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	<title>Strategic Sourcing Europe &#187; Purchasing</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>Top 15 questions for Supplier Sustainability Assessment</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/12/top-15-questions-supplier-sustainability-assessment-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/12/top-15-questions-supplier-sustainability-assessment-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late July 09, Wal-Mart announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index, which is expected to lead to higher quality, lower costs and measure the sustainability of products and help customers, live better in the 21st century. This index will be build out of a 3 steps program, starting by the assessment of their 100 000 supplier base with a Supplier Sustainability Assessment. ]]></description>
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		<title>Supply Risk in 2009: Top 10 learnings</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/12/top-10-learnings-about-supply-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/12/top-10-learnings-about-supply-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service Providers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ariba lately published a whitepaper about Supply Risk management. Wide topic indeed, which obviously shouldn&#8217;t be seen as a one-off action but as a continuous effort over time and a board-level matter.  Supply risk emerged strongly  &#8211; as the current financial market turned unsecure &#8211; and  shall stay in CPO&#8217;s minds as the economy will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enporion, now a veteran-owned company&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/12/enporion-now-a-veteran-owned-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/12/enporion-now-a-veteran-owned-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[B2B]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eSupply Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hubwoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quadrem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Enporion was initially a vertical eMarketplace, founded by 7 major US Utility companies ( Allegheny Energy Inc., Allete, Ameren Corporation, CMS Energy Corporation, KeySpan Corporation, PPL Corporation and UGI Corporation ) supposed to have enough business traction to make it happen. As we all know now, time for vertical eMarketplace was not yet there and quite early actualy, George Gordon, CEO and Chairman of the company took the right decision to bend the model and turn Enporion as a more general eSupply-Chain enabler (Source to Pay) for all industries, and with a private own technology to mitigate costs and maximize agility. ]]></description>
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		<title>CIPSA Professional Resources : Top 20 websites in the world of procurement</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/cipsa-professional-resources-top-20-websites-in-the-world-of-procurement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/cipsa-professional-resources-top-20-websites-in-the-world-of-procurement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Report | White Paper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is the the list of the top 20 Procurement-related websites identified by CIPSA (CIPS Australia - original source-page is here). I'm proud to see that I'm in, nearby Sourcing Innovation blog, Spend Matters, Supply Excellence...]]></description>
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		<title>Benchmark your purchasing function</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/benchmark-your-purchasing-function/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/benchmark-your-purchasing-function/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[PwC is proposing an online tool to benchmark a purchasing function through 39 criteria. Collecting data &#8211; to complete this benchmark &#8211; is announced to require 4 to 6 hours. This benchmarking tool is part of PwC&#8217;s Global Best Practices Knowledge base. Compare performance with other companies by using this quantitative diagnostic tool created to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing online traffic from leading eSourcing vendor’s websites (Alexa)</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/comparing-online-traffic-fro-leading-esourcing-vendor%e2%80%99s-websites-alexa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/comparing-online-traffic-fro-leading-esourcing-vendor%e2%80%99s-websites-alexa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spend Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Survey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ariba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bravosolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emptoris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frictionless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hubwoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iasta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ivalua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MFG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Procuri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quadrem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sourcingpart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Synertrade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verticalnet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zycus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.massin.eu/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2 and 3 years ago, I did this exercice already; comparing the online footprint of leading Spend Management Solution vendors with Alexa.  You&#8217;ll find below the update 2009  including for the first time Quadrem, Zycus,  Hubwoo and MFG as I appreciate them belonging to the  leading players. At the very bottom you&#8217;ll get  additional information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 critical metrics to cut-down TCO by 10-12%</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/6-critical-metrics-to-cut-down-tco-by-10-12/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/6-critical-metrics-to-cut-down-tco-by-10-12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methodology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spend Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dashboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPIs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.massin.eu/?p=382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leveraging the article &#8220;Dashboard leads global procurement to success&#8221; from Purchasing.com,  think about using those 6 obvious KPIs to generate 10-12% savings on appropriate direct commodities: Delivery lead time, Inventory days, Supplier count Part shortage, Price reduction, ppm (parts per million) defect levels per part.]]></description>
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		<title>Purchasing Management Dashboards</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/purchasing-management-dashboards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/purchasing-management-dashboards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dashboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KPI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are some interesting links providing screenshots of  Purchasing Management Dashboards (Sourcing, Procurement, Commodities&#8230;) as well as KPIs descriptions. Commodity Supplier Management Dashboard &#124; Purchasing Dashboard Procurement Management Dashboard &#124; Purchasing KPI Dashboard Purchasing KPIs for Dashboard and Reporting – 1 Management Dashboard Dashboard Purchasing KPIs – 2]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas &amp; Happy new year 2008!</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/12/merry-christmas-happy-new-year-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/12/merry-christmas-happy-new-year-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I take advantage of this group-picture taken some days ago with some Capgemini fellows from all over the world at the famous and inspiring Capgemini training center &#8220;Les Fontaines&#8221; near Paris (France), to wish a merry Christmas and Happy new year to all my blog readers and especially to my 350+ regular!]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/10/future-purchasing-the-extended-enterprise-connector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finding Suppliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purchasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benchmark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketplace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supplier]]></category>

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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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