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2025

Information Communication Technology (ICTs) has brought communication and access to information to the lives of many people. People are forming new social networks, sharing and learning together across geographical boundaries. Employee e-training is one of the innovative areas affected by the advent of ICT. The skills development of employees can now be perform online instead of attending a traditional classroom environment. Electronic training (e-training) has been employed in both developed and developing countries, while there is a paucity of literature on e-training adoption with several conclusions such as geographical, cultural and gender factors as motivation for adoption. The current study seeks to investigate the role of government support in e-training adoption by municipality employees. The study follows a regression based analytics approach to analyses data. The result shows that perceived government support is closely associated with e-training adoption by municipality employees.

2025, Doctors' Dialogue

This article in Bengali tries to make a critical reading of Ayurvedic texts, especially the Sushruta-Samhita, regarding the entry of medical students into the world of medical profession having finished their studies in full and in a comprehensive manner. It reveals some interesting issues related to - (1) preventive measures for health at that time, (2) the secular and eclectic position and ideology of ayurvedics inside the brahminic social system, and (3) very keen observation of each and every step regarding food, medicine, lifestyle etc. In their own way they did some kind of "subversion" in the social and political system fully run by the ideology of brahmnism.

2025, Logistics eJournal

Rapid advancements in digitalization are reshaping global supply chains and transforming the current modus operandi of the procurement function within companies. Broadly, procurement logistics involves the exchange of a wide variety of data and information relating to suppliers and buyers. As the needs of companies become more complex, many disruptive innovations are adopted to support and advance procurement in terms of predictability, transactional automation and proactivity of supplier relationship management. These emerging technologies encompass big data analytics, robotics, internet of things (IoT), blockchain and smart contracts, etc. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the potentialities of these emerging technologies in activities pertaining to procurement and the main organizational barriers that stand against their wide-scale implementation.

2025, Gronau, Norbert (Hrsg.): E-Business- …

2025, International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

E-procurement is constantly receiving lot of attention from industries, and government agencies. Analysts believe that utilization of e-procurement can lead to enormous cost saving and efficiency in procurement process. Though, e-procurement has benefited the global business tremendously, its expected growth rate has been moving downwards. The present study explores how the benefits and risks associated to e-procurement affect the e-procurement implementation. The differences and similarities among firms in different setting are also investigated. By using Swedish and Indian firms, the results show that cost benefit is the main driver for companies to implement e-procurement. The problems of implementation and integration of existing infrastructure are holding back companies from implementing e-procurement. But benefits are overpowering risks and companies are moving toward more aggressive strategic approach of implementing e-procurement. Finally, e-procurement is typically used for buying indirect material and the buyer side model is most dominated in industry.

2025, Mufassil Islam

This study offers a groundbreaking historiographical critique of Islamic caliphates by systematically examining the scientific verifiability of key figures from the Rashidun, Umayyad (Damascus and Córdoba), and Abbasid dynasties. Traditional Islamic narratives rely heavily on hadith compilations and chronologies written generations after the purported events. By contrast, this research prioritizes material evidence—epigraphy, numismatics, and archaeology—to assess the historical existence, religious identity, and regional influence of caliphal figures. The analysis reveals that while several Umayyad and Abbasid rulers are confirmed through inscriptions and architectural remains, these evidences lie predominantly outside modern-day Saudi Arabia. Remarkably, none of the Rashidun caliphs are supported by scientifically dated inscriptions or artifacts from the Arabian Peninsula, with only Ibn al-Zubayr showing material traces (coinage) linked to Mecca. Furthermore, intellectual giants of Islamic tradition—such as Abu Hanifa, Ibn Sina, and Ibn Rushd—are historically verifiable through their works but lack archaeological ties to the Hijaz. The findings challenge the geographic and narrative orthodoxy of early Islamic historiography and call for a reassessment of Islam’s documented emergence within Arabia.

2025, Mufassil Islam

সারসংক্ষেপ "ইসলামের উৎসের সন্ধানে" একটি নিরপেক্ষ ও তথ্যনির্ভর গবেষণাগ্রন্থ, যা ইসলামের প্রাথমিক ইতিহাস, ধর্মীয় বিকাশ, মতবাদগত বিভ্রান্তি এবং আধুনিক মুসলিম সমাজে উদ্ভূত বিভ্রান্তির গভীর বিশ্লেষণ করে। এ বইয়ে কুরআন ও রাসূল (সা.)-এর জীবনী... more

2025, International Journal of Social Science & Entrepreneurship

This study examines the relationship of e-procurement i.e., e-payment, e-tendering, e-invoicing and e-customer relationship management on the performance of supply chain management. It is observed that previously it is quite a time-consuming and energy absorbing activity as well as it is inefficient too. With the introduction of e-procurement in the organization, the overall process can be less time consuming as well as it is also very much efficient in order to do all procurement related activities in a timely manner. In this research it has been analyzed that e-procurement is a key role in future for companies as there are many companies already switching their supply chain management process into e-procurement activities as it can be proved in the previous studies that shows how important e-procurement is on the supply chain management and its performance. Present studies attempt the best possibilities with the effect of e-procurement steps which are in practices in supply chain ...

