AberdeenGroup
Strategic e-Sourcing:
A Framework
for Competitive
Advantage March 2001 Aberdeen Group, Inc.
One Boston Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02108 USA
Telephone: 617 723 7890
Fax: 617 723 7897
www.aberdeen.com
Aberdeen Group, Inc. Aberdeen Group is a Boston-based computer and communications consulting
and market-research organization.
Aberdeen Group performs specific projects for a select group of domestic and
international clients. Each project requires a combination of strategic advice
and pragmatic, experience-based action plans. Assignments range from
corporate and product positioning and organizational planning to in-depth
market segment research. Aberdeen consults on mergers and acquisitions,
corporate positioning and investor relations, and transaction-processing
benchmarks; in addition, it offers special expertise in software and midrange
computer markets.
In carrying out assignments, Aberdeen uses a proprietary, comprehensive,
analytical framework providing fresh insight into the complex future of
computing and communications, both from technological and market-dynamics
perspectives. Aberdeen also offers retainer-fee programs to a group of
continuing clients.
Aberdeen principals and staff are recognized industry figures with hundreds of
years of combined high-tech industry, research, and financial community
experience among them. They are quoted extensively in industry trade and
business publications. Each staff member is a frequent conference and seminar
speaker.
In addition to client-related research and consulting, Aberdeen publishes
several periodicals, Aberdeen Viewpoints, and Profiles, which summarize its
analysis and research findings.
Information contained in this publication has been obtained from sources we believe to be reliable, but is not warranted by us. Opinions reflect judgment at the time of publication and are subject to change without notice. The trademarks and registered trademarks of the corporations mentioned in this publication are the property of their respective holders.
Warning: This publication is protected by United States copyright law and international treaties. Unless otherwise noted, the entire contents of this publication are copyrighted by Aberdeen Group, Inc. and may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written consent. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this publication, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent necessary to protect the rights of the publisher.
A Framework
for Competitive
Advantage March 2001 Aberdeen Group, Inc.
One Boston Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02108 USA
Telephone: 617 723 7890
Fax: 617 723 7897
www.aberdeen.com
Aberdeen Group, Inc. Aberdeen Group is a Boston-based computer and communications consulting
and market-research organization.
Aberdeen Group performs specific projects for a select group of domestic and
international clients. Each project requires a combination of strategic advice
and pragmatic, experience-based action plans. Assignments range from
corporate and product positioning and organizational planning to in-depth
market segment research. Aberdeen consults on mergers and acquisitions,
corporate positioning and investor relations, and transaction-processing
benchmarks; in addition, it offers special expertise in software and midrange
computer markets.
In carrying out assignments, Aberdeen uses a proprietary, comprehensive,
analytical framework providing fresh insight into the complex future of
computing and communications, both from technological and market-dynamics
perspectives. Aberdeen also offers retainer-fee programs to a group of
continuing clients.
Aberdeen principals and staff are recognized industry figures with hundreds of
years of combined high-tech industry, research, and financial community
experience among them. They are quoted extensively in industry trade and
business publications. Each staff member is a frequent conference and seminar
speaker.
In addition to client-related research and consulting, Aberdeen publishes
several periodicals, Aberdeen Viewpoints, and Profiles, which summarize its
analysis and research findings.
Information contained in this publication has been obtained from sources we believe to be reliable, but is not warranted by us. Opinions reflect judgment at the time of publication and are subject to change without notice. The trademarks and registered trademarks of the corporations mentioned in this publication are the property of their respective holders.
Warning: This publication is protected by United States copyright law and international treaties. Unless otherwise noted, the entire contents of this publication are copyrighted by Aberdeen Group, Inc. and may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written consent. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this publication, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent necessary to protect the rights of the publisher.
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