eProcurement Solutions

Organisations wishing to embark upon eProcurement, as a first step, need to define their strategy.

Although eProcurement represents a single solution the whole process is considerably more complex than eSourcing. More effective planning is required to manage its implementation as it has far greater impact on the day to day operations of an organisation.

Developing an eProcurement Strategy


Listed below are some of the issues that need to be clarified in developing an eProcurement strategy:

• What senior executive support will sponsor its implementation
and what form will this take?

• What is the business case for an implementation?

• Which business processes need to change?

• What are our requirements and what solutions provide the best fit?

• How do we ensure that suppliers will support this initiatives?

• How and who will host and update the catalogues and price lists?

• How can we manage the change within the wider organisation

These and many other issues need to be clarified before embarking upon an eProcurement solution. The eProcurement PDF document provides a more in-depth summary of the issues involved.