e-procurement
Academic research into the adoption and Usage of eSourcing Tools in the UK
An Oracle response into new research by the
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and the University of the West of England
Five years on from the 2004 report into the adoption of eSourcing tools in the UK, the Bristol
Business School of the University of the West of England in partnership with the Chartered
Institute of Procurement & Supply have looked again at the extent of adoption in both the public and private sectors, as well as key enablers and inhibitors.
research review In response, Andrew Spence (left) and Marco Rossi, procurement specialists at Oracle, reviewed the report findings, and offer us their views on the highlights and implications:
Why, for the majority of organisations polled, has eSourcing not developed into a central component of their sourcing strategy?
Can we consider eSourcing tools as mature technologies?
with auctioning processes, but tendering frequently remains an off-line activity with emails being sent between
Marco: Certainly more and more
buying groups and suppliers.
organisations recognise the value they deliver across their operations. If 92% of
The report highlights low levels of aggregate spend for eSourcing, what can be done to improve this?
Andrew: In procurement departments
respondents claim they have been using
the role of eSourcing is certainly
eAuctions for at least a year, and 80% for
growing in both tactical and strategic
eTendering, then eSourcing in general
importance. However, this technology
has achieved wide scale adoption.
is only used on a relatively small
eAuctioning is common in procurement
Marco: I actually believe the biggest
percentage of spend. In fact the
departments but for only a small
issue is education, as I don’t have
biggest highlight of the report for
percentage of total activity, which is not
confidence that tool sets
An Oracle response into new research by the
Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply and the University of the West of England
Five years on from the 2004 report into the adoption of eSourcing tools in the UK, the Bristol
Business School of the University of the West of England in partnership with the Chartered
Institute of Procurement & Supply have looked again at the extent of adoption in both the public and private sectors, as well as key enablers and inhibitors.
research review In response, Andrew Spence (left) and Marco Rossi, procurement specialists at Oracle, reviewed the report findings, and offer us their views on the highlights and implications:
Why, for the majority of organisations polled, has eSourcing not developed into a central component of their sourcing strategy?
Can we consider eSourcing tools as mature technologies?
with auctioning processes, but tendering frequently remains an off-line activity with emails being sent between
Marco: Certainly more and more
buying groups and suppliers.
organisations recognise the value they deliver across their operations. If 92% of
The report highlights low levels of aggregate spend for eSourcing, what can be done to improve this?
Andrew: In procurement departments
respondents claim they have been using
the role of eSourcing is certainly
eAuctions for at least a year, and 80% for
growing in both tactical and strategic
eTendering, then eSourcing in general
importance. However, this technology
has achieved wide scale adoption.
is only used on a relatively small
eAuctioning is common in procurement
Marco: I actually believe the biggest
percentage of spend. In fact the
departments but for only a small
issue is education, as I don’t have
biggest highlight of the report for
percentage of total activity, which is not
confidence that tool sets