E-Procurement Model

E-procurement

“procurement refers to all activities involved with obtaining items from a supplier; this includes purchasing, but also inbound logistics such as transportation, goods-in and warehousing before the item is used.

                                                  

E-procurement should be directed at improving performance for each of the five rights of purchasing (Baily,1994) which are sourcing items”

1.       at the right price

2.       delivered at the right time

3.       of the right quality

4.       of the right quantity

5.       from the right source

Current process

Explanation:

The old process is the start from inspection ,the company check the situation of the stationary,then make the decision whether to make the order or not, then do the order,because the employees do not have the choice to select what they are given  and the HR has trouble with identifying the employees' information.So after the delivery, the product stored in the warehouse then distribute to the employees.Then according to the different demand of different employee, after distribution ,the left stationary is transported to the warehouse again.

Re-design process

Explanation:

This new process the outsource company make the system for doing the stationary management.Then the company do the inspection check the employee need the stationary or not, the make the decision.Once the decision is made to order products, there is the electronic catalog to search the demanded product,then order them. The product transported by the suppliers ,there is a delay ,once the product delay ,the company would inspect the delay reason then solve the problem.Then the arrived product will stored in the warehouse,then the the notification is given to different department ,like the account department, after receiving the notice, the payment will be done. After that , the stationary will distributed to the employees according to the demand in the database.Then the process is divide in to two directions,one is update the system and database,another is the employee will be asked to give the feedback which about the quality and satisfactions of the products.

The spreadsheet bid for procurement solution





Google stationary procurement process

 

Current System

Proposed Improved System

SLEPT factors analyse of Apple

Social Factor

  

According to the “wave of change”, (Chaffey, 2009, p.194) we can know that pop culture change most frequently in the environment. So the popularity of the Apple products influence the customers perceptions in purchasing the commodities.

To Apple products, it is quite popular among students and young people. Among the users of Apple, the most popular topics are the new application and new games and latest songs even movies.

Although it is this kind of popular, there are the people do not have the tend to buy it or to use it.

1.      Cost

Some people are interest in apple products, however some people can not afford to buy.

On the other side, downloading the albums and games is also need to be paid.

Accordingly, this part of customer is potential consumers.

2.      Ease of use

Some ladies and older people are think the apple products are not useful for them, they are not interest in new technology and applications. Some think it is hard to use itunes to download, the process is complex.

Legal & ethical factor

Economic Factors

What Apple can afford？

   According to the reputation and popularity of Apple, at present apple aims to expand the customers and innovate the technology and functions of Apple to attract more potential customers.

What can customers afford

   -Product

    Iphone became the most popular product among all kinds of products, but like IPad is not as affordable as iphone because of the higher cost as iphone.

   -Application downloading and maintenance

Not every customers can afford everything on ITunes, customer usually focus on the most popular games and the target albums which they like. If the application and games can be supplied in a lower prise or some discounts, that is the key point to attract more customer to consume on Apple products.

Technological

The most attractive aspect of Apple is his perfect combination of different electronic products.

At the same time, a variety of interesting application and games, the small iphone can provide thousand functions for work, life and fun.

Although, innovation of the technology also aims to reduce the prise of product to make it more available for more customers, In addition, develop more functions is the sustainable determination of Apple. There is no doubt; some customers are looking forward to the Iphone5 and Ipad 2.