Buyer Analytics

HP Releases Green Supply Chain Guidelines
Saturday, January 19, 2008
LONDON, Jan. 18, 2008 -- The guidelines for multinational companies are designed to help them promote strong CSR and environmental practices amongst small and medium-sized businesses within their supply chain. .. read more..

Sterling Commerce Offers New Supplier Management Solutions
Saturday, January 19, 2008
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10 Strategies to Drive Down Your Transportation Spend
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Learn how to reduce overall transportation spending while increasing the efficiency of your supply chain. .. read more..

Spotting Fakes
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Underwriters Laboratories estimates that more than $150 million in counterfeit products have been seized since 1995. .. read more..

SAP Unfolds Business Objects Integration Road Map
Friday, January 18, 2008
On the heels of Oracle's successful bid to acquire BEA Systems, SAP has unveiled the first wave of products developed through its own $6.78 billion acquisition of Business Objects last year. It has also revealed more details about its plans to integrate its product suite with the French business in.. .. read more..

BidAnalyzer: Improving Reverse Auction results?
Friday, January 18, 2008
I first came across BidAnalyzer in a post over on e-sourcing forum. Two academics, Sandy Jap and Prasad Naik have created a model that, they claim , will tell buyers whether suppliers in a reverse auction have actually bid down to their lowest price or not. It’s an intriguing claim; it even made .. .. read more..

(Market Alert) Bravo New World: BravoSolution to Acquire Verticalnet
Friday, January 18, 2008
Earlier this week, Verticalnet shareholders approved an offer from BravoSolution to acquire it for $15.2 million. The offer price includes the purchase of all outstanding stock (regular and preferred) and the assumption of all debt and other liabilities. Priced at a slightly more than one-times reve.. .. read more..

How to help non-buyers
Thursday, January 17, 2008
This week a supply chain manager from Cheshire contacted us for advice on this area of work: "Sometimes non-buyers in my organisation have to get involved with ongoing contract management. How can I assist them to manage contracts more effectively?" Any ideas? .. read more..

Stagflation Nation
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Inflation slowed in December, but 2007 still ended with the fastest growth in consumer prices since 1990. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3 percent during the last month of the year, which was a slower pace than November's 0.8 percent jump. Excluding food and energy, the core C.P.I. rose 0.2 percent.. .. read more..

E2open Unveils Results of Supply Chain Survey Conducted at Oracle ... - Earthtim..
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
E2open Unveils Results of Supply Chain Survey Conducted at Oracle ... Earthtimes, UK - Jan 16, 2008 16 -- E2open, the leading provider of multi-enterprise on-demand solutions for supply chain, procurement and B2B integration, today announced the results of ... SPS Commerce Whitepaper Highlights S.. .. read more..