Definition of E-Procurement E-Procurement is the term used to describe electronic methods of conducting business transactions. The ’e’ in e--procurement stands for electronic. E-procurement can be used in every stage of the process. It can begin with the actual sale coming through to the purchaser and end with the customer’s invoice and payment. E-Procurement is more than just a system for making purchases online. A properly implemented system can connect companies and their business processes
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IBM was able to reduce its procurement costs by sending purchase orders‚ receiving invoices and paying suppliers by using the World Wide Web as its transaction processing network. Much of the savings came from eliminating intermediaries—IBM was able to eliminate intermediaries because the Internet allowed IBM to work with multiple tiers of suppliers simultaneously. 2. The speed and ease of using the Internet allowed IBM to form partnerships with small suppliers even though many of these
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Co-operating with Member States authorities and Community services Promoting convergence towards a common telematic interface. If you would like to comment on this report or related issues‚ please e-mail to ida-central@cec.eu.int. About the Author Hilde Van EYLEN‚ Unisys Senior consultant‚ is active in various e-Government areas (project management and consulting). She directed the Unisys team in building a Belgian Federal eProcurement project and delivered the present study in interaction with a pan-European
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Boeing Australia Limited: Assessing the Merits of Implementing a Sophisticated e-Procurement System XUELAI (ANDY) HU Contents Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 Issue Identification 2 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 3 Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 3 Rationalisation and Management of Suppliers 4 Introducing Credit-card Purchasing 4 Formation of the Materials Management Process Council 4 Alternatives or Options 4 Recommendations and Implementation 6 Recommendations 6 Implementations
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Background to the Study E-Procurement is one of the technology advancement in the purchasing and supply departments in the public sectors. Confusion exists in defining the term e-Procurement (Vaidya‚ Yu‚ Soar & Turner‚ 2003). While the terms “e-Procurement” and “e-Purchasing” have been used synonymously in many jurisdictions in an attempt to prove their involvement in the e-Commerce revolution (MacManus‚ 2002)‚ the term “purchasing” has a narrower scope. E-Procurement refers to the use of Internet-based
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The Boeing Corporation is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally‚ Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft‚ electronic and defense systems‚ missiles‚ satellites‚ launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA‚ Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline
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REPORT ON E-PROCUREMENT Case on General Motors • What business is the organization in? General Motors‚ as a representative U.S.–based automobile manufacturer‚ has several characteristics that make it a perfect fit for e-procurement and a great example of how e-procurement is reshaping U.S. Manufacturing. First‚ GM is the major part of a large supply chain. The scope of this supply chain and the role of GM in it is reflected in its annual $63 billion procurement expense. The cost
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Introduction on BOEING Boeing is an American multinational corporation that designs‚ manufactures and sells fixed-wing aircraft‚ rotorcraft‚ rockets and satellites. It also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers‚ is the second-largest aerospace & defense contractor in the world based on 2012 revenue and is the US’ largest exporter by dollar value. Boeing stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Boeing Company’s
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complex company like Boeing employ off-the-shelf application-specific software for accounting‚ human resources‚ supply chain management and other core business processes? a. We can find good quality software for these processes off the shelf. b. They have been used many times before so are free of errors. c. These processes are similar in most companies so there is no need for customization. d. Making them in house is just a redundant cost. e. New staff do not
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Chapter 6 Company-Centric B2B and E-Procurement Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. Describe the B2B field. 2. Describe the major types of B2B models. 3. Discuss the characteristics of the sell-side marketplace‚ including auctions. 4. Describe the sell-side intermediary models. 5. Describe the characteristics of the buy-side marketplace and e-procurement. 6. Explain how reverse auctions work in B2B. 7. Describe B2B aggregation and group
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