I hope I have been able to demystify some of the mystery and awe associated with terms such as horizontal B2B market in the context of global sourcing and multinational purchasing if you have thoroughly read my other articles on related topics as well. There still remain some more glitches to be cleared and how would you reach if I tell you that apart from the horizontal B2B market and terms like global sourcing and multinational purchasing, there also exist other similar terms such as vertical B2B market. Surely most of you out there would have an idea that this is another word in the technical vocabulary which includes such high profile words as global sourcing and multinational purchasing. You must have also figured out that the meaning of vertical B2B market is somewhat close to that of a horizontal B2B market as they belong to the same category of terms like global sourcing and multinational purchasing. But don’t worry for I am here to take care of any confusion you might have on the issue and will make sure that you thoroughly understand the meaning and difference between vertical and horizontal B2B market and their interrelationship with other global concepts like multinational purchasing and global sourcing.

Now if you have guessed it rightly a vertical B2B market is used to trade supplies which are specific to a particular industry in context of the global sourcing and multinational purchasing scenario. Now you must have guessed the difference between vertical and horizontal B2B markets by now and their relation to multinational purchasing and global sourcing. This clubbing together of buyer and seller businesses in the vertical B2B market scenario surely increases the efficiency of the system, and the activities of global sourcing and multinational purchasing are carried out much more effectively.

However this does not mean to say that one type of B2B market is superior to the other, rather it is just which types suits what needs in the situation involving global sourcing and multinational purchasing activities. Each and every segment of a specific industry is spanned in the context of a vertical B2B market, and hence the associated processes of global sourcing and multinational purchasing are made effective and efficient. Now let us take some break from this technical discussion of vertical and horizontal B2B market places, global sourcing and multinational purchasing activities and leave more discussion for future. The discussion about B2B market places is quite interesting and equally absorbing the aspects of global sourcing and multinational purchasing but we will surely discuss these in the future articles.