Category: Enablers

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 …

First post about The European Institute for Purchasing Management (EIPM). EIPM has developed and is offering free on its website a powerful internet based “skill self-assessment tool” for purchasing …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Every year The Gartner is releasing “Hype Cycle” reports for different trendy IT models. With regard to SaaS, the Gartner has issued its report “Hype Cycle for Software as …

From “The Forrester Wave™: eSourcing Suites, Q4 2005”, Andrew Bartels issued a specific report about Verticalnet in November 2006 and said: Verticalnet’s eSourcing suite ranks third in current offering, …

At a certain point, it’s not even anymore an option. It’s a must have: You can’t survive without a tool to remember all of your usernames-passwords and helping you …

Zycus, one of the leading provider of Spend Analysis Automation, is partnering with UNSPSC and has issued a quite complete and instructive 47 page report called “UNSPSC for better …