Talk:E-procurement

Adding Example of Dell
Can we add example of Dell to give and example of how moving to e-procurement can bring about a substantial decrease in inventory and change the entire business model Gurpreetbhalla (talk) 10:38, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

What procurement and E-procurement mean - reply to Ricky & Lorkii
Ricky,

Basically working in Materials Procurement field & experience what we have to do in this field?Procurement is just a word for purchasing. Procurement people are purchasing people. They buy so many kind of stuff for their own work, their department, company, etc. Purchasing people spend so much company's money for which they required.Of course, the challenges and complexities of the business world make things very ... challenging and complex. Purchases need to adhere to company policies and country laws. Purchases need to actually add value and not just hang as some monkey on company's back and kill the earnings, etc. That's where strategies become critical in procurement, and it's no longer just calling a guy in the warehouse across town to order some wood for manufacturing. A company needs to have control over spending and get best deals.

E-Procurement allows such controls to be in place. It's basically some relatively high-end software program that helps processes of buying stuff be more organized and uniform. Lorkii, if you've ever bought something online from Amazon, eBay, Barnes & Noble, etc, you can say you used e-procurement to an extent. You were your own procurement manager for a little while. You selected the item from possibly several choices -- professional e-procurement systems often have catalogs. You chose payment and shipping methods -- professional e-procurement systems take care of that kind of stuff too. The list goes on. - 16 June 2007‎ Stas3000

Buzzwords
I don't think that the "Advantages" section is factually wrong, but with phrases like "taking ... to the next level", it's certainly not Wikipedia-appropriate. David (talk) 11:55, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Is E-ordering only for indirect purchases, not product related.
Is E-ordering only for non-product/indirect purchases, not product-related purchases (for which ERP is used)? Why the distinction ? - Rod57 (talk) 12:33, 24 May 2022 (UTC)