Are we finding it more and more difficult to resist the giddy extravagance of the festive frenzy? Are we really doing our best to keep costs down by comparing prices and seeking greatest value for money?
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Dec2013
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Dec2013
Software as a service (SaaS) is revolutionising how businesses go about sourcing goods and services.
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Dec2013
The construction industry presents buyers with a unique and sometimes tricky set of considerations, but this needn't be a reason to shy away from online sourcing. In fact, it can make the move to e-sourcing even more advantageous.
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Dec2013
An e-Request for Proposal invites detailed responses from suppliers, allowing them to propose their own solutions to meet a buyer’s needs.
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Dec2013
Central to seamless and successful implementation of e-procurement software are two groups of users: employees and suppliers.
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Dec2013
An e-Request for Tender is commonly used to run a formal procurement tender in the public sphere, but can be used in the private sector too.
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Dec2013
This moonlighting of the average consumer as a strategic buyer (of sorts) reminds us that many fundamentals of procurement are based on a common-sense approach.
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Nov2013
Most of the time, an e-Request for Information is used at the start of the procurement cycle, to conduct pre-tender market research or set up continual innovation capture.
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Nov2013
A clear financial rationale should be in place before the decision is taken to automate the procurement function. Establishing this helps to allay doubts that employees may be having, and allows decision makers to view the projected cost savings of an e-procurement solution when set against its cost.
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Nov2013
An e-Request for Quotation is used to gather prices from suppliers, based on a buyer’s precise idea of what they’d like the market to provide.