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Chp10 E Procurement
This document discusses the evolution of e-procurement models from early EDI networks and B2E apps to current trading exchanges and industry consortiums. It outlines the key stages in developing an e-procurement strategy including clarifying goals, auditing processes, building a business case, developing supplier integration plans, selecting applications, focusing on integration, and educating stakeholders. The overall evolution aims to streamline procurement, reduce costs, and bring strategic benefits through automation and collaboration.
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Chp10 E Procurement
- 1. Chapter Ten Demystifying e-Procurement: Buy- Side,Sell-Side, Net Markets, and Trading Exchanges
- 2. Introduction More than 5-10%revenues spent on non- production goods annually – Office equipment, supplies, software, computers – Top 2000 U.S. corporations = $500 billion annually Purchase detail for negotiating better supplier contracts not available – Most POs worth less than $500 – Large percentage of that is off contract, outside preferred channels © e-Business Strategies,
- 3. Introduction B2B transactions comprisesignificant market – Several trillion dollars – Big Three automakers do $500 billion/yr worth transactions related to buying and selling car components – Non-discretionary spending, required for business – Both buyers and seller see importance of an efficient marketplace, to streamline processes and reduce costs © e-Business Strategies,
- 4. Introduction Procurement not justsupport function; a valuable weapon – Lower procurement costs, reduce order-cycle times and ensure smooth delivery of materials B2B strategies now a top mgmt focus – Not so much a technological revolution as a business revolution enabled by technology – Driven by CEO or CFO, reflecting management’s awareness of key challenges facing corporate procurement functions • Reducing order-processing cost and cycle times • Providing enterprise-wide access to corporate procurement capabilities • Empowering desktop requisitioning through employee self- service • Achieving procurement s/w integration with back office systems • Elevating procurement function to strategic importance within organization – Dollar-for-dollar bottomline impact of e-procurement is startling © e-Business Strategies,
- 5. Introduction B2B strategies nowa top mgmt focus – Driven by CEO or CFO, reflecting management’s awareness of key challenges facing corporate procurement functions • Reducing order-processing cost and cycle times • Providing enterprise-wide access to corporate procurement capabilities • Empowering desktop requisitioning through employee self-service • Achieving procurement s/w integration with back office systems • Elevating procurement function to strategic importance within organization – Dollar-for-dollar bottomline impact of e-procurement is startling © e-Business Strategies,
- 6. Evolution of e-ProcurementModels Industry Consortiums Third-Gen Trading Xchanges Second-Gen Trading Xchanges First-Gen Trading Xchanges Corporate Procurement Portals B2E Requisition Apps EDI © e-Business Strategies,
- 7. Pre-Internet Era: EDINetworks Private and limited to large businesses – Linked with major suppliers – Require large capital outlays Automate procurement process; support automatic inventory replenishment; and tighten the relationship between buyers and primary suppliers Perform best in strategic partnerships, specialized relationships, and rigid performance contracts – Don’t do well in open sourcing and flexible supply chain world © e-Business Strategies,
- 8. B2E: Purchasing andRequisitioning Apps Next gen procurement apps taking hold in corporations – Purchase of goods and services the single largest cost item – For $1 earned on sale of product, $0.50-$0.60 spent on goods and services – Inefficient procurement practices wasting billions of dollars Desktop requisitioning enables employees to purchase products and services online – Hook up corporate intranet to suppliers’ Web-based commerce sites to eliminate paper-intense and costly purchasing process of traditional business Consolidating purchasing process with few key suppliers capable of providing volume discounts can generate tremendous cost savings – Ford © e-Business Strategies,
- 9. Corporate Procurement Portals Forbuying both prodn and non- prodn related goods Procurement portals do more than basic purchasing – Purchasing: the buying of materials and all activities related to the buying process – Procurement: includes requisitioning, purchasing, transportation, warehousing and in-bound receiving processes Early strategies reengineered, even dismantled hierarchical structures Recent strategies restructure entire order-to-delivery process © e-Business Strategies,
- 10. Trading Exchanges –First Gen Communities, Store Fronts, & RFP/RFQ Facilitators Information and content hubs – Content communities attracting purchasing professionals – Revenue: Advertisement, Subscription – VerticalNet RFP and RFQ facilitator exchanges – Centralized online marketplace with preapproved group of suppliers – Fixed-price, sealed bids – Revenue: subscription fees, fees for bids to be read, transaction fees for bids submitted and/or successfully chosen – WellBid in the energy sector © e-Business Strategies,
