Comments on: What SRM Can Gain From Social Networking http://purchasingtransformation.ibxeurope.com/2008/05/12/what-srm-can-gain-from-social-networking/ Challenges and possibilities within sourcing, procurement and supply chain management. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 03:21:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Robin Titus IBX Product Management http://purchasingtransformation.ibxeurope.com/2008/05/12/what-srm-can-gain-from-social-networking/#comment-110 Robin Titus IBX Product Management Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:44:00 +0000 http://purchasingtransformation.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-110 Yes, you are absolutely right! ePurchasing needs to take the concepts from social networking and transfer them into B2B life. My opinion is that social networks within an organization could already bring a lot of value to Purchasing. Just imagine a new employee is starting in a purchasing department - an internal social network would allow him to get instant access to internal expert groups, profiles of other buyer colleagues, etc. I think this would make a big difference. Yes, you are absolutely right! ePurchasing needs to take the concepts from social networking and transfer them into B2B life. My opinion is that social networks within an organization could already bring a lot of value to Purchasing. Just imagine a new employee is starting in a purchasing department – an internal social network would allow him to get instant access to internal expert groups, profiles of other buyer colleagues, etc. I think this would make a big difference.

]]> By: Paul Smith http://purchasingtransformation.ibxeurope.com/2008/05/12/what-srm-can-gain-from-social-networking/#comment-108 Paul Smith Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:57:19 +0000 http://purchasingtransformation.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-108 I think that consumer sites such as Facebook will be replaced by B2B sites for Supplier Management. Do you really want your suppliers seeing photos of your latest holiday?! You are right that social networks can greatly enhance supplier management but it will be through the use of B2B sites where the real opportunities lie. Paul Smith www.buybl.net I think that consumer sites such as Facebook will be replaced by B2B sites for Supplier Management.

Do you really want your suppliers seeing photos of your latest holiday?!

You are right that social networks can greatly enhance supplier management but it will be through the use of B2B sites where the real opportunities lie.

Paul Smith
http://www.buybl.net

]]> By: On the way to Enterprise 2.0 « Purchasing Transformation http://purchasingtransformation.ibxeurope.com/2008/05/12/what-srm-can-gain-from-social-networking/#comment-13 On the way to Enterprise 2.0 « Purchasing Transformation Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:56:39 +0000 http://purchasingtransformation.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-13 [...] On the way to Enterprise 2.0 Forrester Research recently published a forecast report on the Global Enterprise Web 2.0 Market. This report deals with the influence of the latest Web 2.0 technologies (social networks, RSS, mashups) on the enterprise market and predicts a spending on related technologies and tools of $4.6 billion by the year 2013. The concept of Social Networking will boost collaboration and productivity for the enterprise worker and this will definitely have any impact on ePurchasing as we know it today - I also tackled this in one of my last posts. [...] [...] On the way to Enterprise 2.0 Forrester Research recently published a forecast report on the Global Enterprise Web 2.0 Market. This report deals with the influence of the latest Web 2.0 technologies (social networks, RSS, mashups) on the enterprise market and predicts a spending on related technologies and tools of $4.6 billion by the year 2013. The concept of Social Networking will boost collaboration and productivity for the enterprise worker and this will definitely have any impact on ePurchasing as we know it today – I also tackled this in one of my last posts. [...]

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