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	<title>Strategic Sourcing Europe &#187; Finding Suppliers</title>
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		<title>You want to receive new business Opportunities?</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/you-want-to-receive-new-business-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you try the Ariba Network, a leading professional B2B supplier network supported by Ariba&#8217;s technology? Ariba Supplier Network at a Glance $100 billion in annual transactions 1.8 million monthly PO&#8217;s Transactions in 80 currencies 80 million catalog items Any feedback would be appreciated]]></description>
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		<title>Future Purchasing: the Extended-Enterprise connector</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/10/future-purchasing-the-extended-enterprise-connector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Doctor made it again: Michael Lamoureux from the Sourcing Innovation Blog launched another cross-blog series on a thrilling item &#8211; The Future of Sourcing &#8211; 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 contributing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to basics: Green and Sustainable</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/08/back-to-basics-green-and-sustainable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/08/back-to-basics-green-and-sustainable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah-yeeees&#8230; Of course you know the difference between those 2 &#8216;high-buzzing&#8217; 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&#8230;oups. So, for the sake of it, give me 2&#8242; to refresh our mind. GREEN [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Achilles wannabe Global</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/06/achilles-wannabe-global/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/06/achilles-wannabe-global/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finding Suppliers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; procurement cycle while promoting corporate social responsibility. Achilles&#8217; main weakness is aligned on its key strength, this strength which enabled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HEC School of Management and Ariba are teaming up for Green</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/02/hec-school-of-management-and-ariba-are-teaming-up-for-green/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/02/hec-school-of-management-and-ariba-are-teaming-up-for-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 managed procurement services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reference Checking in 7 Easy Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/01/reference-checking-in-7-easy-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/01/reference-checking-in-7-easy-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article published on www.outsourcing-best-practices.com, you shall learn more about the best way to measure a supplier&#8217;s ability to provide the services you are looking for: asking references (supplier&#8217;s customers experience). Below are the 7 steps which are detailed in the article I mentioned: Step 1: Determining What Makes A Good Candidate Step 2: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know ASEAL, an Asia-Europe ALliance for paperless trade?</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/01/do-you-know-aseal-an-asia-europe-alliance-for-paperless-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/01/do-you-know-aseal-an-asia-europe-alliance-for-paperless-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[European SMEs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finding Suppliers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8216;s Charter, Statute and Rules of Procedure. ASEAL was founded according to local laws and regulations of member countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eMarketplaces for software development</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/emarketplaces-for-software-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/emarketplaces-for-software-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B2B Marketplaces]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those websites (see below) are not really B2B eMarketplaces for software development but could be, somehow, with some additional functionality like a collaborative &#8216;online specification description&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sources of information about companies and markets</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/sources-of-information-about-companies-and-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/sources-of-information-about-companies-and-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool tools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Information Service Division of the university of Saldford has issued in 2004 (still ok&#8230;) a quite interesting paper listing common questions that anyone would have about company&#124;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bobex, the smartest way to buy or sell business services and products</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/bobex-the-smartest-way-to-buy-or-sell-business-services-and-products/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2006/11/bobex-the-smartest-way-to-buy-or-sell-business-services-and-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[B2B Marketplaces]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eTendering eRFx]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finding Suppliers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know Bobex? It&#8217;s a european B2B marketplace. Not a new one, as Bobex started business in 2000 . Their tagline? &#8220;Matching suppliers and buyers&#8221;. The principe is simple, as mentioned on their website: Buyers submit their request free of charge and suppliers reply with customised bids. &#8216;Customised bids &#8216; means that Bobex is [...]]]></description>
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