- 11. Trading Exchanges –Second Gen Virtual Distributors and Auction Hubs First gen trading hubs: “an inch deep and a mile wide” Transaction necessary for success Revenue: from every transaction within the exchange Virtual Distributors – One-stop shopping for buyers and sellers – Product information from multiple catalogs, multiple suppliers and manufacturers into a megacatalog – Do not carry inventory or distribute products; assist buyers in arranging for 3rd party carriers to transport other goods – Streamline sourcing of direct goods by issuing a single PO and then parsing the order to each relevant supplier – SciQuest in life-sciences industry © e-Business Strategies,
- 12. Trading Exchanges –Second Gen Auction Hubs – Sales channel for spot buying unique items; used equipment, surplus inventory, perishable goods – Similar to stock market – Buyers and sellers meet anonymously to agree on prices on commodities – Driven by either sellers (AdAuction.com) or buyers (FreeMarkets.com) – Forward auctions allow several buyers to bid for products/services from an individual seller – Reverse auctions allow several prequalified sellers to bid for fulfilling an individual buyer’s need © e-Business Strategies,
- 13. Trading Exchanges –Third Gen Collaboration hubs Provide more than transaction functionality, help with end-to-end mgmt of supply chains Create common platform for all participants in an industry supply chain – Share information; conduct business transactions; collaborate on strategic and operational planning © e-Business Strategies,
- 14. Trading Exchanges –Third Gen Provide value-added services – Increase site “stickiness”; generate multiple revenue streams; increase competitive barriers to entry – Bidcom is a single online workplace for large contractors to collaborate with architects, store blueprints, expedite permit process and purchase building materials – Integrated commerce technology • Automate transaction processing, incorporate static pricing and/or dynamic pricing – Brokering services • Logistic and financial services – Service and support • Customer service support, returns processing, and warranty coverage © e-Business Strategies,
- 15. Industry Consortiums: Joint-Venture ProcurementHubs Larger firms responding to competitive threat posed by new startups – Forming either buyers or suppliers consortium – Traditional industry leaders have two advantages over startups: instant commercial activity and liquidity Buyer consortium – Groups of large companies combining buying power to drive down prices – Covisint © e-Business Strategies,
- 16. Industry Consortiums: Joint-Venture ProcurementHubs Supplier consortium – Forming in industries with few high concentration market players – Difference compared to buyer consortium: sponsors get to promote and differentiate suppliers’ products – Not new: Sabre Major issues: governance, technology and antitrust © e-Business Strategies,
- 17. Evolution of ProcurementProcesses Reengineering procurement process key to deployment of e-procurement solution E-procurement models all attempting to solve similar business process problems – Fragmentation of channels – Managing by exception rather than by transaction – Controlling maverick buying by automating requisitioning process – Integration of end-to-end process © e-Business Strategies,
- 18. Reducing Channel Fragmentation Symptomsof channel fragmentation – Maverick buying, inefficient processes, and non-strategic sourcing Most procurement processes are paper- intensive – Overhead: $70-300 per purchase © e-Business Strategies,
- 19. Hands-Free Procurement: Managedby Exception © e-Business Strategies,
- 20. E-Procurement: Integrating Ordering, Fulfillmentand Payment Order Flow Search & Approval & Select Requisition Purchase Backward Integration Fulfillment Flow Customer Receiving Tracking Pick, Pack & Ship Service Payment Flow Invoicing Payment Reporting © e-Business Strategies,
- 21. Ordering: Self-Service Requisitioning Traditionalpurchasing Self-service order work flow process – Fill requisition form – Submit – Wait for approval & PO – Send PO to supplier Many procurement guidelines and rules to follow – Archaic given technological options today Little help available from purchasing dept and POs can take weeks to fulfill © e-Business Strategies,
- 22. Fulfillment: Order Mgmtand Supplier Integration Procurement system provides seamless transition from requisition to PO, with no rekeying of orders Fulfillment workflow steps – Order dispatch – Accounting back-office systems connectivity – Supplier connectivity – Order tracking – Receiving © e-Business Strategies,
- 23. Payment: Invoice Mgmt Companiesmust monitor payments and open invoices E-procurement should support payment functionality – Invoicing and billing – Payment – Reporting © e-Business Strategies,
- 24. E-procurement Analysis andAdmn Apps Buy-side functionality alone not enough – Increasing effectiveness and extending responsibilities of purchasing professionals also necessary Application of spending analysis and planning across the spectrum of procurement activities a core competency of a successful procurement strategy – Data collection – Market analysis – Supplier management decisions – Configuration of spending controls – Continuous feedback © e-Business Strategies,
- 25. Marketplace Enablers Ariba: MarketplaceEnabler – First vendor of ORMS – Realized opportunity for automating nonprodn procurements processes • 30% spending towards nonprodn purchase, managed via a maze of paper-based process – Gathered customer feedback before building first product – Transformed into a technology platform provider • For building and powering Internet trading exchanges © e-Business Strategies,
- 26. Marketplace Enablers Freemarkets: AuctionEnabler – Runs buyer-centric auction exchange – Focused on procurement for industrial parts, raw materials, and commodities • $4-5 trillion market – Major opportunity • Direct materials often custom-made with no std price • Current procurement process inefficient • Current asset-disposal methods plagued by imperfect product and pricing info – Offers service to create customer market for direct matls its client purchases • Industrial auctions • Surplus asset auctions © e-Business Strategies,
