http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2006/10/18/technology-to-the-rescue/ The source of information and best practices in strategic sourcing. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:19:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2006/10/18/technology-to-the-rescue/#comment-2615 David Weatherford Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:05:18 +0000 http://www.esourcingforum.com/?p=281#comment-2615 I agree with your comments above but especially with your last paragraph. I have managed eSourcing applications at my company for 4 years now and over those 4 years we have implemented 3 different applications. The biggest issue we have had is the notion among some executives that the application will make up for the fact that sourcing professionals stray from best practices and the prescribed sourcing process. Sales folks from the applications sell our leadership on the strengths of the tools and when the tool fails to deliver, (sometimes its the tool, sometimes its the incorrect use of the tool and sometimes it's non compliance with best practices) the tool gets all of the blame. I agree with your comments above but especially with your last paragraph. I have managed eSourcing applications at my company for 4 years now and over those 4 years we have implemented 3 different applications. The biggest issue we have had is the notion among some executives that the application will make up for the fact that sourcing professionals stray from best practices and the prescribed sourcing process. Sales folks from the applications sell our leadership on the strengths of the tools and when the tool fails to deliver, (sometimes its the tool, sometimes its the incorrect use of the tool and sometimes it’s non compliance with best practices) the tool gets all of the blame.

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