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April 14th, 2008 at 02:17am David Bush - Iasta

Sourcing Handbook from Iasta.com, baaaby.

Occasionally, a new resource comes along that is really worth spending some time on. A few weeks ago, Iasta Publishing Co, completed its first publication of original work. Most of which is written by Sourcing Futurist and Supply Chain Guru, Michael Lamoureux, who maintains his own blog and is a regular contributor to ESF and ESW.

This is not your typical vendor marketing schlock or PowerPoint clip art. This is a real book, packed with hundreds of pages of powerful best practices content on sourcing and sourcing technology. We decided to release this as an e-book first, with plans to publish in hard copy soon, for easier reading. I am currently working on some ISBN needs, cover design and printing requirements to officially put this on Amazon for purchase.

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The e-Sourcing Handbook is a modern guide to Supply and Spend Management Success which utilizes and enhances strategic sourcing technology and best practices. Covering the full spectrum of the e-Sourcing cycle, the handbook helps you understand not only what spend analysis, e-RFx, e-Auction, decision optimization, and contract management are, but where and when to apply these technologies for maximum benefit.

Building on the resounding success of the e-Sourcing Wiki and the e-Sourcing Forum and Sourcing Innovation blogs, the handbook takes the concept of open access to knowledge and best practices one step further by compiling the best information on e-Sourcing to appear on all three public information sources into one definitive source. Furthermore, by mixing content from factual and informative wiki articles with blog postings that are both controversial and opinionated in an innovative manner, the juxtaposition of the two in the handbook allows the reader to see where the boundary lies between information and advocacy. It is the goal of the authors that, through this ground-breaking effort, the reader will gain a better understanding of e-Sourcing and how to take their supply and spend management efforts to the next level.

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You may download the e-book version FOR FREE, from the Iasta website.

Entry Filed under: Analysts/Research, General, Supply Management Best Practices, Technology