The office for official publication of the European communities is a publishing house whose multicultural and multilingual orientation makes it unique. Anyone can consult uits book catalogue at the …
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 …
End of November 2006, The Forrester offered a teleconference to give its views of the worldwide market for eProcurement, eSourcing, contract life-cycle management (CLM), spend analysis, electronic invoice presentment …
Reading the latest IBX‘s newsletter this morning, I discovered their new – to my eyes! – European Purchasing Magazine called “Efficient Purchasing“, published twice a year. Pretty good I …
Don’t tell me you are not interested to know how your own salary benchmarks with other european purchasing professionals… The European Institute for Purchasing Management (EIPM) is offering the …
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, …