Benchmarking your cost performance against the leading US companies in your Industry
Comparing your performance to your peers in your industry is essential to understand how good you are. Many ways to do so and hereby is another one I just …
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Comparing online traffic from leading eSourcing vendor’s websites (Alexa)
2 and 3 years ago, I did this exercice already; comparing the online footprint of leading Spend Management Solution vendors with Alexa. You’ll find below the update 2009 including …
An online toolkit for SMEs
“SME toolkit” is a website dedicated to SMEs. It is a project of the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group. the SME Toolkit offers free …
Global Sourcing Services: Do you know S4S?
Browsing the web to find relevant information or service providers is a powerful method but time consuming still. Based on this straightforward observation, let me present you a company …
Latest Forrester’s views about leading eProcurement vendors
Lately and following his 25-page Forrester Wave™ Vendor report for Q2 2007, Andrew Bartels updated his views about top procurement providers: Ariba remains the Goliath of the market, while …
How to profile a Sourcing Group | SSM’s Step 1/7
In a previous post, I have defined the 7 steps of a robust strategic sourcing methodology (SSM). My intention is now to provide more details about each step. Step …
A 15-step procurement process © OGC
OGC did a tremendous job detailing and drawing, online and publically, its 15-step procurement process, here. Though it is dedicated to Public Procurement purposes, I consider this site as …
Top 6 best practices for Supplier Quality Management
I found those practices – detailed in an article published by www.metricstream.com , a company which can help you managing your suppliers closer and more efficiently – pragmatic and …
Why industry-led eMarketplaces failed
Sorting out 10’s of case studies, white papers and researches I’ve archived since 2001 when I joined Eutilia, I found this great and long article from Peter Henig, written …
Where to find information to qualify Sourcing Groups?
Below is a basic list where you can find and search for the information you need when qualifying a Sourcing Group: In Public Information Sources Available Technology Export markets …