2025, Governo Digital: Em Defesa do ser Humano

O que é o Governo Digital? Qual a sua evolução histórica? Quais os seus princípios fundamentais? Quais as principais tecnologias digitais utilizadas? Como ele se manifesta no âmbito interno e externo? Quais são as suas vantagens e desvantagens? O Governo Digital vale a pena? Quais são os seus limites e as suas possibilidades? Para responder esses questionamentos, esse livro oferece uma visão panorâmica e humanista do Governo Digital visando a concretização dos direitos fundamentais dos cidadãos.

2025

The last decade of the twentieth century had witnessed massive global revolution in the public procurement in most countries (both developed and underdeveloped countries), Arrow Smith and Trybus (2003). These reforms are in the areas of Procurement Processes, Methods, Procurement organization structure and workforce. Prominent among these countries are Canada in December, 2003. Ghana also in 2003 and Sierra Leone which is still in the process after a civil war, as well as Gambia which has seen some level of success in its procurement reforms.

2025, Communications in Computer and Information Science

E-procurement systems make purchasing activities more effective in terms of both time and cost. However, over the past years there is evidence that some of the expected benefits have not been achieved. Among several causes, supplier's low adherence to such platforms has been regarded as one. The focus of this research is in supplier adoption of e-Procurement. It will help to better address the issues actually faced by suppliers within e-Procurement. We have conducted a questionnaire-based survey to 721 Portuguese companies and performed an empirical analysis of the data. The findings from this work provide evidence that the supplier perceived indirect benefits and business partner pressures are most important to e-Procurement adoption while barriers have a negative impact on their adoption. The main critical success factors on e-Procurement adoption are also presented.

2025, 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL, GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA (ICESDA-2024)

The development and progress of a country heavily relies on the construction industry, which creates the necessary infrastructure to support all other sectors. This is demonstrated by the significant number of resources that are invested in the construction industry each year. Procurement activities play a key role in managing construction projects, from the planning stage to the execution and closure. However, traditional paper-based procurement practices are still prevalent in Ghana, resulting in numerous challenges. In light of these challenges, a study was conducted to investigate the factors that influence the adoption of sustainable electronic procurement solutions and their contribution to sustainable project delivery. To achieve this objective, the study employed a quantitative research methodology and purposive sampling to obtain data from 40 out of 70 contractors and consultants in Accra using questionnaires. Cronbach's Alpha was utilized to evaluate the consistency and dependability of the Likert Scale which was deemed reliable. Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance was applied to measure the level of agreement among the participants in their rankings, but the outcome indicated a lack of consensus among respondents. The rankings were sorted using RII to identify the most important benefits and the top three benefits are High efficiency, Cost savings in procurement process and Reduction in order fulfilment cycle time. This study contributes to the expanding understanding of electronic procurement and its relationship to sustainable construction, filling a gap in the literature. The outcomes of the research will inspire further investigation in this field.

2025

Corruption in public procurement remains a challenge to good governance, especially in developing nations. Blockchain technology has been espoused as a new paradigm for achieving sustainable public procurement practices for effective service delivery and, by extension, promoting sustainable development. Given the potential of blockchain technology, its implementation has been slow in developing countries. Additionally, there is an inadequate decision support framework to prioritize corruption-prone stages of the public procurement cycle for strategic blockchain integration at the most critical corruption-prone stages of the public procurement cycle given the scarce resources available in developing countries. Therefore, we employed a matured theory that is the principal-agent theory to identify key agency problems related to public procurement in developing countries. An interview with 25 experts and a thorough review of Ghana's Auditor General produced seven public procurement cycle stages. Further, a survey was designed for experts and stakeholders to prioritize the identified procurement stages under the agency problems through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Our results revealed that tender evaluation was the most critical stage susceptible to corruption, followed by contract management and procurement planning in the public procurement stages. Additionally, for the relative importance of the criteria, information asymmetry was ranked first, followed by moral hazard, and then adverse selection. This study offers a targeted framework for blockchain deployment in public procurement from an African country perspective. The outcome of this study provides insights for policymakers and procurement practitioners to know the most critical stages of public procurement stages and leverage blockchain technology given the scarcity of resources in developing countries to aid sustainable public procurement. The proposed blockchain framework can enhance service delivery, citizens' trust, and international donor confidence in partnership and funding for public procurement projects in developing countries.

2025, Evaluating Corruption-Prone Public Procurement Stages for Blockchain Integration Using AHP Approach.

