Tuesday, May 31, 2005

About: Possible future topics.

Supplier Empowerment
Ideas to help suppliers go beyond simple enablement and really start taking advantage of your technical capabilities:
  • Empowerment - What do we mean?
  • Empowerment - Why are my customers doing this to me?!?!
  • Empowerment - Meeting requirements vs. exceeding expectations.
  • Empowerment - Use your technology to win new and larger customers.
  • Empowerment - Becoming a strategic partner with your large customer.

Ariba
Finally, the supplier's perspectives on one of the most prevalent enterprise spend management solutions and supplier networks:

  • Ariba - What is it?
  • Ariba - Will they stick around?
  • Ariba Supplier Network - How do I get on?
  • Ariba Supplier Network - What are my options?
  • Ariba Supplier Network - How much does it cost?
  • Ariba Catalogs - What are the pros and the cons?
  • Ariba PunchOut - Why is it preferred?
  • Ariba PunchOut - 20 Questions to ask your eCommerce vendor.
  • Ariba Ready - Are you "Ready" or just "ready"?
  • Ariba Buyer - Who else uses Ariba Buyer anyways?
  • Ariba Supplier Enablement - Case studies.
UMeNet
Specific information on one of South Florida's largest buying organizations and it's Ariba Buyer project - the University of Miami's eNet:

  • ENET - What is it?
  • ENET - What are the pros and cons.
  • ENET - Recent statistics.
  • ENET - Case studies.

GSA Advantage
The Federal Government's largest buying agency, the General Services Administration, and their mandatory online ordering system, GSA Advantage:

  • GSA - What is it?
  • GSA - Do I have to get on?
  • GSA - What options do I have?
  • GSA - "Text" files don't have to be text files.
  • GSA - SIP stress testing results.
  • GSA - Statistics.
  • GSA - Case studies.
EDI
The world's longest lasting standard for communicating business documents - Electronic Data Interchange

  • EDI - What is it?
  • EDI - What do I need?
UMEDI
University of Miami's specific EDI requirements and the UMEDI.net solution:

  • UMEDI - What is it?
  • UMEDI - What do I need?
  • UMEDI - Where do my invoices go?
  • UMEDI - Can I get paid faster now?
  • UMEDI - Will it work with my system?
  • UMEDI - Case studies.

Please, let us know what you think of these proposed topics and which others you'd like to learn more about.

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