E-PROCUREMENT PRACTICES: AN AUSTRALIAN SURVEY

摘要

The role of procurement and the emerging use of large information systems to eonduct e-procurcment is analysed and presented with the results of a survey of 38 major Australian organisations. The current direct and indirect procurement practices of the sample organisations will be analysed together with an analysis of the e-procurement drivers and barriers. The main results show that direct procurement is heavily dependant upon traditional practices whilst indirect procurement is more likely to use "e" practices. Technical issues dominate e-procurement barriers with cost factors dominating e-procurement drivers.