Step by step guide on how to create an eSourcing event in Market Dojo. Includes information on registering, creating an event, questionnaire's and using lots to capture pricing inf...more
This video is the final step in the event creation phase. Within the tutorial, we detail the various ways in which you can invite participants to the event....more
New to reverse auctions? We've put together this handy booklet covering all the basics of creating a reverse auction. Covering everything from a brief history of the reverse au...more
If you are facing a bit of resistance from some of your suppliers to e-Sourcing, here are some tips. Please also see our guide on ‘How to enrol participants’ from our res...more
The User Hierarchy is the perfect feature for adding your colleagues, clients, stakeholders, and giving them various permissions on your events. It is completely free to add people...more
This tutorial guides you through setting up your own white labelled portal with the software and shows you what it looks like. This is very easy to do and makes the software even m...more
Everyone makes mistakes, which is why we include an Edit feature in our software. If you notice a missing document or you wish to add more participants or change a Lot, you can do ...more
This tutorial illustrates how you can create a quick RFQ (Request for Quotation) in minutes....more
This video tutorial describes how you can credit an event, if you are on the Pay As You Host payment plan. We also explain a little about our Pricing page and the various options t...more
An important part of any sourcing event is providing the right information to your participants. A way of doing this is to provide them with supporting documentation, be it your ow...more
This tutorial shows you in detail how to create an advanced lot with the lot matrix. It covers the creation of components, line items, excell uploads, calculations and much more....more
This step is to create the Lots, against which the participants place their bids. We allow as many Lots as you see fit, so please watch this tutorial for help on how to correctly s...more
This step outlines how to create questionnaires for your sourcing event and to set up scoring and weighting with different question types, whether you want it to be Pre-Qualificati...more
This tutorial guides you through the first step which is how to create an Event and pick the settings that suit you best....more
The first tutorial guides you through the Sign Up process and introduces you to some of the innovative concepts that make using our software so easy, such as your very own Dashboar...more
The guide you need as a participant to use market dojo and the process flow to take. These guides take you through how to use our software, step by step. Our second guide also give...more
Find our hints and tips that most hosts do not want you to know. Whilst a host may be doing their best to include all the relevant information, it is common for one or two points ...more
Your Dashboard allows you to decide which Events you wish to take part in and which you may wish to decline. Once you have registered, every time you log in you will end up on the ...more
Once registered, you can access the Manage Invitations area. If you are following an invitation you will automatically be taken to the Manage Invitations screen. If you have an inv...more
This tutorial shows you the first step of any sourcing event as a participant - what to do if you have received an invitation e-mail. Here you can hear what to do with the e-mail, ...more
This tutorial shows you how to bid using a bid template. A bid template allows you to use Excel to fill out your bids. It is useful on events with a large number of lots and can be...more
This tutorial shows you how to bid in a Japanese auction. In a Japanese auction, you do not see your position, but you will need to either accept or decline the 'current bid' for e...more
If you have taken part in an RFQ which has progressed to an e-Auction or your Qualification Bids have been successful then you shall most likely be invited to take part in the fina...more
During the Event, you shall most likely wish to ask the Host questions about it. The Message Board is a fantastic way to go about this as everything is in one place for you, includ...more
After you have been let into the event you will be able to see the Document tab. This tab will let you download documents that have been uploaded by the host and here you can also ...more
This tutorial explains how you place bids in an advanced lot. It shows how to place bids during a qualification bid process and RFQ directly into the system or via excel. It also s...more
This tutorial explains how to complete a Request for Quotation, understanding the difference of bidding on multiple lots and rejecting lots....more
This tutorial explains how you place bids in a Request for Quotation. The process for placing bids in an RFQ is the same as for Qualification bids and in an e-Auction itself, makin...more
Upon a successful completion of a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire, you may progress to the next step, which could be a normal questionnaire in the form of a survey of a Request for...more
Upon a successful invitation and acceptance to an Event, you will be able to work your way through the various areas within it. The first hurdle could be a pre-Qualification Questi...more
This guide is designed to provide some helpful advice and tips for when you need to bolster your participant involvement but are not sure where to start. By using a structured and ...more
Once you have signed in, you may wish to upload your own company logo and menu colours to make the software feel like your own, not just for you but also your participants. You can...more
What if my suppliers won't participate? And what if my supplier doesn’t want to go to auction? These are a couple of questions that I have been asked on several occasions a...more
So you’ve done the difficult bit – you’ve agreed the requirement with your stakeholders, you’ve added your questionnaire(s) and/or lots into the system and you’...more
In our past Webinar “Is it time you questioned eAuctions?” two of our Market Dojo’s coowners, Alun Rafique and Nick Drewe, directly addressed some of the pain points that tho...more
