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Connectivity to external sources of information, e.g. portals, e‑hubs, 

e‑marketplaces.

  4 

Connectivity to external supply chains, e.g. extranets, EDI, e‑hubs, e‑marketplaces –  

allowing shared  real‑  time information such as suppliers accessing  real‑  time sales.

  5 

Sourcing, e.g. identifying new sources via the Internet, use of intelligent search 

engines.

  6 

Content management, e.g. private catalogues, public catalogues, internal inven‑

tory management, maintenance management.

  7 

Connectivity to internal systems and sources of information such as inventory 

management, maintenance management, materials resource planning (MRP) 

systems.

  8 

Payment systems, e.g. purchasing cards.

  9 

Multimedia (although e‑procurement does not necessarily contain multimedia 

elements).

10 

Improvements in localised supply chain mechanisms and consortia etc. leading to 

mutual benefit.

Source: CIPS (2008).

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