Blogs about: Strategic Sourcing
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Drilling down
Drilling down What PC? – UK We took the approach of ‘we don’t know the best’ and to learn how to do strategic sourcing from the external market.” Being open to ideas required …… more →
SCM Pulse
Behind Yesterday's Press Release Regarding Anheuser-Busch InBev's Decision to Expand Their Utilization of Emptoris' Sourcing Solution
procureinsights wrote 2 weeks ago: A beverage company buys large quantities of aluminum, which it uses to manufacture cans to package i … more →
Aberdeen Group: 81% of companies see Spend Analysis as a high-value function
Carlos Ortiz wrote 1 month ago: Recently, Aberdeen Group released “Spend Analysis: Transforming Data Into Value” [regist … more →
Strategic Sourcing: Emerging Practices & Supplier Discovery and Visibility Groups Launched
procureinsights wrote 1 month ago: Social networking has redefined how we interact and do business. Nowhere has this been more evident … more →
BDM Core Services
Damon De La Pena wrote 1 month ago: BDM Leans your Supply Chain and Returns Cash to your Flow. This continues to be a critical message … more →
What is Supply Integration?
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Scott Walls wrote 3 months ago: By Scott Walls Supply Integration refers to all interactivity between buyers, suppliers, and related … more →
Spend Management ten years ago. Much has changed since then, much hasn't
Carlos Ortiz wrote 3 months ago: Today I had a conversation with an old friend, Bobbi Battista, who now works for Tenzing Consulting … more →
Spend Assessments - Interest is very high based on audience at my seminar at ISM-SV
Carlos Ortiz wrote 3 months ago: After some weeks of no posting, I have to share to some news. I just delivered an ISM seminar on Spe … more →
Cost Reduction Primer
janesato wrote 3 months ago: This document is a Spend Reduction Methodology used to reduce spend in a strategic sourcing project. … more →
Supply Risk Management in Turbulent times
pradeepty wrote 4 months ago: Study of Risk is probably as old as Murphy’s law, adage in Western culture that broadly states: … more →
Green by Design: Sustainable purchasing practices in start-ups
Carlos Ortiz wrote 5 months ago: I wish I was working for a start-up, for I will help shape it’s future in a sustainable way wi … more →
Organizational Marketplaces - Shared Vs. Dedicated
Scott Walls wrote 5 months ago: Organizational marketplaces are either dedicated or shared. Dedicated marketplaces provide purchasa … more →
Organizational Marketplace Content Structures
Scott Walls wrote 5 months ago: Organizational Marketplace Content Structures are the data elements used represent purchasable conte … more →
Organizational Marketplaces
Scott Walls wrote 5 months ago: Organizational Marketplaces are centralized, web-based content repositories where the providers of o … more →
Supply Integration Overview
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Scott Walls wrote 5 months ago: Supply Integration (SI) refers to the interactions between buying organizations and their supplying … more →
Organizational Marketplace Content Structure Rules
Scott Walls wrote 5 months ago: Marketplace Content Structure Rules are a set of rules governing the content within an organizationa … more →
Extreme Sourcing: Aiming for Perfection in Spend Management. Part 1 of 2
Carlos Ortiz wrote 5 months ago: Benchmarking. The magic word for companies trying to be among the best and be more competitive. Unfo … more →
ISM 2009: United Airlines implementing basic sourcing strategies
Carlos Ortiz wrote 6 months ago: Following today’s coverage on the ISM 2009 Conference, I read a brief note at Purchasing.com t … more →
Oracle launches sourcing software on demand: Why market adaptability may ultimately derail the transition (Part 2)
procureinsights wrote 7 months ago: “Recognizing that adoption or end-user compliance is one of the main barriers to a successful progra … more →
Immediate Areas of Opportunity for Manufacturers Today
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Jerry Larson wrote 7 months ago: No fluffy introduction needed for this topic… here are my recommendations for the priority areas to … more →
