purchasing marketplaces

Borough of Lewisham Leverages Purchasing Power With Online Marketplaces

White Paper Lewisham Council wanted to leverage purchasing power by using online marketplaces to gain access to the broadest possible range of goods and services and cut administration costs, reduce off-contract spend, and enforce process controls while... [21 May 2008]

The Successful Adoption of Web-Based Collaborative Software

White Paper Portals for transactions in government-to-government and business-to-government marketplaces are offered through diverse organizations. Numerous transit agencies are preparing to offer customized itinerary planning and fare media purchasing over... [30 Aug 2005]

How to.... Quantify and Realise the Benefits From e-Purchasing

White Paper The term e-purchasing encompasses back office ordering systems, e-marketplaces and supplier websites, as defined within the Technical Solutions strand of the NePP project. e-Purchasing is usually the main component of an e-procurement capability. [02 May 2005]

End of the road for Commerce One?

News Founded in 1994, Commerce One aimed to capitalise on the growth of wide-scale electronic networks, or e-marketplaces, where companies would conduct business over the internet. Despite early success in generating interest in e-marketplaces, the... [24 Sep 2004]

Devil's Advocate: Why machines can't bargain like humans

Comment We will continue to make progress with complex schemes such as marketplaces, but only slowly. This is why, says Martin Brampton, it is taking so long to develop trading sites and other online marketplaces. [22 Jun 2004]

Ventro MarketLink

White Paper Ventro MarketLink provides all the necessary integration between a customer's procurement and ERP solutions and a Ventro marketplace, giving enterprise customers seamless, effective access to Ventro marketplaces from within the framework of their... [24 Feb 2004]

Preparing for the Coming Shake-Out in Online Markets

White Paper Over the past year, e-marketplaces like CheMatch and Covisint grabbed the B2B spotlight. Online markets propose to more efficiently link buyers and sellers, enticing many purchasing execs to shift their procurement into these venues. [24 Feb 2004]

Transforming Trading Exchanges into E-Commerce Portals: the Role of Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR)

White Paper Trading exchanges aggregate buyers and sellers in a vertical marketplace or across several interrelated marketplaces. They do not typically handle delivery, and may not even handle the actual purchasing transaction. [24 Feb 2004]

Strategic Sourcing through Private E-Marketplaces

White Paper E-procurement systems and reverse auction-based services have proved the validity of applying technology to purchasing and sourcing. Business leaders continually evaluate new methods to improve the profitability of their companies. [24 Feb 2004]

Analysis: E-procurement back on the agenda

Comment Most e-marketplaces and e-auctions quickly disappeared into financial black holes after failing to get enough users or their vertical suppliers to buy into the model. Kai Nowosel, head of the global purchasing commercial operation at Aventis told... [24 Feb 2004]

Balfour Beatty constructs 'realistic' ebusiness strategy

News The company's IT director, Colin Darch, has categorically stated that the company has no intentions of getting involved with e-marketplaces or online auctions. David Foster, CEO of Burns, explained his company is targeting customers who are... [14 Feb 2002]

SAP-Commerce One partnership cracks up

News The two companies joined forces in 2000 to jointly sell and develop online marketplaces. They will also discontinue their joint Enterprise Buyer brand, a mixture of Commerce One's procurement software and SAP's purchasing software. [16 Jan 2002]

B2B bounces back

News Reports of the death of the business-to-business sector may prove to be unfounded after a report suggested there will be an 83 per cent increase in B2B purchasing this year. IDC predicts that due to managers buying in volume, the adoption of the e... [11 Oct 2001]

Ariba launches direct procurement application

News By February the company was beginning to show the signs of strain when it dumped partner i2 and turned its back on public marketplaces. Ariba is launching an application which extends online purchasing throughout the enterprise. [24 Sep 2001]

FTC turns up heat under online cartels

News Pat Treacy, a legal expert in competition law at Bristows law firm, explained that the EC views B2B marketplaces as just another economic endeavour that do not need singling out. In particular, it was concerned about information-sharing agreements... [08 May 2001]

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