IPSERA ONLINE 2021 Track on Purchasing and Supply : Big Data and Analytics Methods of artificial intelligence in procurement: A conceptual literature review

Artificial intelligence is a key technology for procurement and its usage is still in its infancy.This work builds upon literature reviews on big data analytics in supply chain management(Min, 2010, Waller and Fawcett, 2013, Souza, 2014, Gunasekaran et al., 2017, Nguyen et al.,2017) focusing on artificial intelligence in procurement. 174 relevant publications have beenidentified based on a keyword search and consecutive snowball search. These are classifiedalong the procurement process in eleven use case clusters and enriched with practical ideas.Their business value and ease of implementation are assessed through interviews to derive aresearch agenda