Corruption in public procurement remains a challenge to good governance, especially
in developing nations. Blockchain technology has been espoused as a new paradigm
for achieving sustainable public procurement practices for effective service delivery and,
by extension, promoting sustainable development. Given the potential of blockchain technology,
its implementation has been slow in developing countries. Additionally, there is an
inadequate decision support framework to prioritize corruption-prone stages of the public
procurement cycle for strategic blockchain integration at the most critical corruption-prone
stages of the public procurement cycle given the scarce resources available in developing
countries. Therefore, we employed a matured theory that is the principal-agent theory to
identify key agency problems related to public procurement in developing countries. An
interview with 25 experts and a thorough review of Ghana’s Auditor General produced
seven public procurement cycle stages. Further, a survey was designed for experts and
stakeholders to prioritize the identified procurement stages under the agency problems
through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Our results revealed that tender evaluation
was the most critical stage susceptible to corruption, followed by contract management
and procurement planning in the public procurement stages. Additionally, for the relative
importance of the criteria, information asymmetry was ranked first, followed by moral
hazard, and then adverse selection. This study offers a targeted framework for blockchain
deployment in public procurement from an African country perspective. The outcome of
this study provides insights for policymakers and procurement practitioners to know the
most critical stages of public procurement stages and leverage blockchain technology given
the scarcity of resources in developing countries to aid sustainable public procurement.
The proposed blockchain framework can enhance service delivery, citizens’ trust, and
international donor confidence in partnership and funding for public procurement projects
in developing countries.
Keywords: blockchain technology; public procurement; corruption; transparency and
accountability; analytic hierarchy process; Ghana

2025

1,2 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology, Kenya Abstract: Across the World e-procurement has gained popularity due to the ever developing technology. Technology has made the world a global village where customers search and order anything they want easily. The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors influencing the adoption of e-procurement in Public entities in Kisii town based on a study scope of Kenya power, national hospital insurance fund and national social security fund organisations. The study objective was to identify the effect of employee competence on the adoption of-procurement in the Kenya power, National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and National Social Security Fund (NSSF) as per the case study.

2025, International Journal of Sustainable Construction Engineering and Technology

In order to propose more effective solutions to improve the diffusion of e-procurement technologies in the construction sector, it is very important to get a better understanding on the practical evolutionary process of e-procurement adoption at the enterprise level. This cases-study seeks to investigate the strategic evolution of e-procurement adoption in construction companies. Data collected from in-depth semi-structured interviews was analyzed by within-case and cross-case analyses to understand well the similarities and differences between the company cases regarding the way e-procurement technologies have been adopting and implementing. The present study found out a six-stage evolutionary model of e-procurement implementation specific for the context of Vietnamese construction industry. Further, it also proposed the best practical solutions for the casesstudied as well as for the general context toward more collaborative e-procurement environment. Although this study is based ...

2025, East African journal of business and economics

The study aimed to determine the factors affecting the adoption of electronic procurement in the public sector: the case of Songwe District Council. The specific objectives were to determine effects of relative advantage on the adoption of electronic procurement system in Songwe District Council, determine the effects of complexity on using electronic procurement system and to determine the effects of trialability on using electronic procurement system. The research employed a quantitative approach. The target population was 56 respondents from the selected departments. Data was analysed descriptively, 32(57%) agreed that relative advantage had effect on electronic procurement system adoption, 14(25%) disagreed while 10(18%) were neutral. of complexity effects on electronic procurement system adoption, 25(45%) agreed on the statements that, the electronic procurement system was difficult to understand, the organization provided training to departments on the use of electronic procurement system and staffs knew how to evaluate tenders by using the electronic procurement system, 20(35%) disagreed and 11(20%) were neutral. Thus, the findings revealed that complexity had effect on electronic procurements system adoption. 26(46%) agreed on the statements that, electronic procurement system adoption had been experimented with limited basis and the Songwe District Council had available network connections whereas 15(28%) disagree and 15(26%) neutral. The study recommends that the Songwe District council should employ more trialability in using electronic system since they have positive and significant results especially when more training will be engaged on the adoption of electronic procurement system. The findings of this study can be adopted in other districts councils with similar administrative and development characteristics as well as among other government institutions.

2025

This paper analyses the impact of reform and different regulation regimes on the effectiveness of procurement at a large state university in the period from 2008 to 2012. We evaluate the impact on the procurement effectiveness parameters of two significant changes in the public procurement regulations: transfer to electronic auctions from 2010 under the Federal Law and the adoption by this organization of its own Procurement Provision from 2011. We show that transfer to electronic auctions leads to higher competition and more significant price decreases, whereas the adoption of Procurement provision has the opposite effect. Regarding delays in contract execution, the first reform has no effect and the second regulation change results in decreasing delays.

