IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/spr/isochp/978-1-4419-6132-7_2.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

Electronic Procurement Systems in India: Importance and Impact on Supply Chain Operations

In: Handbook of Global Logistics

Author

Listed:
  • R. P. Sundarraj

    (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)

  • Komal Kumari

    (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)

Abstract

Electronic Procurement Systems (EPS) are being acknowledged by researchers as promising technological enablers for achieving a responsive supply chain, and thereby, for gaining a competitive advantage in today’s global marketplace. A number of empirical studies have focused on the adoption of EPS in different countries. There is, however, a scarcity of work related to EPS adoption in India, even though information technology and the Internet play a significant role in that country. To fill this gap, we first discuss the potential supply chain benefits of EPS, especially as they relate to large multinational companies. Then, we specifically consider the Indian context. We highlight several firms whose innovative logistics operations permit the respective supply chains to function, uniquely blending Indian customs with modern business practices. We report on an empirical survey, as well as three case-studies relating to the importance and impact of EPS adoption in India.

Suggested Citation

  • R. P. Sundarraj & Komal Kumari, 2013. "Electronic Procurement Systems in India: Importance and Impact on Supply Chain Operations," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: James H. Bookbinder (ed.), Handbook of Global Logistics, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 27-43, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-1-4419-6132-7_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6132-7_2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-1-4419-6132-7_2. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.