Exploring Major Challenges and their Solutions in E-Procurement: Perspectives in Optimizing e-Procurement - Couverture souple

Kar, Arpan

 
9783659554063: Exploring Major Challenges and their Solutions in E-Procurement: Perspectives in Optimizing e-Procurement
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ISBN 10 : 3659554065 ISBN 13 : 9783659554063
Editeur : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

E-procurement is one of the critical activities in supply chain management. In this book, some important issues in e-procurement is explored. The first theme focuses on supplier pre-qualification. Numerous studies have used different evaluation criteria. In this study, we identified and estimated the importance of the major supplier evaluation criteria. 107 buyer firms have been studied across 12 industries. The next step in procurement management is identifying the more suitable suppliers. Subsequently decision support models has been proposed for supplier selection. Theories of Analytic Hierarchy Process, Delphi, Group Decision Making, Fuzzy Set Theory and Mathematical Programming has been used while studying 45 supplier firms This paves the way for the consolidation of the supplier base. So how supplier consolidation can benefit a firm, has been explored next. We discuss how the buyer-supplier network structure and size undergo changes with greater adoption of e-procurement, from the viewpoint of transaction cost economics. Then we explore the dynamics on non-contractible value co-creation. Case studies have been used to validate discussions.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

E-procurement is one of the critical activities in supply chain management. In this book, some important issues in e-procurement is explored. The first theme focuses on supplier pre-qualification. Numerous studies have used different evaluation criteria. In this study, we identified and estimated the importance of the major supplier evaluation criteria. 107 buyer firms have been studied across 12 industries. The next step in procurement management is identifying the more suitable suppliers. Subsequently decision support models has been proposed for supplier selection. Theories of Analytic Hierarchy Process, Delphi, Group Decision Making, Fuzzy Set Theory and Mathematical Programming has been used while studying 45 supplier firms This paves the way for the consolidation of the supplier base. So how supplier consolidation can benefit a firm, has been explored next. We discuss how the buyer-supplier network structure and size undergo changes with greater adoption of e-procurement, from the viewpoint of transaction cost economics. Then we explore the dynamics on non-contractible value co-creation. Case studies have been used to validate discussions.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Arpan Kar is an Assistant Professor of Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He was earlier in IIM Rohtak. Prior to joining academics, he has worked in Cognizant Business Consulting and IBM Research. He has multiple publications in the domain of e-commerce, e-procurement, decision support systems, m-commerce, e-marketing and e-governance.

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Éditeur
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659554065
ISBN 13 
9783659554063
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
168
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