We’ve put a lot of serious thought into the idea mooted last year of selecting independent curators from among the ranks of successful buyers and procurers for each thematic block. It has hardly been noticed, but there has been a very big change since last year: automation. Bearing this in mind, we took this step cautiously and with a certain amount of fear, but it has turned out to be totally amazing. Sure, sometimes everything hasn’t gone totally according to plan, but overall the sense of the whole programme jumped out at us. This year we are putting our foot on the gas and have been looking for new curators from the procurement world not only for programme blocks, but also for whole stages at November’s eBF. More heads, more hearts, more ideas, more energy, more innovation.
EUPLAT supports the idea of the Fair Sourcing Awards
24. 08. 2018 08:44 Jan ŠlachtaThe European Association of Public eTendering Providers EUPLAT exists to promote and spread the idea of fair eTendering. This is why they will this year support the Fair Sourcing Awards (FSA), a competition rewarding success in the digitalisation of procurement which is organised by APUEN, the Czech and Slovak associations for users of eProcurement solutions.
PROEBIZ joins EUPLAT
13. 06. 2018 15:00 Jan ŠlachtaEUPLAT, the European Association of Public eTendering Platform Providers announced today PROEBIZ as new member.
Workshop in Pula
27. 05. 2016 11:32 Jan ŠlachtaLast Thursday, on 19 May 2016, was organized a presentation of electronic platform for the application of electronic auctions in procurement procedures. Its goal was to present the usage of eAuctions in procurement for public sector institutions.
The eAuction day went well
30. 09. 2015 15:28 Jan ŠlachtaLast Thursday, September 24th, we organized our "eAuction Day in Croatia". Its goal was to present the usage of eAuctions in procurement and introduce this tool which is very commonly used in Central European countries.
NAR marketing has been rated as a 100% reliable partner by contracting authorities
19. 02. 2015 10:30 Jan ŠlachtaContracting authorities in Slovakia have been carrying out an evaluation of their suppliers since February 2014. The evaluated suppliers had taken part in public tenders. The criteria assessed were compliance with contractual requirements, adherence to time requirements, number of complaints, compliance with the method of performance and compliance with the quality of performance.
E-Sourcing Implementation Challenges: Cause Versus Symptom
13. 10. 2014 15:54 Jan ŠlachtaIn a recent survey of supply management professionals, Topline Strategy Group investigated the perceived value gap associated with sourcing and procurement software applications. The question of realized value is rooted in whether companies are “getting their money’s worth” from such technology. The stakes are real, and they are high, as in the resulting report, Topline Strategy Group cites a 2014 report by Gartner that puts the annual North American corporate investment in sourcing and procurement solutions at $1.4 billion. [1]
19% Savings Anyone???
13. 10. 2014 15:28 Jan ŠlachtaReverse Auctions are an unfamiliar negotiation tool in the UAE region, especially at Public Sector procurement level. Buyers are hesitant to implement any new process that has not been clearly defined by local procurement laws, even if the overall mandate of the public sector and buying organizations is cost optimization, efficiency and transparency.
The Aims of the New EU Procurement Directives
13. 10. 2014 15:11 Jan ŠlachtaEarlier this year, the EU voted in a new set of Procurement Directives to update and add to the existing set originally published back in 2004.
Presentation in Zagreb - Live eAuction
23. 05. 2014 15:54 Jan ŠlachtaThe Zagreb Forum conference centre on April 10th was the venue for the latest installment of the ongoing programme of PROebiz presentations featuring live eAuctions. The eAuction was carried out using PROebiz software from NAR marketing in Ostrava to aid its promotion in Croatia with the help of the municipal authority of Daruvar.