Category: Best Practices

This recurrent (famous?) topic was on the agenda of the US CPO’s summit and you can find the executive-outcome here. As titled by Purchasing.com, where I found the article, …

In the article attached below, Purchasing.com from February 17-2005, Jim carbone pointed out already that e-Sourcing technologies were freeing up time for buyers to work on strategic sourcing. Nothing …

Did you know that Brazil is ‘the new China’ for low-cost sourcing? That’s what Anusha Bradley is raising in SupplyManagement.com – London UK – 13 April 2006 The future …

Companies are using More Strategies to Lower Costs for Direct Materials. e-Sourcing is a key one. Article published in April 12, 2006 (SmartPros – USA) Companies are looking beyond …

A selection of case studies about reverse auction to share experience. Reverse Auction on a vehicule fleet Eutilia © 2002 When two of the UK’s largest utility companies , …

José Manuel Iáñez | Partner-Director of Iáñez & Tapia explaines simply and clearly how to analyse a reverse auction suitability, considering the position of the product or service to …

An Article written by CAPS Research in 2003 concluding that Reverse auction is a very efficient tool to source goods and services that are highly standardized, have sufficient spend …

If yes, you should read “Making E-sourcing Strategic”. An Aberdeen’s 2002 global research report on e-Sourcing, to help professional buyers adopting best practices in e-Sourcing. It includes E-sourcing provider …

Reverse auctions can generate significant savings if suitable., but do you know how much and what commodities to consider? I’ve listed below articles mentioning saving results with reverse auctions.  Typical …

A compelling report from AberdeenGroup © 2004 – 68 pages, where the 10 best sourcing practices are explained and analysed. Aberdeen identified 10 practices that were common among the …