Background: the advent of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) innovations has revolutionized supply chain management through technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) integrated into procurement processes. Methods: this study addresses a critical knowledge gap by conducting...

Governments around the world spend about one-third of their budgets through public procurement systems where electronic administration of public tenders promises great benefits. However, surprisingly little is known about how, under which circumstances, and through which features electronic...

The purpose of the present research is the study of the association amidst the practices of electronic procurement and its impact on supply chain performance. We analyzed four prime practices of e-procurement that known as electronic design, electronic sourcing, electronic negotiation, and...

The article examines how local governments’ procurement complexity and structure interact to influence e-procurement adoption. Drawing on the survey data of over 400 cities, we find that a centralized structure enhances the likelihood that local governments adopt an e-procurement system to...

Emerging technologies such as electronic procurement have rapidly become common practice in recent years. With the advent of internet technologies and open innovations, the traditional procurement system is transformed into an electronic procurement system. Technology adoption is influenced by...

Digital Business ist ein wesentlicher Erfolgs- und Wettbewerbsfaktor für Unternehmen. Das Buch behandelt die Grundlagen, Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten und Geschäftsmodelle. Neben operativen Managementthemen werden auch die digitale Transformation, die digitale Automatisierung und Robotik,...

Starting Points and Success Factors for Digital Transformation in Procurement -- Knowledge Management through Knowledge Management Systems -- The Impact of Digitalization is Measurable -- Digitalization and Crisis -- Autonomous Manufacturing-Related Procurement in the Era of Industry 4.0 --...

The Philippine government plays an increasingly significant role in the provision of drugs and medicines. Over the last half decade, direct public procurement more than doubled from PHP 7.8 billion in 2014 to PHP 20.1 billion in 2019. In this study, we document government procurement practices...

Automating the procurement function brings a host of benefits to any organization. Cost savings are increased while decreasing off-contract and non-catalog spend. More activity can be brought under management—including tail spend—and the procurement team has much greater visibility over all...

Collusion likely has adverse effects on social welfare. In this paper, we study collusion in the e-procurement market in Ukraine. We document that the bidding patterns in the data are incompatible with a competitive equilibrium. We develop a novel structural test to detect pairs and, thereby,...

This study was conducted to determine the performance impact of e-procurement adoption in Indonesian manufacturing companies. This study consists of four variables: top management support, information quality, implementation of e-procurement, and company performance. Pilot testing questionnaires...

This book deals with the electronic procurement of transportation services. It provides an overview of the fundamentals for the procurement of transportation services, including the relevant objectives, involved parties, and processes. A focus is set on Electronic Transportation Marketplaces...

Chapter 1: Q-Learning Approach to Mitigate Bacterial Contamination in Food Supply Chain -- Chapter 2: Optimization of Network Planning in a Real-Life Vehicle Logistics Distribution System -- Chapter 3: Efficient Supplier Selection in e-Procurement Reverse Auction using Graph Based Model --...

Information technology (IT) has been widely applied in many industrial sectors in order to increase their profit, competitiveness, and to reduce unnecessary costs. In line with the Global Scenario, the procurement concept is also moving ahead from traditional manual paper-based to...

E-procurement platforms facilitate transactions between suppliers and buyers from all over the world. Over time, suppliers and buyers may develop familiarity from prior experience with earlier transactions. The literature has established that prior experience leads to better project performance....

We develop a structural model of firms' bidding behavior in simultaneous first-price auctions with linkages across items, and apply the model to procurement auctions held by Minnesota's Department of Transportation (MnDOT). Each year, MnDOT holds simultaneous first-price auctions to procure road...

The purpose of this study was to establish the role of e-procurement on the performance of Safaricom PLC. The target population Safaricom PLC and consisted of 79 respondents comprising finance officers, procurement officers, logistics officers, quality managers, ICT officers, and operations...

The innovation of construction procurement by means of electronic reverse auctions is a controversial subject of discussion among both researchers and practitioners. This paper consolidates and critically discusses current knowledge concerning the adoption and use of electronic reverse auctions...

Purpose: With rapid changes in technology and the globalisation of markets, firms, especially small to medium enterprises (SMEs), require support to adapt to technology and make use of e-procurement functions to develop competitive advantages. Information systems such as e-procurement have...

We examine the impact of e-procurement on economic growth. To this end, we exploit an ambitious implementation of large-scale mandatory e-procurement platform in New South Wales and Western Australia. By matching pre-reform growth dynamics and its covariates with the rest of the world, we...

The procurement system of government’s goods/services is one of the activities that has taken advantage of the advances of information and communication technology. At the implementation level of the e-procurement auction there are still many failures faced by the participants in the...