Title :
Selecting on line purchasing systems for enhanced supply chain management
Author :
Benjamin, Kareem ; Benjamin, Colin O.
Author_Institution :
Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we review the range of online purchasing systems available to enhance supply chain management. We propose a methodology to facilitate the selection of the most appropriate online purchasing systems for a company´s inventory and use the manufacturing sector to illustrate its application.
Keywords :
purchasing; supply chain management; inventory control; online purchasing systems; supply chain management; Business; Catalogs; Costs; Customer service; Extranets; Guidelines; Manufacturing; Profitability; Supply chain management; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Automation Congress, 2002 Proceedings of the 5th Biannual World
Print_ISBN :
1-889335-18-5
DOI :
10.1109/WAC.2002.1049439