Monthly Archives: January 2005

GLOSSARY

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You found the archived Glossary from the now defunct Sourcing Innovation Resource Site (SIRS), last updated in March of 2009. The basics never change much, so the glossary is archived here for posterity.

Business Process Outsourcing
Compliance Management
Contract Management
Cost Reduction
Crowdsourcing
Decision Optimization
e-Sourcing Software
Global Sourcing
Global Trade Management
Green Supply Chain
Inventory Management
Knowledge Management
Logistics Management
Market Intelligence
Negotiation Management
Procurement Process
Product Lifecycle Management
Purchasing Best Practices
Reverse Auction
RFX
Risk Management
Sales & Operation Planning
Strategic Service Management
Strategic Sourcing
Supplier Management
Supply Chain Finance
Supply Chain Forecasting
Supply Chain Management
Supply Management
Sustainable Supply Chain
Talent Management

Note that many of these entries refer to the e-Sourcing Wiki that contained significant contributions from the doctor, which was created and maintained by Iasta and which was subsequently acquired by Selectica in 2014 (which renamed itself Determine in 2015). It was retired by Determine (which did not actively maintain it) before Determine was acquired by Corcentric in 2019. You may still be able to access a lot of the content through the last snapshot taken by the WayBackMachine in 2020 (when the domain registration expired).

Start with the following index pages: