Product Description: The ePurchasingPlus series of 10 CDs use the book as a basis and add the 30+ contributing experts and practitioners personal experiences and additional information. The CDs are in a narrated slide format. CD#4 Technology Tools I (etools) describes 4 etools:
1. Internet
2. Portals
3. eCollaboration
4. Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) The CD provides a description of each etool, information to help decide if the tool is right for your organization, ways the tools are being used and hints for maximizing the use of the tools. 1. Internet-This CD explains how procurement organizations>have incorporated Internet technology into their processes. It also includes a process to use the internet to clearly show that your purchasing department is doing a good job at obtaining lower pricing from suppliers. 2. Portals are collections of information that is contained in one location and can be used for both informational and transactional purposes. The CD sorts out the various definitions and confusion on portals. 3. eCollaboration is ofen not understood. The CD defines eCollaboration and discusses several eCollaboration tools. 4. SRM is another one of those terms that is controversial. After discussing this and how SRM is used, the CD examines the components of Supplier Relationship Management to incldue basic purchasing transactions, Quoting and Buying, exception management, data mining and reporting,decision support and analytics, Vendor managed inventory (VMI), collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR), demand and forecast aggregation, centralized quoting and contract management and distributed buying.
Anything Goes Trivia
Megaton Man
Trevor
