Internet Procurement for Products and Services in the Construction and Engineering Industry - the need for European Standardisation

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2001

Autores

João Falcão e Cunha (Autor) FEUP; António Amador (Autor) Outra; Maria Henriqueta Nóvoa (Autor) FEUP; Ana Correia (Autor) Outra

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: E-work and E-commerce: Novel solutions and practices for a global networked economy

Páginas: 956-963

E-work and E-commerce: Novel solutions and practices for a global networked economy

Amsterdam

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Abstract (EN): The construction industry is under pressure to find ways to improve efficiency and quality, and to keep costs under control. Most of the communication throughout the supply chain is based on paper, fax or email, with massive duplication of in and out processing information to and from internal systems. This usually must be done in cooperation with project partners?, and if the proposal is accepted, usually many months later, the same exercise must be re-done as products, services and prices change with time, and negotiation will then be much more controlled. This paper will address the way a particular company has implemented an advanced prototype of a Web based life-cycle procurement system, fully integrated with the internal management system. The procurement system starts with a materials and service requirement list, based on the project proposal documentation (from the tender), and uses the suppliers database of the company to organize patterns of consultations. Based on such patterns, it then publishes on the Internet or the Extranet all the required procurement tasks, organized to facilitate evaluation of answers. All this process is automatic, but users can change all of the default assumptions. This procurement system will be fully integrated with Internet-based document management systems and workflow control tools. Currently this procurement system uses company standards for materials and services? definition. However, the competition with some advanced suppliers? procurement systems in the Internet, and the emergence of national and international online-marketplaces targeting the construction industry will require that an European level of standardization will become available for the Industry.

Idioma: Português

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 8