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Are e-logistics and e-commerce the same thing?
Some researchers and experts have endeavored to distance 
e-logistics from e-commerce. This is similar to how some authors separate 
e-business from e-commerce. 
Domains of e-commerce and e-logistics
As depicted above, some writers distinguish e-commerce from 
e-logistics by suggesting e-commerce does not extend beyond the purchase 
transaction. This view has not been explored or supported in depth in 
these course notes, mainly because once one looks to fulfilment of an 
order, one has to involve shipping and supply chain management issues 
related to logistics. This is not to say there is no value in distinguishing 
e-logistics from e-commerce and this debate assists in refining boundaries 
and fields of analysis. 
It is clear e-commerce and logistics separate where ICTs, and 
especially the Internet, are not directly involved in goods and services 
being promoted, selected, ordered and paid for. It is debatable whether 
e-logistics needs to be considered as a sub-component of e-commerce, but 
it is unarguable that e-commerce and e-logistics overlap and should be 

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examined together when developing an e-business strategy or reviewing 
supply chain management.
E - Procurement 
The basic tenet of our exercise is that e-government and, in 
particular, e-procurement programs result into an improvement of the 
labour productivity of the public sector and, as a consequence, contribute 
to a number of intermediate outcomes (better services, cost savings, time 
savings, transparency), to economic rationality (organisational efficiency, 
simplification) and to GDP growth. 
E-procurement Definition
➢ Is the term used to describe the use of electronic methods, typically 
over the Internet to conduct transactions between awarding 
authorities and suppliers.
➢ The process of e-procurement covers every stage of purchasing, 
from the initial identification of a requirement, through the 
tendering process, to the payment and potentially the contract 
management.