There are lot?s of wiki?s, so why the SafeSourcing Wiki?
According to the king of all wikis, Wikipedia; a wiki is a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. For example, the collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia is one of the best-known wikis. Wikis are used in businesses to provide affordable and effective intranets and for knowledge management. Ward Cunningham, developer of the first wiki, originally described it as “the simplest online database that could possibly work”.
“Wiki? is a reduplication of “wiki”, a Hawaiian word for “fast”. It has been suggested that “wiki” means “What I Know Is”.
So, what is a SafeSourcing Wiki? Since SafeSourcing is a company dedicated to e-procurement as well as safety in the supply chain and environmental consciousness, it makes sense that the SafeSourcing Wiki would be a specialized wiki (in this case e-procurement) that concentrates at a minimum on any or all of the following.
1.?Procurement terms and links.
2.?Safety standards and definitions and links.
3.?Environmental certifications and definitions and links.
4.?Educational content for procurement and supply chain professionals.
5.?Procurement templates for commonly sourced products and services.
6.?Other procurement related material
The nice thing about wikis is that the definitions are not static. Authorized users can add to definitions or add definitions and terms as well as rate the site. In this way a body of work can grow from the contribution of all users and help to provide a reliable source of data for professionals in a specialized field.
Please feel free to visit the safesourcing wiki regularly and offer your comments, terms, definitions and suggestions. This section of the SafeSourcing website is free tool for anyone that cares to use it, and it is for your use as a procurement and supply chain professional, the most difficult job in all industries.
We look forward to and appreciate your comments.