When creating an eSourcing event it is important to include as much information as possible in your brief. Your event brief will be sent to suppliers as part of the invitation emai...more
Step by step guide on how to create an eSourcing event in Market Dojo. Includes information on registering, creating an event, questionnaire's and using lots to capture pricing inf...more
Overview of the advanced lot feature including a demonstration of the structure of an advanced lot event and how you can upload lot templates to the event....more
This tutorial shows you how to bid in a Japanese auction. In a Japanese auction, you do not see your position, but you will need to either accept or decline the 'current bid' for e...more
During the Event, you shall most likely wish to ask the Host questions about it. The Message Board is a fantastic way to go about this as everything is in one place for you, includ...more
After several years of development, the Lot Matrix was released letting you create an event with advanced lots. What this looks like and how you manage it is shown in this video....more
Discover how to manage a Japanese Auction as host. A Japanese Auction is where the bid level decreases over time in intervals and suppliers choose whether to bid or decline at that...more
The final activity to any e-Sourcing event might well be the mystical e-Auction. We hope to de-mystify this process and show you that it really is quite simple, once you have done ...more
After an RFQ has completed, you have the ability to progress to an auction. This tutorial covers how to do this....more
An important part of any sourcing event is receiving the bids from the market. This video talks you through this important step. You will either have a tab for RFQ bids, if you are...more
The Message Board is a really useful feature to keep all your communication in one place. This tutorial talks you through how to use this feature....more
The Documents section of an event will contain not just the documentation you made available to your participants, but also the documentation that they may have made available to y...more
Market Dojo has recently created a range of guides, research and tutorials that will assist hosts and participants to get the most out of the Market Dojo tool. The col...more
New to reverse auctions? We've put together this handy booklet covering all the basics of creating a reverse auction. Covering everything from a brief history of the reverse au...more
What would you do if two bids tied for first place in your tender process? Put a plan in place to avoid tying yourself up in knots, says Nick Drewe, co-founder of Market Dojo. I...more
At Market Dojo, we spend a lot of time thinking about how to make e-Sourcing simple for our customers. We believe that software must be easy to use, and give access to the right ...more
Market Dojo - we have added some useful new tools The Market Dojo team have been working on some exciting new features over the last few months and today we are very pleased to be...more
The User Hierarchy is the perfect feature for adding your colleagues, clients, stakeholders, and giving them various permissions on your events. It is completely free to add people...more
This tutorial guides you through setting up your own white labelled portal with the software and shows you what it looks like. This is very easy to do and makes the software even m...more
Once you have signed in, you may wish to upload your own company logo and menu colours to make the software feel like your own, not just for you but also your participants. You can...more
Once the participants' responses to the questionnaires start arriving, you can assess them. This video talks you through the scoring of questionnaires....more
Everyone makes mistakes, which is why we include an Edit feature in our software. If you notice a missing document or you wish to add more participants or change a Lot, you can do ...more
Once your event is out in the market, your participants will hopefully be progressing the various actions, be it uploading documents, completing questionnaires, submitting quotes o...more
Supplier onboarding can sometimes feel like a necessary evil, seen as another box ticking exercise by procurement. This can be compounded further when antiquated systems or Excel i...more
2019 was a huge year for Market Dojo, as we introduced more new features to our software than ever before. We saw Multistage RFQ’s added to our eSourcing platform, multiple impro...more
The User Hierarchy is the perfect feature for adding your colleagues, clients, stakeholders, and giving them various permissions on your events. It is completely free to add people...more
This tutorial guides you through setting up your own white labelled portal with the software and shows you what it looks like. This is very easy to do and makes the software even m...more
Once you have signed in, you may wish to upload your own company logo and menu colours to make the software feel like your own, not just for you but also your participants. You can...more
Overview of the advanced lot feature including a demonstration of the structure of an advanced lot event and how you can upload lot templates to the event....more
Watch our demonstration of how you can create a sourcing event in less than 60 seconds through the Market Dojo tool....more
At Market Dojo, we spend a lot of time thinking about how to make e-Sourcing simple for our customers. We believe that software must be easy to use, and give access to the right ...more
With Quick Quotes, it's difficult to find reasons not to use it. My team think its great. We were worried everyone would say you send too much stuff but everyone's feedback has been “we love it”.
William Bridgman Managing Director at Warren Services
I managed to generate a 48% saving in 2 hours so was very happy with the result! I would definitely recommend these guys. I honestly don't have a bad word to say about them. Excellent service, excellent software and a fantastic experience.
Tara Hunt Category Manager, Arqiva
The company and people are intuitive, young and enthusiastic in nature. Specsavers will be looking to use Market Dojo as a ‘business as usual’ tool and regard it as an integral part of their negotiation toolkit.
Jasper Raby Procurement Consultant, Specsavers
