E-Procurement System

• Main Author: Maruthamuthu, Thilagam
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2005
• Subjects: ZA Information resources
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7643/1/2005%20-%20E-Procurement%20System.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/7643/

This dissertation is done to fulfill the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Hons), Information Technology department. The research of this project is done to study the processes involved in procurement. The objective of the project is to come up with an automated procurement system which will conduct all required processes through the internet. The design methodology used in this project is the waterfall modelwhere in the designphase of the model, the project has been dividedinto three modules which are the user interface, the backend and the graph representation. In order to have full understanding of e-procurement, two main areas need to be covered first, electronic businessand procurementprocesses. This is necessaryin order to develop a good e-procurement system. This research will result in creating an e-procurement system which will be more enhanced such as representing the bidding results by graph. This research will result in producing an e-procurement system which will handle procurement activities in an electronic environment where it enables better management of the information and knowledge exchanged with suppliers and customers. As a conclusion, the automation of procurement is to enhance the conventional method of procurement processes.