Object-oriented design of a distributed agent-based framework for e-Procurement

Raghavan, Nandini; Prabhu, Maya

doi:10.1080/09537280412331298229

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“…E-procurement is involved in improving the procurement process and affects company performance both from a financial and non-financial perspective. According to Raghavan and Prabhu [60], e-procurement has several advantages: reducing overall procurement costs compared to current traditional methods, enabling shorter processing and order fulfillment cycles, reducing administrative costs, increasing strategic resources, and reducing inventory costs.…”

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Impact of E-Procurement Adoption on Company Performance: Evidence from Indonesian Manufacturing Industry

et al. 2021

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This study was conducted to determine the performance impact of e-procurement adoption in Indonesian manufacturing companies. This study consists of four variables: top management support, information quality, implementation of e-procurement, and company performance. Pilot testing questionnaires were used to test whether the respondents understood the questions given by the researcher. After conducting the pilot test, the final questionnaire was distributed to respondents. The pilot test results and the final questionnaire were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21 and SmartPLS v3.0 software to determine the relationship between variables. The results of this study support the acceptance of three hypotheses. The results indicate that top management support has a significant effect on e-procurement implementation. Other results show that information quality has a significant effect on e-procurement implementation, while e-procurement implementation has a significant effect on company performance. From the findings of this article, recommendations from a management perspective are discussed to increase management awareness in adopting electronic procurement.

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Impact of E-Procurement Adoption on Company Performance: Evidence from Indonesian Manufacturing Industry

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“…Xu and Wang [49] proposed an agent based open platform for e-commerce. Raghavan and Prabhu [40] designed and developed a software agent-based framework for a typical e-procurement process through decomposing the procurement process into three steps: e-negotiations, reverse auctions, and e-settlement. Cheung et al [7] proposed an agent-oriented knowledge-based system for strategic e-procurement through capturing real time information to generate dynamic business rules.…”

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A multi-agent based system for e-procurement exception management

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“…In addition, software agents perform tasks independently, and this individuality relies on the agents’ knowledge about the environment (Jnr et al , 2017). For instance, monitoring agent can retrieves sales alert indicating that the quantities of a particular product are low (Raghavan and Prabhu, 2004). The agent thus chooses whether more products need to be re-stocked by sending a notification to the seller.…”

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A developed software agent-knowledge-assisted procurement management tool for retailing enterprise

Anthony

2019

VJIKMS

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Purpose This study aims to develop a software agent-knowledge procurement management tool to address uncertainties from external and internal environments, such as record failure, slow logistics auditing and distribution delay toward improving procurement management in retailing enterprises. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative methodology was used to collect data using a self-administered survey from randomly selected procurement staffs, marketers and customers to measure their perception regarding the feasibility and acceptance of the implemented agent-knowledge-based procurement management tool. Findings Results from empirical analysis reveal that the implemented tool facilitates collaboration and interaction among buyers, sellers and procurement managers toward enhancing procurement managers’ flexibility to handle unexpected exceptions. In addition, results confirm the feasibility of the implemented tool in supporting procurement management toward handling inventory failure exception, which occurs in traditional procurement approaches. Moreover, descriptive results from user acceptance test verify that the tool was accepted by the respondents. Research limitations/implications The limitation of this study is that the implemented tool is evaluated using data collected from respondents in Malaysia retailing enterprise only; thus, the results cannot be generalized to other enterprises and country. In addition, research implications from this study design a methodological and comprehensive software agent-knowledge-based model that support buyers, sellers and procurement managers with information to facilitate buying and selling operations. Practical implications Practically, the designed software agent-knowledge-based model describes how software agents collaborate with each other to facilitate procurement tasks and also use the knowledge base in the implemented tool to provide information sharing platform that manages the dynamics of procurement operations. Social implications This research integrates software agents which are autonomous programs that carryout pre-defined task on behalf of end users. Socially, this study would be useful for procurement managers in developing mechanisms for instilling insights in retailing operations. Originality/value This research is among the first to attempt to develop a software agent-knowledge-based model to support procurement management in the retailing enterprise domain. It contributes to promote e-procurement practices by implementing a software agent-knowledge-oriented tool to address uncertainties experienced in retailing enterprise. It is envisaged that this study will provide basis for future research into e-procurement practices for retailing businesses in Malaysia and beyond.

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Object-oriented design of a distributed agent-based framework for e-Procurement

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

Impact of E-Procurement Adoption on Company Performance: Evidence from Indonesian Manufacturing Industry

Impact of E-Procurement Adoption on Company Performance: Evidence from Indonesian Manufacturing Industry

A multi-agent based system for e-procurement exception management

A developed software agent-knowledge-assisted procurement management tool for retailing enterprise

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