Monday, September 23, 2019

Choosing e-Procurement over Traditional Procurement for Your Business



Procurement is the most necessary business process for every organization, whether small-medium enterprises or large organizations. In this new digital world, organizations are trying to find ways to adapt to the conversion of business processes. In the private sector, procurement is viewed as a strategic work function that operates to boost the organization's profitability.  It is also efficient because it helps in managing the raw material costs and helps in identifying better sources of supply.

Today, e-Procurement has modified the approach businesses get & provided a lot of required pay visibility into indirect spend management. Procurement management technology has now become an important factor as it has streamlined all the purchases under one interface and reduced most of the organization’s efforts. 

Procurement has made it easy for buyers to log into the online catalogs and compare it with various vendors. Purchase Order (PO) activity has become more instant as buyers can confirm the availability of materials with suppliers in real-time communication.  

With e-procurement, organizations will save time as its machine-driven facility quickens the internal processes in terms of sourcing. No doubt, negotiation and obtaining the simplest and best price will be completed in a mere few clicks.

E-procurement helps reduce the effort of organizations since it permits easy accessibility to additional suppliers, which opens additional prospects and choices. Online traditional procurement, e-procurement helps to connect with suppliers not only locally, but also globally.

With more standardization in procurement technology, buyers can now easily access catalogs online, allowing them with greater accessibility. eProcurement solutions can allow in greater scalability to grow with the buyers and sellers. So, for a business to grow and expand into today’s market, definitely eProcurement can be the first step towards productive business. 

Thursday, September 19, 2019

The Future of E-Procurement in India

Most items are procured via dedicated e-procurement portals that enable the registered buyer to browse for different suppliers of the products or services. Where most of the e-procurement platforms are set for e-auction where a buyer bids on the items he wants to procure, others follow a different approach where all the products and services are displayed with a specific price attached to it.

There is a rise in the e-procurement market as the b2b buyers now make their purchases online. They search, identify, and purchase over the internet for their respective businesses. “68% of B2B buyers now purchase goods online”- (According to 2014 State of B2B Procurement Study — Acquity Group)

With an e-procurement solution, the long procure-to-pay cycle can be made more effective as well as efficient. Organizations should also focus on flexibility, usability, and automation. This will help buyers to easily purchase the items while on the job and will empower a wider opportunity to adopt the e-procurement solutions.

E-Procurement is at the center of increasing the longer-term success of B2B E-Commerce. Automation and online shopping experiences are essential currently within the B2B sector. A slow rising adoption rate remains to be the most important obstacle for E-Procurement, but if organizations start to give an additional focus to the usability, flexibility, and automation of their systems and supply end-to-end final payment and settlement, then it is not so long to see an increase in adoption of e-procurement platforms and a true worth of e-procurement can be seen.