Category: Strategy
Those websites (see below) are not really B2B eMarketplaces for software development but could be, somehow, with some additional functionality like a collaborative ‘online specification description” module. It is …
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 …
The Information Service Division of the university of Saldford has issued in 2004 (still ok…) a quite interesting paper listing common questions that anyone would have about company|market information …
Do you know Bobex? It’s a european B2B marketplace. Not a new one, as Bobex started business in 2000 . Their tagline? “Matching suppliers and buyers”. The principe is …
Are you using standard pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) to identify the most suitable suppliers to invite to tender for contracts?. PQQ, widely used in the Public Sector, was a strong …
Anyone – in Europe at least – dealing with B2B Sourcing activities is aware of Europages, Kompass, Dunn and Bradstreet, but what about Masterseek (45 million companies in 75 …
This research report (2003 – from CAP Research) develops a structured, multi-phase, analytical methodology for evaluating alternative e-procurement solutions. The motivation for this CAPS Research focus study stemmed from …
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 …