Simplifying B2B for Suppliers Enables Buyers #2 in a 3-Part Series on B2B 3.0
In this follow up to Sourcing Innovation's inaugural Illumination, Sourcing Innovation continues its description of the next generation of technology for the enterprise which happens to be the first generation of technology that actually puts business users on the same footing as consumers, who have had "3.0" technologies at their fingertips for years. The goal of this paper, which is the second in a three-part series about B2B 3.0, is to describe how simplifying B2B commerce for suppliers does more to enable buyers than any technology solely focussed on the buyer every will.
In addition, this Illumination also takes us through the history of B2B technology from a supplier perspective, starting with catalogs back in B2B 1.0, moving on to punch-outs, networks and marketplaces in B2B 2.0, and ending up at vitual networks that, unlike the technologies that came before, actually simplify procurement for the supplier, saving both the supplier and buyer money in the process. This is in stark contrast to the "Free Network" Era of B2B 1.0 and the "Marketplace" Era of B2B 2.0 which, more often than not, made procurement more complicated for the supplier, and ultimately cost the supplier a significant amount of time, resources, and money -- time, resources, and money that they should have been putting into making a better product for you.
So download your free copy of this illuminating white-paper today!
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