance. 2 [...]
News release – Arpil 2005: GNX launches a supplier sourcing service for retailers |
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