E-business Systems and Architecture for E-procurement and E-sourcing

This report on e-procurement and e-sourcing reviews the e-procurement and e-sourcing business issue by elaborating on four primary dimensions. The first dimension reviews e-procurement's business processes and accordingly elaborates on various e-procurement processes including auctions, contract management, transactional procurement, e-marketplaces, e-procurement analytics, collaboration, and RFP based procurement. The second dimension describes e-procurement's business architecture in which the report explains various procurement channels and procurement methods. The third dimension elaborates on e-procurement's technology architecture that sheds light on e-marketplace-centric and buyer centric e-procurement architectures. In this context, the report also reviews supplier systems and their characteristics. Finally, the fourth dimension delineates the various software vendors and their respective e-business solutions for e-procurement and e-sourcing.