Abstract
A single information system cannot meet all the business requirements, and not all e-procurement systems for the procurement of indirect goods are equally suitable for supporting different business processes throughout their distinct phases. Companies need to adopt different e-procurement systems or business models in a hybrid and seamless manner. Existing literature addressing e-procurement systems or business models have focused on the indirect procurement at high-level granularities only or at a low-level granularity only, either within a single e-procurement system or without matching between procurement processes and different e-procurement systems. In this paper, we provide the matching between indirect procurement process and different e-procurement systems, at both the high-level and low-level activities, for identifying and articulating the areas where various e-procurement systems can be utilized in a hybrid and seamless manner. The output of this paper can help companies adopt various e-procurement systems or business models and redesign their e-procurement processes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 153-164 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Computers in Industry |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1 2004 |
Keywords
- E-procurement
- Indirect procurement
- Procurement process
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Engineering(all)