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Two Types of China Sourcing Agent You Need To Know

Sourcing Captain

When it comes to sourcing products from China, it’s important to understand the two types of China sourcing agents available in the market. Individual China Sourcing Agent VS China Sourcing Companies The first type of China sourcing agent is the individual sourcing agent.

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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Services

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals.

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Linux and Hyland: Partnering for open source success

Hyland

We’re also a gold sponsor and attendee at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit Europe , 13–16 September. Held in Dublin this year and available virtually, the Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists and community leaders. Hyland’s open source journey.

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Why you need a Project Manager for Effective Strategic Sourcing?

Sourcing Captain

As we have discussed in our previous blogs, strategic sourcing is the perfect and innovative way to reduce costs, achieve a faster time to market and improve the quality of the final product. Moreover, it has been shown that 88 percent of organizations consider strategic sourcing as critical or major.

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What is eSourcing (electronic Sourcing)?

Obobo

What is eSourcing (electronic Sourcing)? eSourcing, otherwise known as electronic sourcing describes a cloud-based digital solution for collecting and comparing information about multiple suppliers in order to help a buyer make a more informed choice. E-sourcing is a small, but crucial, component of eProcurement. Evaluation.

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What is eSourcing (electronic Sourcing)?

Obobo

What is eSourcing (electronic Sourcing)? eSourcing, otherwise known as electronic sourcing describes a cloud-based digital solution for collecting and comparing information about multiple suppliers in order to help a buyer make a more informed choice. E-sourcing is a small, but crucial, component of eProcurement. Evaluation.

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Thoughts on Crowd Sourcing

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Noah Wilson discusses how crowdsourcing could be the innovation that businesses need to succeed in a rapidly changing environnment. In an industry that is constantly shrinking, we need to use innovations to create economies of scale and cut costs where possible.