Sourcing & Procurement Solutions

Most of the big eProcurement players are struggling for critical mass and attractive pricing. Very few are already cash positive and if so, they have still a long way …

I have no clue when this new – and free! – service has been launched but it’s not more than a couple of month ago. It is definitly a …

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 …

Which company is the most popular eSourcing vendor? I’ve decided to look at Alexa and compare traffic ranking. Below is the outcome. To be honest, first hand, I’ve been …

Purchasing’s has issued its annual Benchmark about E-Sourcing adoption. The percentage of spend going through e-sourcing tools almost doubled in the past year (2005) from 16% in 2005 to …

Getting a right customised product and service classification for your own company is a tuff  and time consuming job. You’d rather start with and leverage a standard and global one as …

“Have you ever wanted to convert files without the need to download software ?” That’s the tagline of Zamzar. Zamzar is a great new online Internet freeware tool for …

More and more business software are available Open Source. I found this one, named TenderSystem, for e-Tendering and e-Procurement. For sure, I’ll make a trial soon and report my …

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 …

This one is a nice one: The ‘7 step’ Strategic Sourcing approach described by a Vice President of AT Kearney. A reference. Points of Interest At a glance, here …