This paper presents a current research with the aim to identify the enablers, barriers and critical success factors for e-procurement adoption by suppliers. Any successful e-procurement system needs suppliers disposed to trade electronically. We present a review of the actual literature about e-Procurement, with focus on the barriers, enabler ́s and CSF ́s already identified. A research methodolo...

This perspective has aligned whole organizations to central goals of continuing, customer-focused improvement. When looking to their own suppliers, these organizations naturally applied a similar perspective, one that aligns whole supply or value chains to central goals focused on the ultimate customers of these supply chains. As suppliers came to play a more and more integral part in efforts t...

1. Introduction Repetition is the key aspect of online procurement auctions as they are often conducted yearly or quarterly or even daily (Elmaghraby 2006; Pinker and et al. 2003). Yet it remains unknown (1) what the suppliers' incentives are for repeatedly participating in reverse auctions, especially for those non-winning suppliers (e.g. Jap 2002); (2) In business practice, whether suppliers ...

Supplier selection is the process by which firms identify, evaluate, and contract with suppliers. The supplier selection process deploys a tremendous amount of a firm’s financial resources. In return, firms expect significant benefits from contracting with suppliers offering high value. This article describes the typical steps of supplier selection processes: identifying suppliers, soliciting i...

Regarding to the diversified needs of domestic and global customers and various products of domestic and global competitors, importance of agility in supply chain management becomes more important. Suppliers have to provide materials and essential resources of manufacturers in a short time without any lead time.In this research, we identified many criteria for agility in sanitation supply chain...