SHAREMAX TO LAUNCH "GLOBAL eSUPPLY MAGAZINE" IN JANUARY.ShareMax Publishing (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. , MA), a unit of ShareMax, an Internet-based strategic sourcing services company, will begin the publication of Global eSupply Magazine with an issue in January January: see month. 2001. The new monthly magazine will have an initial controlled circulation of 40,000. The magazine, and an associated Web site (globalesupply.com), will focus on e-procurement (Electronic-PROCUREMENT) Purchasing online. E-procurement systems are used to obtain materials and parts via the Web or using traditional EDI standards either for internal manufacturing (direct procurement) or office supplies and equipment (indirect procurement). and other Internet-based collaborative business solutions. ShareMax said the magazine will be targeted to executive-level managers whose responsibilities include planning, specifiying, implementing and managing Internet-based supply management systems. Editorial will cover industry news, best practices, industry and technology trends, and joint research projects and business surveys in conjunction with strategy + business, a quarterly journal published by Booz & Hamilton Hamilton, city, Bermuda Hamilton, city (1990 est. pop. 3,100), capital of Bermuda, on Bermuda Island. It is a port at the head of Great Sound, a huge lagoon and deepwater harbor protected by coral reefs. . It will also carry updates on how e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. and online exchanges are affecting traditional aspects of purchasing/supply management. Publisher Kevin Fitzgerald Kevin Terrel Fitzgerald (born ca. 1951), a native of Denver, Colorado, is a veterinarian at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital. He is notable for being on the Animal Planet show Emergency Vets for many years. said the goal of the launch "is to become a thought--leader in the growing new field of Internet--based supply management. Our exclusive research will position the magazine and Web site as unique, authoritative sources of strategic, leading--edge information needed by planners, implementers and users of e--procurement systems and other Internet--based supply management tools and technologies." ShareMax Publishing said the magazine will be editorially independent of ShareMax. ShareMax said the goal of its new publishing unit is to supply leaders in the manufacturing and services industries with data, information and analysis of supply management in general and Internet--based supply practices in particular. |
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