What will Procurement 2.0 look like?
An interest of mine is evaluating opportunities to apply some Web 2.0 technologies to the procurement environment.
Recently, I discovered a service provided by Ning. This service allows you to create “social networks” (a la Facebook) for different community groups.
Most procurement communities are closed shops. They are regionally based associations that charge membership dues. Now, granted, they provide more service than I envision - but what about a free service to allow us to connect?
Furthermore, I have a hypothesis that the Water Dept. in NYC has more in common with the Water Depts. in Dubai and Melbourne than with the other departments in NYC. Shouldn’t someone bring these people together?
So, The Procurement Exchange Community can be found at procurementexchange.ning.com or via the home page of The Procurement Exchange.
I will leave it as open as possible so that members can create groups, start discussion threads, etc.
Let me know what you think!