E-procurement platform implementation feasibility study and challenges A practical approach in Iran Authors Meysam Maleki Mahmoud Karimi Haniyeh Reyan Virgilio Cruz-Machado International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (2016)
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E-procurement platform implementation feasibility study and challenges
A practical approach in Iran
AuthorsMeysam Maleki
Mahmoud Karimi
Haniyeh Reyan
Virgilio Cruz-Machado
International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (2016)
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Agenda• E-Procurement• Global e-procurement platform providers
• Research hypotheses• Discussion of research hypotheses
• Findings• Challenges• Recommendation for a successful lunch of e-procurement
in Iran
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E-Procurement
The term e-procurement refers to the use of electronic communications to deal with business process between sellers and buyers. In other words, it can be defined as the B2B purchase and sale of supplies over the internet.
1. Implementation costs2. Deficient infrastructure3. Lack of interoperability4. Lack of business processes and
workflows5. Insufficient e-procurement
solutions6. Resistance of middle-managers
1. Competitive price2. Reduction of procurement cycle time3. Reduction of administrative expenses4. Transparency5. Reduction of operating costs6. Reduction of tied up capital7. Reduction of stock8. Increase accuracy of decisions9. Prevention of corruption attempts10.Expanded network of suppliers11. Access to trade history of buyers &
suppliers12.E-Attestation13.Early execution of tasks (i.e. delivery
of goods)
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I. Involvement of big buyers boosts the growth rate of the platform.
II. The UI & UX of the developed platform has to be adjusted to the usage and application taste of users.
III. Geographical segmentation approach in marketing increases the penetration rate.
Recommendation for a successful lunch of e-procurement in Iran
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)Business findings International practical contribution: Providers of e-procurement
platforms such as Zycus, SynerTrade, SAP Ariba, Vortal, etc has demand for their products to fulfill in this market.
National practical contribution: Providers of e-business solutions in the country such as SystemGroup, Rayvarz, TeamYar, etc has the national demand to develop their e-procurement solutions.
Managerial contribution: It is recommended to managers in the country to transform their traditional procurement systems into an e-procurement platform in order to benefit from e-procurement advantages such as: faster processes, less papers, transparency, cost reduction, and mitigation of financial corruption.
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THANK YOU!
Questions & Comments
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Meysam Maleki / UNIDEMI, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal ([email protected])