2025, Economic consultant

Introduction. Studying the potential of public procurement is essential for understanding its role in the economic and social development of the state, as well as for making recommendations to improve its efficiency. The article aimed to... more

2025, Ekonomìka: realìï času

Стаття присвячена висвітленню електронної системи «Prozorro» як засобу формування ефективної та прозорої системи публічних закупівель в Україні. Досліджені основні світоглядні підходи до визначення державних і публічних закупівель. Проаналізовано законодавчу базу публічних закупівель в Україні. Визначені причини створення «Prozorro», основні положення цієї системи та зроблений висновок щодо її позитивного впливу на сферу публічних закупівель. Визначено, що основна мета запровадження «Prozorro» створення ефективної, прозорої та відкритої системи публічних закупівель в Україні, які наблизять нашу державу до вступу у ЄС. Ключові слова: державні закупівлі, публічні закупівлі, «Prozorro», тендер, система публічних закупівель Balan A.A., Bukovsky D.A. "Prozorro" electronic system as a revolution in the public procurement system in Ukraine. Review article. The article is devoted to the coverage of the electronic system "Prozorro" as a means of forming an effective and transparent system of public procurement in Ukraine. The main worldview approaches to the definition of public and public procurement are studied. The legal framework of public procurement in Ukraine is analyzed. The reasons for the creation of "Prozorro", the main provisions of this system and the conclusion about its positive impact on public procurement are identified. It is concluded that the main purpose of the introduction of "Prozorro" is to create an effective, transparent and open system of public procurement in Ukraine, which will bring our country closer to EU accession.

2025

À minha orientadora, Prof.ª Raquel Meneses, agradeço, todo o apoio, os conhecimentos transmitidos, os sábios conselhos e a total disponibilidade demonstrada, imprescindíveis para a realização deste trabalho. Às quatro empresas participantes no estudo de caso, agradeço a disponibilidade e a abertura com que me acolheram, e em especial, aos seus colaboradores que entrevistei, pela partilha das suas experiências e conhecimentos, que vieram a demonstrar serem essenciais para os resultados atingidos. À minha família, em especial à minha esposa e ao meu filho, agradeço todo o apoio e paciência que tiveram para comigo nesta fase em que estive mais ausente, sem os quais não teria sido possível percorrer este caminho. Aos meus amigos, agradeço todas as palavras de incentivo e apoio presentes nos seus gestos de amizade. Aos meus colegas de mestrado, um obrigado pela partilha durante esta aventura. As indústrias hipercompetivas caracterizam-se pela ausência de vantagem competitiva sustentável, pelos que os gestores de empresas destas indústrias procuram, de forma contínua, executar estratégias que permitam alcançar uma vantagem competitiva. Contudo, têm consciência que esta vantagem é temporária, fruto da imediata e intensa movimentação dos seus concorrentes. Em termos do arsenal de estratégias disponível, os gestores podem optar pela adoção de inovações tecnológicas, que poderão implicar a introdução de alterações no modelo de negócio da empresa adotante. Nesta linha, o presente estudo procura contribuir para a literatura sobre hipercompetitividade e inovação no modelo de negócio, através de um estudo de caso múltiplo, que descreve o impacto da adoção da computação na nuvem na indústria de produção de software empresarial. Dada a ausência de literatura sobre o impacto decorrente da adoção do formato de distribuição de Software as a Service empresarial no modelo de negócio desta indústria específica, este estudo também procura colmatar este gap. Da evidência empírica recolhida resulta que as alterações ocorridas no modelo de negócio das empresas participantes no estudo, traduzem inovação de modelo de negócio, nas formas complexa ou adaptativa. São ainda identificadas algumas limitações, que poderão ser colmatadas em futuras investigações, relacionadas com as características da amostra de empresas participantes no estudo e fontes de evidências utilizadas, bem como com enquadramento legal, lock-in e vantagens económicas e financeiras, na adoção do SaaS, por parte dos seus clientes. Tendo por base os resultados obtidos neste estudo, e em termos de implicação prática, qualquer software house que equacione entrar no mercado SaaS, poderá usufruir dos ensinamentos recolhidos.

2025

We study auctions in which allocations are decided by an iterative process of rejecting the least attractive remaining bids. These "deferred-acceptance heuristic auctions" have distinctive properties that make them attractive for applications in computationally challenging environments. Deferred acceptance "threshold" auctions are group strategy-proof, can be implemented using clock auctions, and are outcome-equivalent in our complete-information model to paidas-bid auctions based on the same heuristic. Paid-as-bid auctions based on such heuristics are dominance solvable, and every non-bossy dominance-solvable paid-as-bid auction is a deferred-acceptance heuristic auction. None of these properties are shared by auctions based on optimization or greedy-acceptance heuristics. The authors thank Alex Wolitzky for comments on an earlier draft and Joshua Thurston-Milgrom for editorial suggestions.

2025, International Journal of Electronic Finance

The lack of standard platform for application-to-application interaction between the procurement systems of subsidiary organisations of a multi-organisation limits transparency of procurement procedures, and uniformity in the procurement patterns and practices, even when there are cross-cutting concerns. In this paper, an SOA-based e-procurement framework is proposed for effective e-procurement in a multi-organisational context. The e-procurement framework leverages SOA's inherent capability for addressing problems of heterogeneity, interoperability and dynamic requirements. An empirical case study showed that the framework is effective for achieving the corporate goal of promoting transparency, and enhancing uniformity of corporate procurement management in a multi-organisational context.

