Category: Best Practices

I know Brian Farrington Ltd (BFL) and Dr. Brian Farrington as we set a partnership together a couple of years ago, to combine the best of Eutilia and BFL. …

Entering in a new year is a priviledged moment to take good resolutions. But which ones? That is the question (!). To help, I’ve listed below 27 purchasing leading …

Not willing to reinvent the wheel but to efficiently circulate information and know-how amongst a community of interest for purchasing, I will issue, from now on and on a …

There are many ways to evaluate the quality and extend of your SRM processes, depending on your objectives and specific environment. On the other hand, it is not so …

I have presented in the post SSOA III/IV how to prioritize SGs, depending on 1) the potential savings they could generate and 2) their easiness of implementation. The next …

When the time comes to evaluate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a product/Service, it is better not to forget any critical element in the calculation of the …

In phase I/IV of a Strategic Sourcing Opportunity Assessment (see my HOWTO scope purchases post), you need to distribute your Sourcing Groups into 4 different categories (Standard, Commodity, Strategic, …

Since a couple of years now, Procuri is delivering web seminar in a regular basis. This is a great idea. I believe that distributing and sharing information through internet-based video will …

As you can see I love Top 10’s… I was busy identifying leading providers covering the ‘spending analysis’ automation process when I found this nice report from the Aberdeen …

In a former post, I’ve described – briefly but good enough I hope – how to scope the purchases to include in a Strategic Sourcing program. This was the …