{"id":2563,"date":"2008-10-23T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-23T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/10\/23\/thomasnets-purchasing-tools\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T09:20:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T13:20:05","slug":"thomasnets-purchasing-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/thomasnets-purchasing-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"ThomasNet&#8217;s Purchasing Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I think to the early days of my purchasing career, I can\u2019t help but remember one very important tool at the time \u2013 the Thomas Register, a series of humongous green books that listed suppliers of nearly every product line you can imagine. This was in the days before online supplier directories!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the world has changed since then and, fortunately, ThomasNet \u2013 the company that published the Thomas Register \u2013 has kept stride with the changes. They eventually went totally online with their supplier directory and their site is very easy to use.<\/p>\n<p>I just came across an article on SDCExec.com that covered ThomasNet\u2019s launch of its \u201cPurchasing Tools,\u201d which includes free access to on-demand eSourcing and contract management software as well as a forum. The forum itself seems to be mostly just buyers saying \u201cI need a supplier for [insert commodity here].\u201d But the software aspect is interesting.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that ThomasNet has teamed up with Source One, the creators of the Why Abe eSourcing software. Source One apparently now also offers Contract Management software as well. It\u2019s good to see them growing their product line. (<a href=\"https:\/\/harappa.education\/where-to-buy-valium-online-without-a-prescription\/\">valium<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>So if your company still hasn\u2019t invested in procurement technology, ThomasNet might be a good destination for you to at least get started without the barrier of cost. And if you\u2019re interested in some more in depth learning about the procurement technology tools that are available, you might want to consider enrolling in our online class \u201cExpert Purchasing Management,\u201d which features demos of many different solutions including eProcurement, eSourcing, contract management, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/leverage-the-power-of-spend-analysis\/\">spend analysis<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I think to the early days of my purchasing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - 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