2025, İstanbul Hukuk Mecmuası / Istanbul Law Review

COVİD 19 salgını tüm ülkelerde olduğu gibi Türkiye'de de varlığını göstermesiyle birlikte başta sağlık sektörü olmak üzere devlet yönetiminin her alanında etkisini hissettirmiştir. Birleşmiş Milletler tarafından kalkınmanın ve sürdürülebilirliğin önemli bir aracı olarak görülen kamu ihaleleri de hem tıbbi malzeme alımları hem de kalkınmanın devamlılığının sağlanması açısından bu dönemde oldukça önemli olmuştur. Bu nedenle hükümetler, kamu ihaleleri ile ilgili süreçlerin ekonomik şartlarına uygun, verimli ve etkin olarak yönetilmesi için bir dizi önlem almıştır. Önlemler, kamu alımlarında sürdürülebilirliği sağlamak için öncelikle ihalelerdeki şekil ve usulle ilgili olmakla birlikte mali önlemleri de kapsayan düzenlemeleri içermektedir. Kamu alımları ile ilgili alınan önlemlerde temel amaç olağan dışı dönem alımlarının hızlı bir şekilde yapılarak oluşabilecek mağduriyetlerin giderilmesinin sağlanması olmuştur. Sürecin hızlı ve sorunsuz bir şekilde işleyebilmesi için ihale ve ilan süreleri ile ilgili yeni düzenlemeler yapılmış, ihale usullerinde ise bir takım kolaylaştırıcı önlemler alınmıştır Salgın sürecinde kamu ihaleleri ile ilgili önlemlerin yönetimi hususunda bazı ülkeler idarelere geniş takdir yetkileri verirken, bazılarının ise idarelere kısıtlı takdir yetkisi verip daha çok bağlı yetki ile donattığı görülmüştür. Bu süreçte elektronik araçların da kullanımı önemli düzeyde artırılmış, idareler ve tedarikçilerin elektronik araçları kullanımını teşvik edici ve kolaylaştırıcı bir dizi önlem aldığı görülmüştür. Ayrıca kamuoyunun bilgilendirilmesi açısından da çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Kamu alımları ile ilgili mali önlemler ise daha çok ihale makamlarında olağan üstü kaynak ihtiyacının giderilmesine yönelik olurken, tedarikçilerde ise salgın önlemleri nedeniyle bozulan mali durumlarının geliştirilmesine yönelik olmuştur. Salgın döneminde kamu alımlarına yönelik alınan önlemlerle ilgili olarak başta Türkiye ve Avrupa Birliği olmak üzere çeşitli ülke incelemeleri yapılarak çıkarımlarda bulunulmuştur.

2025, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development

Purpose: Contractor Development Programmes (CDPs) are aimed at creating an enabling environment for the survival and sustainability of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) contractors. Albeit, literature informs that the opinions of beneficiaries of these CDPs have not been adequately evaluated to access the impact of these CDPs. The purpose of this study was to establish the extent to which these CDPs have helped to improve contractors' management skills and also the extent to which the CDPs have ensured contractors' upgrade in CIDB registration status. Design/Methodology: A questionnaire survey, made up of close-ended as well as openended questions were administered to the respondents to establish their views on the achievements of the CDPs, the statistical programme SPSS was used to analyse the data, Cronbach Alpha Coefficient was used to test the reliability of the data collected. And the correlation between the CDPs and their intended outcomes were analysed using the T-test. The results from the research showed that the CDPs were achieving their objectives of improving of management skills and ensuring contractor upgrade in CIDB registration status. The important observation was that continuous contractor mentorship (CCM) must be made an integral part of every successful CDP. Originality/value: This study has revealed that to improve the benefits of CDPs, all implementing stakeholders must introduce CCM into their programmes instead of the once of mentorship programmes that currently exist. The research focused on contractors as a whole and did not separate them into their fields of specialities. The questionnaire survey was conducted in only Gauteng Province of South Africa and not the entire country. The study will assist in guiding CDP stakeholders of the need to modify the programmes to meet the beneficiaries' objectives.

