1. Introduction
The objective of this Business Report is to analyse the present situation and Business strategy of the company Market Dojo based in frameworks studies of the industry Competition and Business Strategy as such as five forces and Dynamic Environment Strategy. Also to propose recommendations that can contribute for the organic growth of this company. 1.1. Market Dojo Company
The company was founded in Bristol in 2010 by procurement and engineer professionals that decided to create an online service which could simplify and facilitate the buyer’s work in some responsibilities as such, as reverse auction, prospect suppliers, and proposal’s requests.
The idea was innovative in United Kingdom as there was not another service
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The payment can be monthly, decreasingly the price as per the quantity of user or by events, what represents convenience and low cost.
1.2. Present Scenario
The market for Procurement technologies, although there is a lot of tools and options available is still opened to be filled by new products that can suit better for the Procurement professionals. The specialist and Leaders in this area consider the available tools as same as services are incomplete and fragmented. There are software and online services to attend the necessity of Procurement, which is considered a strategic area in the company as support Finance, enabling reduction and cost control as well to increase profit.
There is a lot of options of Procurement’ s tool available as software, for example SAP (with Ariba), IBM (Emptoris), Oracle and diverse more option. But in my opinion these big software players are not Market Dojo direct concurrent, perhaps indirect competitors. However, it is Important to highlight that what become the tools for Procurement more accessible is to be provided in SaaS technology as such, as e-Sourcing providers: Periscope, Tadograma, Promena, Sourceit as others. The great differential services that is claimed by Market Dojo as pioneer is to provide a platform for e-auction with SaaS
In this assignment I will be writing a formal report that will explain a typical procurement process, I will outline a variety of methods of supplier reimbursement and contract relationships; I will also outline the pros and cons of each contract type. As well as this, I will explain a typical supplier selection process through the use of Carters 10 C’s and a typical selection process model.
Once I have a clear Statement of work and the previous vendors are interested in bidding; I will compete this procurement to the best practices of government procurement are achieves.
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Investing in an e-procurement system BAL would seek short term improvement tool that would simplify the procurement process
I believe that a procurement program will be found within the legacy programs that are in use at BAL. Specifically within the ERP program already being used, Compass Contracts. There appears to be a procurement module already included and perhaps the expansion module would suffice for BAL’s current needs. BAL already has the interfaces for this program and it is a natural progression for an existing system. Existing program will cost
7. Which one of the following generic types of competitive strategy is typically the best strategy for a company to employ?
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I would be interested in getting your thoughts. I can set up a meeting with procurement,
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Comparing to the option of upgrading the whole procurement system, my recommendation aligns with Russell Menere (National Procurement Manager of BAL)’s idea, which is to implement short term improvements based on current procurement system in
Step 1 (10–15 minutes) Read the background information and descriptions of each of the applicants. Consider
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