- 27. Roadmap for e-ProcurementManagers Chief procurement officers looking to deliver maximum business impact at lowest possible cost Procurement objectives – Leverage enterprise wide buying power – Quick results at low risk – Supplier rationalization – Cost reduction by automating best practices in strategic procurement CPOs realizing that e-procurement applications can be powerful when applied to large number of products and services that companies buy © e-Business Strategies,
- 28. Step 1: ClarifyYour Goals • What is your company’s specific e- procurement goal? • Is the goal a comprehensive and consolidated business solution? – Integrated e-procurement mgmt necessary • What are you trying to improve? © e-Business Strategies,
- 29. Step 1: ClarifyYour Goals Complete Select Order Order Deliver Approval & Receipt & Procurement & Placement Schedule & { Lifecycle Search Invoice Multi-Supplier Approval Workflow Order Shipping & Catalog Search Engine Management Distribution Partial Functional Solutions Pricing & Supplier-side Receipt & Availability Order Entry Invoicing Complete Integrated Integrated e-Procurement Solutions Management Applications © e-Business Strategies,
- 30. Step 2: Constructa Process Audit Understand current procurement process and factors affecting, impeding and interacting with it First phase: Model workflows in current procurement – Identify bottlenecks – Create shortcuts Second phase: What kind of buying do you want to support? – Strategic buying • Long-term relationships – Transactional buying • Paper pushing – Spot buying • One-time deals © e-Business Strategies,
- 31. Step 2: Constructa Process Audit Second phase: What kind of buying are you trying to automate? – Collect data to model current procurement chain – Study key areas to ensure processes are consistent with strategic goals, meet customers’ needs and promote efficiency – Identify critical success factors and performance indicators – Also assess problem areas and areas of vulnerability – Determine proper direction for the design phase © e-Business Strategies,
- 32. Step 3: Createa Business Case for e- Procurement Return on assets business case forces you to systematically analyze your business Analysis forces to understand context – Without understanding environment cannot fix it – Can articulate hidden assumptions Widely used technique in creating business case – ROA = (Revenues-Expenses)/Assets – Increase revenues, decrease expenses, keep asset base as small as possible Increasing profitability by generating revenue requires substantial investment but through e-procurement requires only a limited addl investment © e-Business Strategies,
- 33. Step 3: Createa Business Case for e- Procurement Decreasing expenses can be accomplished by identifying inefficiencies in the procurement chain – Inventory carrying costs – Reducing captive capital makes quick profits – Cost improvements not just cutbacks; enhancements through better coordination and communication; “premium freight” can be avoided for instance Improving asset utilization can be accomplished by reducing working capital – Eliminating warehouses to maximize stock availability and to minimize inventory holdings – Eliminating excess inventory to reduce leakage or hidden inventory © e-Business Strategies,
- 34. Step 4: DevelopingSupplier Integration Matrix Without supplier commitment, e-procurement difficult – But with ever-increasing velocity of change, few organizations want to commit to long term relationships Needed: Supplier Integration Matrix (SIM) – Helps determine the best type of relationships to have with individual vendors – An organization applying only one relationship structure to all vendors shortchanging itself SIM classifies suppliers into – Strategic collaborative, long term, ex. MRO suppliers – Strategic cooperative, ex. computer suppliers – Nonstrategic limited, short term, ex. temp agency services – Nonstrategic commodity, short term, ex. office and book suppliers SIM should be reviewed periodically © e-Business Strategies,
- 35. Step 5: Selectan e-Procurement App Wade through vendor hype – Will it support my procurement process? – Does it leverage my other application investments? – Will it work seamlessly with other apps? – Is it extendable? © e-Business Strategies,
- 36. Step 6: RememberIntegration is Everything Doomed to fail strategy – Gathering requirements, then disappearing for 6 months, then launching the portal Professional Buyers • Control • Efficiency & Cost Reduction Ideal goal • Supplier Management – Continuously iterate towards the target – the integration sweet spot Integration – Focus on all areas of ORM Sweet-spot Employees Suppliers • Convenience Iterate development and • Ease of Use • Cost Reduction • Clean Orders deployment • Consistency – Do not take exclusive buy- side or sell-side viewpoint Integration with back office systems a significant issue © e-Business Strategies,
- 37. Step 7: Educate,Educate, Educate How much of a change does your market require on the part of suppliers and buyers? – The lesser the better Opposition to e-procurement can cause major problems – Schedule slippage, higher costs, poor morale Senior management must listen, communicate, sell and even fire to deal with this problem – “Soft” implementation roadblocks most reason why projects don’t succeed – Do not underestimate the effort and costs of deployment © e-Business Strategies,
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