E procurement
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This ppt presents the advancement of technology in the field of procurement ( Buying and selling of goods).
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E procurement
- 2. What is E-Procurement? E-procurement is the business-to-business or business-to-consumer or business-to-government purchase and sale of supplies, work, and services through the Internet as well as other information and networking systems, such as electronic data interchange and enterprise resource planning. E-procurement essentially replaces its offline version, called tendering.
- 3. History of E-Procurement E-procurement increased in the second half of 1999, when online auctions and product catalogs became commonplace on the Internet and continued to expand. E-procurement is still a growing trend, which started with General Electric and Wal-Mart creating buying and selling hubs over the Internet. Internet commerce expanded, as companies like Amazon.com brought together diverse groups of buyers and sellers. Vertical markets (for example, insurance, heavy manufacturing, banking and real estate) have also joined e-procurement consortiums.
- 4. Advantages of E-Procurement E-procurement advantages are becoming more evident as the wider understanding of its many uses become apparent. The advantages of e-procurement are slowly being understood: Reducing costs Visibility of spend Productivity Controls Using technology
- 5. Disadvantages of E-Procurement Price of Technology Implementation Problems Loss of direct relationship between the Buyer and the Seller Security issues Accessibility Bandwidth problems
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- (electronic procurement, sometimes also known as supplier exchange)
- 5 E-procurement advantages E-procurement advantages are becoming more evident as the wider understanding of its many uses become apparent. The main reason companies have embraced e-procurement is to increase productivity, provide visibility into day-to-day transactions and make it easier for users to get the supplies that they need. It has not been an easy road for e-procurement as implementation has its challenges and it has taken time for business managers and procurement departments to fully accept it. The advantages of e-procurement are slowly being understood: Reducing costs Costs can be reduced by leveraging volume, having structured supplier relationships and by using system improvements to reduce external spend while improving quality and supplier performance. E-procurement eliminates paperwork, rework and errors. Visibility of spend Centralized tracking of transactions enables full reporting on requisitions, items purchased, orders processes and payments made. E-procurement advantages extend to ensuring compliance with existing and established contracts. Productivity Internal customers can obtain the items they want from a catalogue of approved items through an on-line requisition and ordering system. Procurement staff can be released from processing orders and handling low value transactions to concentrate on strategic sourcing and improving supplier relationships. Controls Standardized approval processes and formal workflows ensure that the correct level of authorization is applied to each transaction and that spend is directed to draw off existing contracts. Compliance to policy is improved as users can quickly locate products and services from preferred suppliers and are unable to create maverick purchases. Using technology E-procurement advantages can only be fully realized when the systems and processes to manage it are in place. Software tools are needed to create the standard procurement documentation: electronic requests for information (e-RFI), requests for proposal (e-RFP) and requests for quotation (e-RFQ). These are proven methods to source goods and make the framework agreements that offer the best prices. An adequate, fully integrated e-procurement approach is needed for overall success. Additional programs provide the framework for the supplier databases and spend management as well as holding key vendor information and being an electronic repository for contracts. All these facilities cost money and a clear business case must be made for e-procurement. In most cases this is fairly clear that cost savings are possible. It pays for companies to spend money on e-procurement technology, this investment will boost efficiency. The longer term reduction in costs will enable companies to direct their resources to more strategic initiatives. E-procurement advantages are significant bottom-line benefits, including cost reduction, process efficiencies, spending controls and compliance.
- Price- The major disadvantage is the financial commitment a company must make in order to invest in the software necessary to participate in the e-marketplace. And, of course, the costs can vary depending on the applications. Implementation Problems ======================== Just because the software set-up is available, implementation is not necessarily easy. Getting employees to use the e-procurement service can be difficult. And surprisingly, equipment suppliers are not always anxious to join in the process, either! Loss of direct relationship between the Buyer and the Seller ============================================================== The lack of personal contact between the two parties can be off-putting to some companies. E-procurement relationships are reduced to electronic transactions with no personal interaction. Companies must choose whether this is the way they want to conduct business between the different entities that sustain them.