 E-procurement as a key success factor in cooperative purchasingJani Makinen, Anni-Kaisa Kahkonen and Katrina Lintukangas International Journal of Procurement Management, 2011, vol. 4, issue 1, 56-71 Abstract: This study discusses cooperative purchasing and, moreover, focuses on the role of e-procurement systems as a success factor in cooperative purchasing. Because of the changes in the dynamic business environment, the character of cooperative purchasing has changed. It has become possible for companies to exploit e-procurement systems to leverage cost efficiency and wider product portfolios and to obtain other benefits as well. This has made cooperative purchasing more competitive. The case study analyses e-procurement and cooperative purchasing in the Finnish banking sector and presents how the exploitation of e-procurement systems has contributed to cooperative purchasing in the case context. The results of the study indicate that integrated and automated e-procurement systems have a significant role in achieving the targets and benefits of cooperative purchasing. Keywords: e-procurement; electronic procurement; cooperative purchasing; centralisation; horizontal collaboration; success factors; cost efficiency; product portfolios; competitiveness; Finland; banks; banking; integration; automation; targets; benefits; procurement management. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijpman:v:4:y:2011:i:1:p:56-71 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Procurement Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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