ePurchasing Plus
Transforming Supply Management Through Technology

By Gerald Antonette, Larry C. Giunipero and Chris Sawchuk

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Table of Contents

An Open Letter to Purchasing Professionals
Contributing Experts / Practitioners
Summary Description of Sections /Chapters

Section 1: The ePurchasingPlus Environment
1. The Brave New World of ePurchasingPlus
2. Evolution of the Internet
3. Purchasing's System Evolution

Section 2: Understanding ePurchasingPlus
4. What is ePurchasingPlus?
          (Process Change + Technology Tools + Integration & Data +Plus -Strategy / Skills / Activities)
5. Process Change - Re-engineering
6. Process Change - Supply Chain Management
7. Technology Tools - Internet
8. Technology Tools - Portals
9. Technology Tools - Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
10. Technology Tools - Collaboration Software
11. Technology Tools - Strategic Sourcing
12. Technology Tools - Complex Bids & Sourcing Optimization Software
13. Technology Tools - Reverse Auctions
14. Technology Tools - Electronic Signatures
15. Integration & Data - Supply Chain Integration & Integrated Data
16. Integration & Data - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
17. Plus – Strategy / Skills / Activities

Section 3: Implementing ePurchasingPlus
18. Implementing ePurchasingPlus
19. Commodity Strategies for ePurchasingPlus
20. Insourcing or Outsourcing
21 Lessons learned Implementing ePurchasingPlus

Section 4: Government & Public Sector
22. U.S. Government / Military / Public Sector
23. U.S. Case Studies: Municipalities, Schools & Military
24. Canadian Government Public Sector / Case Studies

Section 5: Opinions, Ethics, Supplier Relationships, Other Topics
25. Opinion - Has Technology Met the Expectations of Supply Managers?
26. Evaluating the Ethics of eCommerce and ePurchasingPlus
27. Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment
28. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)

Section 6: More Case Studies
29. Case Studies by Purchasing Process
30. Case Studies by Industry Type and Type of Buy

Section 7: The Future of ePurchasingPlus
31. The Future of ePurchasingPlus

Appendix A
A. Useful URLs
B. Publications that follow the field
C. ePurchasingPlus Software Company Products
D. Software for Contracting Non-employee Workers
E. Book Review / Perspective

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