2025, Innovative Technologies and Scientific Solutions for Industries

Предметом дослідження є методи й інформаційні технології логістичного управління закупівлями виробничого підприємства. Мета -зниження витрат й скорочення часу на матеріально-технічне забезпечення виробництва за рахунок розробки та впровадження прикладної інформаційної технології. В статті вирішені наступні задачі: проведення аналізу задач і методів логістичного управління ресурсами виробничого підприємства, формування схеми взаємодії підприємства й зовнішнього середовища, розробка моделі формування рішень з управління закупівлями, розробка моделі процесів інформаційної технології прийняття рішень, розробка модулів інформаційної технології. Для вирішення вказаних задач використовуються методи системного аналізу, теорія множин, агентний підхід. Отримані такі результати. Проаналізовані основні задачі управління закупівлями й методи їх вирішення в залежності від вихідних даних. Визначено основні параметри впливу чинників зовнішнього середовища на зворотній логістичний ланцюг. Сформована схема взаємодії підприємства й зовнішнього середовища для визначення параметрів процесу прийняття рішень з управління закупівлями. Елементи схеми прийняття рішень наведені в теоретико-множинному виді, що дозволяє виділити параметри моделі процесів інформаційної технології. Для оперативного вирішення задач логістичного управління закупівлями розроблені модулі прикладної інформаційної технології: модуль агентного моделювання, веб-сайт підтримки проведення тендера й програмний додаток для оцінювання переважності замовлень конкурсних закупівель. Висновки: застосування методів вирішення задач управління закупівлями залежить від особливостей вихідних даних. В умовах невизначеності необхідно оперативно оцінювати параметри зовнішнього середовища й підприємства, що змінюються. Для підвищення ефективності логістичного управління виробництвом необхідна розробка інтегрованої інформаційної технології, яка дозволяє приймати науковообґрунтовані рішення з управління закупівлями виробничого підприємства в умовах розвитку. Ключові слова: логістичне управління закупівлі; теоретико-множинне подання; інформаційні системи; агентний підхід; прийняття рішень.

2025

Despite years of research into e-business systems, still little is reported on how various factors affect the ways local government councils experience benefits from e-procurement systems. We thus present the experience of a Melbourne-based council that has been using an e-procurement system for some time, and discuss the factors that the council perceives to have influenced the benefits arising from the use of that system. Senior management support, presence of e-catalogues, employee training in e-procurement systems, and willingness of suppliers to participate in council's e-procurement implementation initiative, are found to be key factors. The implications of these factors are outlined.

2025

Social Media (SM), in recent years, is emerging as a common platform for low cost information exchange, and has attracted a critical mass of users both at corporate and retail levels. Theoretically, SM can thus be used as a tool to strengthen e-procurement in the public sector. Towards this end, we have prepared a conceptual model drawing on literature reviews and some examples while identifying a set of expected benefits and challenges within four stages of e-procurement. Using the framework, a case study has been conducted involving Australian public procurement initiatives and 15 federal government senior officials engaged in e-procurement. They have been interviewed to shed light on the possibilities and challenges of using SM in the public e-procurement context. The findings of the study suggest a limited scope for SM usage in the Australian public sector eprocurement process. The implications of the findings are discussed and some recommendations offered.

2025, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering Research

This study examined the effects of electronic procurement on building construction projects in Rivers State, Nigeria. The objectives were to assess the level of adoption of eprocurement, identify barriers to its adoption, and develop strategies to overcome these barriers. A mixed-methods approach was employed, involving descriptive statistics, relative importance index, severity index analysis, factor analysis. surveys, principal component analysis (PCA) and correlation analysis to analyze data from 180 respondents in the construction industry. This research found out that there is a high Relative Importance Index analysis (RII) for awareness to the tune of (0.734) and system integration to the tune of (0.776), which suggests that while there is a strong understanding of e-procurement's benefits and its integration with existing systems, its actual usage is somewhat less frequent showing a relative importance index of (RII= 0.689[]. However, significant barriers were identified, using Severity Index analysis, the result revealed that the cost security concerns (73.6%), lack of expertise (67.2%), and technical challenges (66.6%[]. Resistance to change, while notable, has a lower severity index (61.0%[]. The high cost and security concerns are major hurdles for adoption. PCA results indicated that change management and cost management are the most significant factors influencing e-procurement adoption, followed by technical support and security measures. The correlation analysis revealed significant relationship between efficiency, cost and time metrics in both systems. Recommendations include enhancing training and education programs, implementing cost management strategies, addressing security concerns, providing technical support, and fostering change management, which aims to overcome the identified barriers and fully leverage the benefits of eprocurement systems in the construction industry.

2025, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering Research

This study provides a comparative analysis of impact of eprocurement and traditional procurement on building construction project delivery in Rivers State Nigeria. A mixedmethods approach was employed, involving descriptive statistics, relative importance index, severity index analysis, factor analysis, Surveys, principal component analysis (PCA) and correlation analysis to analyze data from 180 respondents in the construction industry. Results of this study showed that e-procurement systems outperform traditional systems in efficiency, accuracy, transparency, and cost-effectiveness. A strong positive correlation was observed between the performances metrics of both systems, emphasizing that eprocurement amplifies the benefits seen in traditional systems. This strong positive correlation (0.807) shows that higher costeffectiveness in traditional procurement is associated with higher cost-effectiveness in electronic procurement. The result is highly significant, implying that improvements in costeffectiveness are similarly reflected in both systems. This strong positive correlation (0.714) suggests that time efficiency in traditional procurement is positively related to time efficiency in electronic procurement as the significant p-value indicates that the relationship is statistically reliable. Based on this finding, it is recommended that stakeholders prioritize the integration of e-procurement to leverage these advantages fully while ensuring compatibility with existing traditional methods during the transition phase.

