eSourcing —Taking Strategic Sourcing to the Next Level

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The term eSourcing is well established, but varying definitions abound. A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions believes eSourcing is the application of Internet technologies to the classic strategic sourcing steps that help purchasing organizations determine:

• How much they spend and with whom
• How they negotiate purchases
• How they manage compliance
• How they capture and re-use sourcing data

This seminar is designed to help attendees appreciate the extraordinary opportunity eSourcing presents. Our experienced speakers provide insight on the growing industry and explain how leading companies are deploying technology to develop best practice eSourcing operations.

Our presenters included:

David Scott Lewis, Vice President Electronic Business Strategies at META Group, is known not only for his depth of eSourcing industry knowledge but also for his candid, lucid and entertaining commentary on what it all really means to you. His observations provide an ideal macro framework of the eSourcing opportunities that exist for first-mover and fast-follower companies.

Joining David is Julie Murphree, Editor-in-Chief at iSource Business magazine. In just its first few months of publication, iSource Business has quickly established itself as the voice of eSourcing. Under Julie Murphree's editorial leadership, the publication has already garnered a reputation for providing the trusted facts and information procurement practitioners need as they embark on their own eSourcing missions. Julie's seminar contribution focuses on her own in-depth knowledge of how companies really buy.