Organizations are increasingly delegating their information technology (IT) intensive business activities to external service providers to take advantage of the rapid evolution of the global telecommunications infrastructure and emerging information and communication technologies (ICT) capabilities. The business processes being outsourced range from routine and non-critical tasks, which are resource intensive and operational, to strategic processes [...]
I found a nice summary about what Green IT means for a company here, on PAC Online website. As most of us are simply thinking about an efficient ‘low energy consumption’ IT system with reduced CO2 emission, the true benefit is elsewhere:
IT operations are responsible for generating a sizeable proportion of CO2 emissions on [...]
7 months ago from now I was writing on this blog “Even a ‘loose-partnership’ like Hubwoo – Procuri doesn’t make sense to me: interlocutors for e-Procurement are not the same as interlocutors for eSourcing and in general, nobody likes to hear they have to use a specific application here because they have this other application [...]
While a growing number of eSourcing technology vendors are outsourcing their originally in-house consulting services to focus on ASP technology services and becoming pure technology vendors, InterSources is one of the very few that has choosen the totally opposite-path since its launch in 2003. Good move indeed, as InterSource is now benefiting from a global [...]
SupplierScan.com, managed by Allan Skyner, has yesterday launched an online database service giving buyers within the European Utility industry direct access to ~5000 suppliers for their specific products or services. The launch of this database empowers the core online-service (called SupplierScan and which is about searching, finding and pre-evaluating new suppliers), making it quicker and [...]
I found this article on SupplyManagement.com.
Technology could make buyers redundant within the next five years. This is the view of professor Richard Lamming, director of the school of management at the University of Southampton. Technology trend to replace manpower is obvious. Now, if you want my opinion, having buyers redundant within the next 5 years [...]
Browsing my RSS feeds about Sourcing, Procurement and Technology with my preferred Netvibes Tab, I went through a post of Jason Busch about SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) which, I have to say, ‘triggered’ me. One, because it is the first time I was hearing about it – nobody is perfect – while it is [...]
More and more business software are available Open Source. I found this one, named TenderSystem, for e-Tendering and e-Procurement. For sure, I’ll make a trial soon and report my findings here.
” TenderSystem is an Internet based electronic tendering system to source, award and manage the total procurement process. This tried and tested technology leverages the [...]
E-future centres. Not an European idea unfortunatly but definitly another great initiave in Western Canada, to promote e-business benefits directly to SMEs. Visit their websites at www.e-future.ca funded by the ‘Western economic diversification Canada’ and specific to canadian SMEs, they will bring you valuable information to understand where and how to benefit from Internet.
As [...]
Emptoris acquires diCarta Inc. and Gets Serious About Compliance. An Article written by Jeff Moad, MA Editorial Staff – Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Emptoris Inc.’s acquisition this week of diCarta Inc. will allow Emptoris to more rapidly integrate compliance management features into its supply management software suite, according to President and CEO Avner [...]
VNUNET is providing sound news about IT management. They have developed a specific page to address SMEs’ issues.
SMEs need technology that’s easy to use, and easy to install and maintain by a smaller in-house IT team. And it has to be quick to pay back the initial investment in the form of benefits to the [...]
Evaluating E-Procurement Solutions. A CAPSResearch report written by Ram Narasimhan, Srinivas Talluri, et al. in 2003.
The brave new e-world requires different tools and a fresh mindset. Internet and web applications have already changed the global economy and the ways in which organizations conduct business. CAPS’ e-Supply Chain/e-Sourcing Project examines the impact of these applications on [...]
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