2025

Business organizations in Nigeria have been faced with the herculean task of sustaining high performance and productivity in view of the harsh socio-economic environment and conditions in which the businesses operate (Alaka, Tijani & Abass, 2011). In view of this, strategic planning becomes the process through which organizations can predict changes in the environment and act proactively (Adeleke, Ogundele & Oyenuga, 2008; Uvah, 2005). Literature has it that without a clearly defined strategy, a business will have no sustainable basis for creating and maintaining a competitive advantage in the industry it operates (McllquhamSchmidt, 2010; Robinson, Bergman & Counter 2008; Veskarisri, Chan & Pollard, 2007). Planning is so critical to the development of business ventures over the years, due to its effective Abstract: Business organizations are faced with the herculean task of sustaining high performance and productivity due to the harsh socio-economic conditions and environment in whi...

2025, Telecommunications Policy

We analyze the state of the art of indicators on eGovernment, eHealth, eProcurement and ePartecipation. We survey the main methodological properties of these indicators, and uncover the principal stylized facts and trends; at the same time, we highlight their heuristic limits and potential inconsistencies. Finally, we address empirically the issue of the explanation of the indexes scoresi.e. how the supply of the various eServices in each country is affected by political, institutional and socio-economic differences, and is followed by actual usage. The econometric analysis uncovers the importance of broadband penetration and higher education as drivers for most of the types of eServices and users (citizens and businesses). Moreover, a corruption-free and agile public sector shows up to be an important pre-condition for more effective supply and usage. Despite severe data limits and the complexity of the underlying diffusion phenomena, our study of eServices availability and usage across European countries is a first empirical contribution aimed at disentangling broad empirical trendswith their correlates -from unresolved methodological issues. As such, this work appears useful to inform the policy debate and practice, in a phase characterized by a prospective reorientation of public eServices provision.

2025

The efficiency of e-Procurement is based on the imperatives, trust and perceived risk. Trust is established as a major factor moderating transaction processes on the internet. It has implicit relational properties and therefore needs the context of a relationship to develop. Previous works have suggested that lack of trust is a major impediment to e-Procurement. Trust and perceived risk exhibits inverse relationships and, paradoxically have causative effect on e-Procurement. E-Procurement organisations are in continuous search on how their consumer's trust can be evaluated. In this study, based on a synthesis of literature, we offer an integrative model of consumer trust in e-Procurement. It is a mathematical model that not only maps trust behaviour, but also sensitive and accommodative of an acceptable risk threshold in electronic transaction environments. It also proffers solution to the exploration of consumer's trust evaluation.

2025, Sustainability

Public procurement is an important part of public finances; therefore, its management is challenging for the quality of the citizen’s relationship with the public authorities. Existing electronic public procurement optimization tools are systematically attempting to standardize procedures by improving access to information and transparency in management. Nevertheless, the next day requires the definition of the transition to modern tools and technologies of the fourth industrial revolution. This study attempts to identify common and additional critical success factors from implementing e-procurement in the 3.0 and 4.0 eras. Identifying the key challenges will be the basis for the roadmap plan suitable for maximizing the achievement of new public management in Industry 4.0.

2025

It has been five months totally since we began writing this master thesis which mainly aims at throwing light upon electronic procurement for MRO products in Bangladesh and China. And five-month intensive work has paid back, brought us a much deeper comprehension of the driving forces and hindering factors of electronic procurement specific for industrial MRO products in the comparison of GE aviation in China and BATA shoes in Bangladesh. However, it is never only our effort that can make this thesis so far, there are a number of people behind who gave firm support and constructive feedback, and hereby we would like to show our sincere appreciation to. First of all, we would like to show our appreciation to our tutor, Peter Berling. Without his constantly constructive feedbacks, patient tutoring, feasible guidance, we would never have got improved. Moreover, we are very much grateful for our examiner, Dr. Helena Forslund, her thorough, helpful feedbacks and suggestions throughout all the seminars. Meanwhile, we would very much like to give particular thanks to our opponent group, their critical comments and useful suggestions have sharpened our thesis time by time to meet the degree requirements. Last but not least; we would also like to show our appreciation to BATA shoes in Bangladesh´s plant engineer -Md. Arifur Rahman; warehouse manager -S.M.A. Mahfuz; Senior Merchandiser -Md. Julfekar Ali and GE aviation group in china´s purchasing engineer -Weihua Liu. It is because of your supportive interview feedback and precious questionnaire data that helps us achieve our scientific credibility and makes our thesis more academic.

2024, Review of Accounting and Business

This study aims to determine the application of e-procurement in the procurement of goods/services activities and it is relation to the effectiveness of procurement, as well as to identify the success and failure factors of the implementation of e-procurement. The object of research is the procurement of goods/services electronically (e-procurement) in Dinas Tanaman Pangan dan Hortikultura Provinsi Jawa Barat. In this study using a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques were obtained from primary data in the form of observation, interviews, and documentation. Meanwhile, secondary data was obtained from books, literature, and other published data. The results of this study showed three findings. First, the implementation of e-procurement in the procurement of goods/services in Dinas Tanaman Pangan dan Hortikultura Provinsi Jawa Barat can be said to be going well and is in accordance with applicable regulations related to Government Procurement of G...

