Thursday, December 27, 2012






                      The five most common mistakes in implementing e-procurement:

1.     Not creating a comprehensive procurement strategy first or a plan that aligns with an e-business strategy and an e-procurement strategy.
2.     Putting the e- before procurement. Technology and e-procurement won’t fix current unsound procurement practices.
3.     Not performing comprehensive strategic supplier sourcing first and failure to prepare suppliers for e-procurement.
4.     Not properly identifying materials-services groups and the proper e-procurement tool to use for these groups.  Not assessing supplier capabilities, which include readiness for e-procurement.
5.     Underestimating resistance to change and the need for ease of use for end-users. A strong component in this area is content (catalogue) quality and the transaction details.

                             Dr. Tom DePaoli 

                             www.apollosolutions.uswww.apollosolutions.us




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