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Supply Chain Digital (

www.supplychaindigital.com

) A portal dedicated to supply chain 

enhancement.

GS1 (

www.gs1.org

) Information on global standards for data exchange to support SCM.

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Part 2  Strategy and applications

Toolbox for IT (

http://erp.ittoolbox.com

) Specialist portal containing news and articles 

about ERP (enterprise resource planning systems), one application of which is supply 

chain management.

Manhattan Associates (

www.manh.com/resources

) Whitepapers and thought leadership 

from specialist SCM consultants.

Oracle SCM introduction (

www.oracle.com/applications/scm/

) Oracle is one of the big‑

gest providers of SCM applications; here they introduce the benefits of their approach.

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7.1

 

Cambridge Consultants 

reduce costs through 

e‑procurement 306

7.2

 

Covisint – a typical history of a 

B2B marketplace?  317

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What is e‑procurement?  299

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Drivers of e‑procurement  304

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Barriers and risks of 

e‑procurement adoption  310

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Implementing e‑procurement  310

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The future of e‑procurement  319

Focus on . . .

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Estimating e‑procurement 

costs 308

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B2B marketplaces  314 

Chapter at a glance

Main topics

E‑procurement

Learning outcomes

After reading this chapter the reader should be able to:

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Identify the benefits and risks of e‑procurement

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Analyse procurement methods to evaluate cost savings

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Assess different options for integration of organisations’ 

information systems with e‑procurement suppliers

Management issues

Managers will be concerned with the following e‑procurement 

issues:

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What benefits and risks are associated with e‑procurement?

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Which method(s) of e‑procurement should we adopt?

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What organisational and technical issues are involved in 

introducing e‑procurement?

The following additional case studies 

are available at