Aberdeen Advanced Sourcing Survey
January 8th, 2007 at 04:09am David Bush - Iasta
For any company or person that has ever had any interest in eSourcing, or if you have experience with eSourcing, Aberdeen has released a new survey that is worth your time. This research study will be covering many topics related to advanced supply management and the technology that facilitates it. As we were the first sponsor of the report, Iasta feels this is very extremely important information to be studied and discussed.
Please click this link to take part in the survey.
Aberdeen’s description of the report is:
Maturing sourcing strategies and tightening supply market dynamics are driving enterprises to utilize more advanced sourcing techniques and more sophisticated sourcing and decision-support solutions. Advanced sourcing techniques encompass collaborative negotiations and the evaluation of multiple cost components, lotting and supplier solution alternatives within the context of devising the lowest total cost, best value solution to support the strategic objectives (and constraints) of the business. Advanced sourcing and negotiation tools and techniques go well beyond the price discovery and negotiation capabilities of basic e-sourcing to incorporate a comprehensive view of total costs and total value. Aberdeen will benchmark the usage of these advanced techniques and technologies and identify the practices that Best in Class enterprises employ to maintain their edge.
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2 Comments Add your own
1. David Newcorn | January 11th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Curious to know your and others’ thoughts on the suitability of e-procurement solutions for complex capital equipment in the manufacturing industries. These are not paperclips, not easily substitutable, don’t lend themselves easily apples-to-apples comparisons, and tend to be highly specific to the various industries in which such equipment is used. Can e-procurement solutions accommodate such purchasing decisions (which invariably are a team buy–far beyond purchasing department)? Does any one e-procurement system stand out for this? Or will this stubbornly resist eprocurement and remain the province of excel spreadsheets and many man-hours of research?
2. David Bush - Iasta | January 14th, 2007 at 11:09 am
David,
You might find some benefit from reading the following report:
http://www.aberdeen.com/summary/report/benchmark/RA_eProc_AB_VC_3401.asp
There is also this report which focuses on the mid-market:
http://www.aberdeen.com/summary/report/research_briefs/RB_EProcMM_AB_VC_3507.asp
If you dont have access to the Aberdeen library, most sponsors still provide the report for free.
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