E-PROCUREMENT: CONCEPTS, MODELS AND CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS

ABSTRACT

This paper is a literature review on e-procurement and was motivated by the increasing importance of the purchasing activity for the companies, by increased use of information technology in the supply chain and by the lack of papers about this subject in Brazil. It aims at understanding the practices of e-procurement in the companies, identifying existing models, the advantages, benefits, critical success factors for implementation and difficulties of its use. In addition, a balance of the publications was performed considering the principal collection in the Web of Science, pointing to the main periods for publications, as well as, the journals on which the papers were published. It is possible to observe tendencies about the researches related to the subject. At the end of this study it was also possible to find important conclusions on the subject, among them are the strategic role of e-procurement, since it changes the way companies are inserted in the supply chain; the current focus on technology purchases of indirect materials, and a set of non-financial benefits. The work also contributes presenting suggestions of subjects to conduct future research on this area.

E-procurement; Supply chain management; purchasing activities