Buyers be aware
13 September 2012
Suppliers usually take the rap for slow e-procurement adoption. But, says Kevin Clark, a lack of purchaser enablement is just as big a problem
E-procurement can undoubtedly help buyers to streamline supplier management and significantly reduce costs. Yet despite these benefits, take-up of e-procurement continues to be well below all predictions. The initial hype has now faded and we are facing a new reality - quite simply, too many projects start with a bang only to end in a whimper, having gone no further...