A SOA-based framework for e-procurement in multi-organisations
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Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
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The lack of standard platform for application-to-application interaction
between the procurement systems of subsidiary organizations of a multi-organisation
limits transparency of procurement procedures, and uniformity in the procurement
patterns and practices, even when there are cross-cutting concerns. In this paper, an SOAbased e-procurement framework is proposed for effective e-procurement in a multiorganisational context. The e-procurement framework leverages SOA’s inherent
capability for addressing problems of heterogeneity, interoperability and dynamic
requirements. An empirical case study showed that the framework is effective for
achieving the corporate goal of promoting transparency, and enhancing uniformity of
corporate procurement management in a multi-organisational context.
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QA Mathematics, QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science