Category: Enablers

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 …

Ariba and other consulting firms are regularly producing valuable executive papers to market their know-how. You can find most of them on buyersguide.eweek.com, as soon as you accept to …

If, as I do, you browse the internet for hours to get detailed information about your favorite topics, then you probably use a RSS reader. I’m using Netvibes myself …

A long time ago (5 years!) I was trying to sell eutilia concept and services (B2B procurement SaaS) to a french CAC40 multinational. At the end of the first …

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 …

At the moment you have finalised your spend analysis and bundled your purchasing items into commodities or Sourcing Groups, you might find this excel spreadsheet useful to identify which …

Bob Emiliani and his principal co-author, David Stec, worked as purchasing managers in the aerospace industry where they used reverse auctions. They have issued a dozen research papers for …

A new and interesting “Industrial Marketing Survey”, conducted by ThomasNet+Google and available here (you need to register), shows that industrial marketers are not completely aware of where the ‘buyers’ …

You may know the Sourcing Innovation blog from Michael Lamoureux but what about his Sourcing Resource Guide page and its 100 TOP links related to procurement or sourcing? You …