Internet based Technologies and Systems for the support of indirect procurement

Diploma Thesis from the year 1999 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: 1,7, University of Kaiserslautern (Wirtschaft), language: English, abstract: Inhaltsangabe:§Inhaltsverzeichnis:Table of Contents:§Table of Content §List of Figures §Abbreviations §1.Introduction§1.1Motivation§1.2Methodology§1.3Organization§2.Identify different types of indirect procurement§2.1Fundamentals of Procurement and Purchasing§2.1.1Purchasing Objectives and Organization§2.1.2Procurement Evolution and Development§2.1.3Direct and indirect procurement§2.1.4Indirect Goods and Services§2.2Clustering different types of procurement§2.2.1Criteria to characterize indirect goods and services§2.2.1.1Tangibility§2.2.1.2Accounting Rules§2.2.1.3Product complexity§2.2.1.4Transaction frequency§2.2.1.5Risk§2.2.1.6Value§2.2.1.7Substitutability§2.2.2Characterize indirect goods and services§2.2.3Clustering indirect goods and services§2.2.3.1Physical goods§2.2.3.2Services§2.2.3.3IT Procurement§3.Analysis of different procurement types§3.1Commodities§3.1.1Product Characterization§3.1.2Persons involved in the purchasing process§3.1.2.1End-user§3.1.2.2Purchasing department§3.1.2.3Budget Holder§3.1.3Purchasing process§3.1.3.1Definition of need (information) §3.1.3.2Requisitioning§3.1.3.3Approval§3.1.3.4Purchase order§3.1.3.5Delivery§3.1.3.6Payment§3.1.3.7After Sales Support§3.1.4Conclusion§3.2Purchasing Services§3.2.1Routine and complex services§3.2.2Persons involved in the purchasing process§3.2.3Purchasing cycle§3.2.3.1Statement of work§3.2.3.2Competitive bidding and negotiation §3.2.3.3Selecting service contractors proposal evaluation§3.2.3.4Pre-award conference §3.2.4Conclusion§3.3IT-Procurement§3.3.1Total value of ownership§3.3.2Persons involved§3.3.3Procurement of Hardware§3.3.3.1Requirements and consideration of hardware purchasing§3.3.4Procurement of Software§3.3.4.1Requirements and considerations of software purchasing§4.Internet based Technologies & Systems for indirect procurement§4.1Electronic Catalogs and Catalog Management§4.1.1Electronic Catalog Options§4.1.1.1Sell-Side Electronic Catalogs§4.1.1.2Buy-Side Electronic Catalogs§4.1.1.3Third Party Managed Electronic Catalogs§4.1.1.4XML and Catalogs on-the-fly §4.1.2Content Management§4.1.3Conclusion§4.2Buy-side Applications§4.2.1Desktop-purchasing systems (DPS) §4.2.1.1System functionality§4.2.1.2Target customers§4.2.1.3Strengths and weaknesses§4.2.1.4Overlap with enterprise resource planing (ERP) systems§4.2.2Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems§4.2.2.1System functionality§4.2.2.2ERP procurement application§4.2.3Evaluating Buy-Side Procurement Applications§4.3Outsourcing§4.3.1Reasons for outsourcing§4.3.2Outsourcing degree§4.3.3 Traditional and new outsourcing business models§4.3.3.1 Traditional procurement outsourcing§4.3.3.2Outsourcing of procurement supporting Information Technology§4.3.3.3The innovative type of procurement outsourcing§4.3.4Considerations and Evaluation§4.4Auctions§4.4.1Auctions and online auctions§4.4.2System functionality§4.4.2.1Participants and issues of an auction§4.4.3Advantages of the Internet§4.4.4Types of online auctions§4.4.5Evaluation§5.Matching New Technologies with Procurement Types§5.1Commodities§5.1.1Desktop purchasing systems (DPS) §5.1.1.1Organizations suitable to implement a DPS§5.1.1.2Procurement process support an...