Web Links

Here you will find a set of useful web links to all case companies and other relevant sources of information. All these links will open as separate windows. Alternatively, you can download these links as a pdf.

Academic research in purchasing
www.arjanvanweele.com
Personal website of the author of the textbook

www.capsresearch.org
Website of the Center of advanced Purchasing studies (USA) and an excellent free source of research reports, benchmarking studies and much more.

www.impgroup.org
Official website of the Industrial Marketing & Purchasing Group and an excellent source of free source of articles and research reports on the network approach.

www.ipsera.org
IPSERA is a multi-disciplinary network of academics and practitioners dedicated to the development of knowledge concerning Purchasing and Supply Management

www.futurepurchasing.com
Initiative aimed at researching, developing, sharing and advising on innovation and best practice in Purchasing transformation worldwide.

Purchasing Journals
www.purchasing.com
On line version of the US based Purchasing Magazine. An excellent source of articles and links in the area
of purchasing and supply management.

www.cips.org/professionalresources/supplymanagementmagazine/
On line version of the UK based Magazine. An excellent source of articles and links in the area of purchasing and supply management.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14784092
On line version of the Journal of purchasing and supply management (previously known as European
Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management

www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118537076/home
Journal of supply chain management. This is a US based quarterly publication written specifically for and
by supply management professionals and academicians.

Purchasing associations
www.ism.ws (USA)
www.dilf.dk (Denmark)
www.silf.se (Sweden)
www.cips.org (UK)
www.bevib.be (Belgium)
www.nevi.nl (The Netherlands)

Websites on outsourcing
www.outsourcing.com
www.cio.com/research/outsourcing
www.outsourcing-toolkit.com
www.noa.co.uk/

Websites on E-tools for purchasing
www.links2eprocurement.com
Here you can find lots of links to interesting websites, articles all related to e-procurement in the
broadest sense of the word.

www.gebusinessmarketplace.com/card_compare.htm
GE is provider of corporate credit cards. Here you can compare their products.

www.ariba.com
Provider of integrated e-procurement solutions and platforms

www.ibxeurope.com
Provider of integrated e-procurement solutions and platforms

www.gegxs.com
GE Global eXchange Services (GXS) is a division of General Electric under the holding company of GEIS
(GE Information Services). GXS has four divisions that will focus on Internet Data Exchange, Enterprise
Application Integration (EAI), E-procurement, and the creation of trading exchanges.

www.chemconnect.com
ChemConnect Inc. is the world's largest global Internet exchange for chemicals and plastics. It provides
the only real-time window on the entire market for all types of chemicals and plastics, enabling
companies to convert product needs, surpluses and shortages into instant trading offers that reach a
global market.

FoodTrader.com
Marketplace for the food and agricultural industries with products in more than 35 food categories.

www.covisint.com
Provides B2B services, from supply chain and product development to procurement and business
management. Order to delivery and build to order e-marketplace.