V.K. Narendira Kumar; B. Srinivasan

Implementation and Performance Effect on Electronic Procurement and its Ship Management Companies

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Author(s)

V.K. Narendira Kumar ^1,* B. Srinivasan ²

1. Department of Information Technology, Gobi Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Gobichettipalayam – 638 453, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India

2. PG & Research Department of Computer Science, Gobi Arts & Science College (Autonomous), Gobichettipalayam – 638 453, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India

* Corresponding author.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijieeb.2013.05.02

Received: 10 Aug. 2013 / Revised: 5 Sep. 2013 / Accepted: 1 Oct. 2013 / Published: 8 Nov. 2013

Index Terms

E-Commerce, Internet, E-Procurement, E-Business

Abstract

Transportation industry in general and maritime transportation industry in particular are not exception in this regard. Customers, partners, agents, collaborators, shippers, port operators, suppliers and service agencies are involved in the ship transport industry supply chain, and one of the major requirements in such a supply chain in which all concerned parties are scattered all over the world, is the high speed transferring of data between them. In maritime transportation procurement process plays an essential role. In this study based on the literature review, seven most frequently mentioned factors found. These performance factors were: Cost, visibility of supply chain, cycle time, procurement control, inventory management and purchasing errors which were influenced by implementing E-Procurement. An attempt has been made in this research to find the performance effect of e-procurement implementation in ship management companies.

Cite This Paper

V.K. Narendira Kumar, B. Srinivasan, "Implementation and Performance Effect on Electronic Procurement and its Ship Management Companies", International Journal of Information Engineering and Electronic Business(IJIEEB), vol.5, no.5, pp.10-16, 2013. DOI:10.5815/ijieeb.2013.05.02

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