Aberdeen Report Sees Rise in Electronic Supplier Enablement; New Benchmark Survey Finds Companies Will Conduct More Business over the Web in Next 2 Years.BOSTON Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. -- More companies are doing business with their suppliers through online electronic means and will do more of it over the next two years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the findings in a new AberdeenGroup benchmark survey. The findings were published in 'The Supplier Enablement Supplier Enablement is the process of electronically connecting suppliers (or other trading partners) to a company's supply chain. Supplier enablement is achieved when suppliers of goods and services are connected to a company's back-office systems to exchange critical business Benchmark Report', which Aberdeen Aberdeen, former county, Scotland Aberdeen, former county, Scotland: see Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen, city, Scotland Aberdeen, city (1991 pop. released this week. The survey found that while phone, fax, and e-mail remain the dominant communications methods, enterprises around the globe are discovering the value of Web-based tools such as portals, catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. hubs, supplier networks and marketplaces. "Previous Aberdeen research found that electronic supplier enablement was the chief factor limiting the growth of electronic procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. ," says Rick Saia, a research analyst at Aberdeen and author of the report. "Over the past two years, Aberdeen has seen an acceleration of various Web-based methods of transacting business. Still, only 29% of suppliers are enabled to do business over the Web." The top obstacle to enabling more suppliers appears to be the suppliers themselves, the survey found. Nearly half of the companies surveyed said many suppliers lack the money, infrastructure, or resources to support and sustain electronic enablement initiatives. To remove the obstacles, enterprises are using both enticements and mandates to nudge nudge 1 tr.v. nudged, nudg·ing, nudg·es 1. To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal. 2. their suppliers close to the Web. Among those enticements and mandates: --Consolidating spending with electronically enabled suppliers; --Mandating that suppliers adopt a customer's chosen communications methods; and --Offering technical assistance to suppliers who want to move more business to the Web. In addition, the findings indicate a big increase in the adoption of Web-based supplier portals over the next two years. While only about two in every five companies surveyed use them today, that could double by the end of 2008. To download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. your complimentary copy of "The Supplier Enablement Benchmark Report", go to: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/source.asp?cid=2869&pid=PR032906 AberdeenGroup, Inc. provides fact-based research and insights focused on the global, technology-driven value chain. Aberdeen's benchmarking, market and solution assessments, sales acceleration programs, and conferences support Global 5000 value chain and technology executives and the solution providers who serve them. For more information, visit www.aberdeen.com or call 617-723-7890. |
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