However, studies on how companies use these e‐procurement solutions and what factors are critical to their implementation are only emerging. The concept of these e‐procurement solutions has also been described broadly in the literature.
Dedicated information systems for streamlining indirect goods supply chains have emerged since the late 1990s and subsequently have faced a broad diffusion in practice. However, supply chains to indirect material suppliers were not usually included due to low transaction volumes, low product values and low strategic importance of these goods. Electronic support of internal supply chains for direct or production goods has been a major element during the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that has taken place since the late 1980s.
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