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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>6 best practices to ensure eSourcing adoption</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another good 20 page white-paper from SAP © 2006 describing 6 easy-to-use best practices and a couple of  tips  to support successful adoption  of  an eSourcing solution. Not rocket science, just basic change-management key success factors used in any transformation project but applied to eSourcing:  Deming PDCA, Simplicity, quick wins and communication...what else?]]></description>
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		<title>A Gold Nugget: The Scottish Public Procurement Toolkit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Governement has developped a comprehensive Purchasing toolkit and a full suite of Strategic Sourcing templates in order to streamline its Sourcing and Procurement processes. Although devoted to the Public sector Buyers, most of the templates are re-usable by Private-sector Buyers. The whole toolkit can be found on the Scottish Government website. Below is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CIPSA Professional Resources : Top 20 websites in the world of procurement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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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>CPO&#8217;s 2009 Top 4 pressures</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/11/cpos-2009-top-4-pressures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aberdeen revealed Top 4 pressures in its April 2009 report. Pretty basic, standard and 'to be expected' in current economic turmoil, but speed in responding to those  market requirement will be the key success factor. Those 4 pressures are listed below and prioritized in the 'figure 2' included.]]></description>
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		<title>Strategic Sourcing Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2009/10/strategic-sourcing-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2009/10/strategic-sourcing-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Browsing the content of this blog as anyone could do, I came to the conclusion that a recap&#8217; of  the 10 articles I posted about &#8216;strategic sourcing opportunities by commodity&#8217; could be useful. Hoping this helps. Strategic Sourcing Opportunities Part I: Stationary Strategic Sourcing Opportunities Part II: Fax Machines Strategic Sourcing Opportunities Part III: Travel [...]]]></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>
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		<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>An Achievable Approach to Master Data Management</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2008/03/an-achievable-approach-to-master-data-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2008/03/an-achievable-approach-to-master-data-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;An Achievable Approach to Master Data Management&#8221; is a FREE one-hour Web video featuring Forrester Research and hosted by the Institute of Supply Management (ISM), delivered the 12th of February. This webinar is tailored for supply chain professionals evaluating how to cope with dirty and inconsistent vendor data. Take an hour to hear Forrester&#8217;s latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISM webminar to provide expert advice on Data Management issues</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2008/02/ism-webminar-to-provide-expert-advice-on-data-management-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 12th of Feb, Quadrem and Forrester Research will advice supply chain professionals on how to cope with dirty and inconsistent vendor data practices. &#8221; Amsterdam and Dallas – 4 February 2008 – The Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) and Quadrem International will host an hour-long web seminar that advises supply chain professionals on how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing Business Performance of B2B eMarketplaces</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2008/01/assessing-business-performance-of-b2b-emarketplaces/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2008/01/assessing-business-performance-of-b2b-emarketplaces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long time ago (&#8230;), when I was still heading Eutilia NV, I got a call from Anne Engström and Esmail Salehi-Sangari. They were observing that &#8220; While large capital investments were made in numerous B2B e-marketplace initiatives, a significant number of these firms ended up going bankrupt. Today, many e-marketplaces are still struggling to survive and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eProcurement: A lot did change since 2005&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.massin.eu/2007/12/eprocurement-a-lot-did-change-since-2005/</link>
		<comments>http://www.massin.eu/2007/12/eprocurement-a-lot-did-change-since-2005/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean-Philippe Massin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Browsing for eProcurement news, I found the last Forrester Wave (07Q2) on BasWare website (here) , discovering by the way the sensational coming-out of BasWare which belongs nowadays amongst the happy few eProcurement market leaders. Funny enough, I found back the eProcurement Forrester Wave from 04Q4. As you can see, Commerce One was already gone [...]]]></description>
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