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Procurement 4.0: factors influencing the digitisation of procurement and supply chains

Business Process Management Journal, 2018
Purpose While digitisation is a key driver of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0); organisations have different approaches to deal with this topic to get a clearer picture of the opportunities and challenges concerning the digital ...
Florian Bienhaus, Abubaker Haddud
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E-procurement system adoption in local governments: the role of procurement complexity and organizational structure

Public Management Review, 2021
The article examines how local governments’ procurement complexity and structure interact to influence e-procurement adoption. Drawing on the survey data of over 400 cities, we find that a centralized structure enhances the likelihood that local ...
Yifan Chen, S. Bretschneider, Justin M. Stritch, Nicole Darnall, Lily Hsueh   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

AI and Procurement

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2020
Problem definition: In this research, we study how buyers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) affects suppliers’ price quoting strategies. Specifically, we study the impact of automation—that is, the buyer uses a chatbot to automatically inquire about ...
Ruomeng Cui, Meng Li, Shichen Zhang
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Effective use of blockchain technology for facilities management procurement process

, 2021
Purpose Facilities management (FM) has become a revolutionary profession, which adds value to the built environment. Compared to other industries, the development of the FM industry is at a preliminary stage owing to poor adaptation of digitalisation ...
Hasni Gayathma Gunasekara, P. Sridarran, D. Rajaratnam   +2 more
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Examining the role of procurement 4.0 towards remanufacturing operations and circular economy

Production planning & control (Print), 2020
Procurement digitalisation can provide significant opportunities for excellence in remanufacturing operations. The close attention of firms is required during the configuration of procurement 4.0 resources for applying front end and base technologies in ...
Surajit Bag, Pavitra Dhamija, Shivam Gupta, U. Sivarajah   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Political Contributions and Public Procurement: Evidence from Lithuania

Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020
This paper studies whether firms trade political contributions for public procurement contracts. Combining data on Lithuanian government tenders, corporate donors, and firm characteristics, I examine how a ban on corporate contributions affects the ...
A. Baltrunaite
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Procurement

2017
Sunil Gupta, Simon Gregory
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Readiness for lean procurement in construction projects

, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to identify, analyse and categorize the major factors affecting lean procurement (LP) in a construction project of a company in India using total interpretive structural modelling (TISM) approach.
M. Suresh, R. A. Nathan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Green procurement process model based on blockchain–IoT integrated architecture for a sustainable business

Management of environmental quality, 2019
Purpose Blockchain and IoT are recently developed technologies for the database creation and smooth functioning of supply chain activities. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the use of blockchain and IoT for green procurement activities.
S. Rane, S. Thakker
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public Procurement

2022
Uyarra, E., Kundu, O.
openaire   +2 more sources