E-Sourcing Wiki Update

July 7th, 2008 at 04:20am David Bush - Iasta

It has been a very long time since I wrote a summary of what is going on, over on the ESF sister site - eSourcingWiki. Since many are now taking long weekends, or full holiday right now, today is a good time to bring attention to what exactly is going on over there.

The wiki series are broken into 4 main categories: The Basics, The Technologies, The Methodologies, Global Sourcing Primers. Within each header category, there are numerous papers on various subjects. At last count, there were 32 (yes, 32!) series available.

The Basics:

**Strategic e-Sourcing Best Practices - A Total Value Management Perspective

**On-Demand / SaaS Application Platforms - Introduction to a Rapid Software Deployment Model

**The Quest for Purchasing Fire - Develop the Internal Strategies for Selling the Procurement Tools Internally

**Strategic Sourcing Success Factors - Best Practice Principles of Corporate Procurement

**Metrics For The Rest Of Us - Measuring For Continual Improvement

**An Introduction to Green Purchasing - It’s Easy Being Green

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The Technologies:

**Spend Analysis and Opportunity Assessment - Total Value Management Enablers - Stage 1

**e-RFx & Supplier Management - Total Value Management Enablers - Stage 2

**e-Auctions in Sourcing - Total Value Management Enablers - Stage 3

**Sourcing Decision Optimization - Total Value Management Enablers - Stage 4

**Contract Management and Compliance - Total Value Management Enablers - Stage 5

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The Methodologies:

**Center Led Purchasing - The Procurement Organization of Tomorrow

**Cost Reduction and Avoidance - Best Practice Principles of Corporate Procurement

**Demand Driven Supply - A pull-based customer-centric approach to supply chain planning and execution

**Next Generation Sourcing - 21 Strategies to Innovate Sourcing

**Procurement Outsourcing - A Brief Introduction

**Purchasing Consortia - The Emerging Collective

**Six Sigma - Improve Supply Chains through Methodology

**Supplier Enablement - The Secret to Sourcing Success

**Supplier Performance Management - Measure, Analyze and Manage Suppliers in a Supply Organization

**Sourcing Leaders - Leading the Way to World Class Performance

**Talent Management - Build and Retain World Class Sourcing Talent

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A Global Sourcing Primer:

**Corporate Social Responsibility - A Sustainable Solution

**Low Cost County Sourcing - A Blogger’s Perspective

**An Introduction Global Trade? - The Basics of Global Trade

**An e-Procurement Primer - 9 Steps to Procurement Success

**A Supply Chain Finance Primer - Financing Your Way to Success

**A Customs and Security Primer - Keeping the Global Supply Chain Secure

**A Free Trade Primer - Global Tax Relief

**A Regulatory Compliance Primer - Keeping it Legal

**Supply Risk Management - Mitigate Risks and Reap Rewards

**Supply Chain Fraud - The Biggest Risk to Your Supply Chain?

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So, eSourcing Forum is sort of like a crowded sports bar with a million TVs and every game going…right next to no closing time, rowdy, Rush Street neighbor where glasses are being thrown and people are dancing on tables. However, ESW is like a quiet, locals only, coffee shop serving up some of the best java in town. Take some time this summer to look over the vast ocean of supply chain and spend management topics available on the site. In fact, if you like it enough, you can get behind the bar and start making some drinks, yourself.

Tomorrow we will highlight the newest wiki - Strategic Services Management

Entry Filed under: Analysts/Research, Contract Management, Functionality, General, Global Supply Issues/Risk, Optimization, Project Management, Reverse Auctions, Spend Analysis, Supply Management Best Practices, Technology / SaaS, e-RFx