strategic sourcing

Spend Matters

ManojRanaweera — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:30:51 +0000

History
Spend Matters was conceived of over a latte in a San Francisco coffee shop back in the summer of 2004 when two friends, Jason Busch and Kevin Brooks (formerly of Ariba), got together on one foggy morning. For those who know the history behind the original blog, Jason credits Kevin with coming up with the idea of writing a Spend Management blog back before anyone knew what RSS was. Jason ran with the concept, and the rest is RSS history.

Content and Solutions

Strategic Sourcing Practices in Higher Education (White Paper Excerpt)

PI Blogger — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:15:48 +0000

Table of Contents

WHAT IS THE CORRECT DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC SOURCING? 3
DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE FRAMEWORK 4
OBSTACLES TO A SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE 7
THE IMPACT OF COMMODITY CHARACTERSITICS 9
THE INHERENT DANGERS OF A PULL-THROUGH STRATEGY 11
THE MYTH OF TRANSACTIONAL REDUCTION 14
A STRATEGY OF ORDER 15
A STUDY IN CONTRASTS – SEEING BEYOND THE ORG CHART 16
THE IMPORTANCE OD SUSTAINABLE SAVINGS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SAAS 18
NYCDOE 2004 – A CASE IN POINT 19
NYCDOE 2007 – (UPDATE) 21
MURDOCH 2007 – (UPDATE) 22
ABRIEF NOTE REGARDING THE PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES 25

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

Aberdeen Group: Strategic Sourcing in the Mid-Market Benchmark

ariba — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:55:20 +0000

An Aberdeen Group report on the challenges (and thus far missed opportunities) of strategic sourcing among mid-market companies.

"Inadequate sourcing competencies are costing mid-size firms more than $134 billion in missed supply savings opportunities annually."

Several key takeaways are presented in specific detail within the document:

* Mid-size companies have prioritized sourcing competency as necessary for survival
* Most mid-size firms lack the process and commodity expertise and supporting organizational and technology infrastructure to transform sourcing operations.

Strategic Sourcing in the Mid-Market

jfogarty — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:33:10 +0000

An Aberdeen Group report on the challenges (and thus far missed opportunities) of strategic sourcing among mid-market companies.

"Inadequate sourcing competencies are costing mid-size firms more than $134 billion in missed supply savings opportunities annually."

Several key takeaways are presented in specific detail within the document: