Course duration: 1 Day

Course running order

An overview of E-procurement as a product / industry

· Trends in product deployment and use in the marketplace
· Who are the main players?
· Who is using it?
· How and what for?
· What are the benefits being achieved?
· Automating supply chain management, logistics, information and transaction flows
· Managing low value purchases
· Driving cost transparency into the supply base
· Repositioning the role of procurement as market managers
· Some technology issues regarding usability

How E-commerce works in practice

· Systems deployment
· Concerns with the use of E-Procurement
· Ethical considerations
· Security / confidentiality of data
· Portals the theory
· Marketplaces – Horizontal and vertical

E-Tools for the procurement professional
· Task and workflow management
· E-databases – contract documentation and engineering
· E-tendering
· E-evaluation
· E-bill payment

Other E-commerce practices
· Co-sharing of information
· Joint buying
· Joint stocks
· Co-vendor rating
· Joint Quality Assurance
· Outsourced procurement
· Reverse auctions

Course Objectives

To bring delegates up to speed with the current issues in E-procurement including a survey of the current tools in place, current thinking regarding their use, value added and means of deployment

Who should attend?

Teams interested in updating or framing their E-Knowledge into a coherent practical framework for use in their procurement practice. Teams that are considering the use of E-procurement in their business process and want to gain some knowledge of this key area of business

Duration / Fees

A 1-day single manned course