2024

E-procurement is a deriving benefit attained from technological enhancements rather than using traditional a paper based method in procurement operations. The main objectives of this study are observing the usage ratio of technological equipment in operations which are closely related with e-procurement activities and potential methods for improving the general performance in hospitals. A case study strategy is taken as a research strategy for attaining information from the investigated hospitals and data collection methods of semi structured interviews and nonparticipant observations are used. From the perspective of e-procurement, more technological tools can be used for activities in pharmacies, and drug flow from doctor to patient can be improved. Application of the proposed advice given to pharmacies operating in hospitals can ensure significant time and money savings without too much time or financial investment. Presenting the situation of e-procurement adoption for pharmacies located in Turkey can help academics and practitioners to see the general picture for e-procurement in developing countries.

2024

2024, Journal of Education and Practice

E-procurement practices are essential components in the management of public secondary school resources. However, lack of financial accountability, inefficiency, lack of controls and imprudent use of resources in Mandera County has continued to affect management of secondary schools. Thus, this study analyzed the influence of e-procurement practices on management of public secondary school resources in Mandera County, Kenya. Mixed methods approach was used and thus the study adopted concurrent triangulation design. The study established that e-procurement practices influence management of public secondary school resources. In conclusion, e-procurement practices influence management of secondary school resources. Thus, the study recommends that schools should ensure that there is an appropriate focus on good practice in procurement and that there is a significant procurement procedure in place to ensure compliance with all relevant guideline. Schools should adopt integrated tendering...

2024, Technovation

This paper analyses the applicability and opportunities that emerging participation-based internet technologies (Web 2.0) afford to digitally clustered companies. In particular, it discusses the operational aspects of digital clustering with a unique focus on e-clustered procurement. It is based on the case study of an e-cluster in the UK food industry. The study indicated that Web 2.0 technologies can facilitate participation and enhance connectivity within in digitally enabled business clusters. It also indicated that significant e-procurement gains can be made by some e-cluster members, although issues relating to critical mass of membership, cultural inhibitors and selection of suitable products and services for e-procurement need to be addressed.

2024, Policy Research Working Papers

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

2024, ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science

The emergence of social media is enabling researchers to consider new data collection and triangulation strategies. Quantitative researchers have taken advantage of the emergence of the Internet as a medium to gather data. Meanwhile, interpretive researchers are only now being able to harness the potential that social media provide in generating more insight into collected data. Using a case of

2024, International Journal of Computing, Programming and Database Management

The study sought to examine the effect of e-procurement practices on the performance of selected public sector organization in cape coast: cape coast technical university Central Region of Ghana. The study was purely qualitative; therefore there was sample size. Interviews were used as a data collective instrument. Twenty (20) respondents were used as key informants to the study. The data analysis was done by transcribing the responses on the interview guide into themes and meaning drawn from them. The study gathered primary data using structured questionnaires of which the questionnaire were divided into sections based on the different aspects of the study's goal. The findings of the study also disclosed that the use of e-procurement will help the public organization to speed up their procurement process, though the e-procurement has its own challenges, the respondents interviewed alluded that it would be better to use than the manual procurement process since it will increase the performance of the procurement process as a whole. The study therefore recommend that the public sectors should adapt the e-procurement because not only it can help to achieve our daily activities faster, it can also help to work more efficiently and also consider some various e-procurement practices such as Eordering, E-sourcing, E-payment, E-invoicing, and E-tendering when they consider to use the eprocurement.

2024

2024, International Journal On …

Research in combinatorial optimization initially focused on finding optimal solutions to various problems. Researchers realized the importance of alternative approaches when faced with large practical problems that took too long to solve optimally and this led to approaches like simulated annealing and genetic algorithms which could not guarantee optimality, but yielded good solutions within a reasonable amount of computing time. In this paper we report on our experiments with stochastic greedy algorithms (SGA)perturbed versions of standard greedy algorithms. SGA incorporates the novel idea of learning from optimal solutions, inspired by data-mining and other learning approaches. SGA learns some characteristics of optimal solutions and then applies them while generating its solutions. We report results based on applying this approach to three different problemsknapsack, combinatorial auctions and single-machine job sequencing. Overall, the method consistently produces solutions significantly closer to optimal than standard greedy approaches. SGA can be seen in the space of approximate algorithms as falling between the very quick greedy approaches and the relatively slower soft computing approaches like genetic algorithms and simulated annealing. SGA is easy to understand and implement --once a greedy solution approach is known for a problem, it becomes possible to very quickly rig up a SGA for the problem. SGA has explored only one aspect of learning from optimal solutions. We believe that there is a lot of scope for variations on the theme, and the broad idea of learning from optimal solutions opens up possibilities for new streams of research.

2024