Overview
- Presents an advanced methodology and a set of tools to make procurement more effective, flexible, and value adding
- Includes innovation models useful for all types of organizations pursuing Digital Transformation
- Provides a structured approach to the business model for organizations to adopt
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
This book is the second of two volumes presenting a business model to add value through Procurement. Including several case studies of successful implementation, it demonstrates how the increasing complexity of the business environment requires a significant intervention on the management of processes and information within individual organizations and through inter-company relations. Agile Procurement presents the application of the Agile method which optimizes and digitizes processes in order to reduce wastage and defects. As a method, tool and a culture aimed at effectiveness, efficiency and economy of organizations, Agile Procurement requires a change of paradigm. This volume examines these areas of improvement and presents best practice in the digitization of the processes. The last chapter examines the near future developments of the procurement, which the author labels Procurement 4.0. It presents also how new solutions, like Blockchain, could revolutionize procurement.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bernardo Nicoletti is Professor of ICT Procurement Management at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. He also provides consultancy advice and coaching in Europe and Asia on ICT Strategy, Process Improvement, and Procurement. In his research, Bernardo has been particularly active in the application of the Agile method and tools to a varied type of industries. He is the author of 20 books on Management, is a frequent speaker in International Conferences, and has published 200 articles in domestic and international journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agile Procurement
Book Subtitle: Volume II: Designing and Implementing a Digital Transformation
Authors: Bernardo Nicoletti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61085-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61084-9Published: 28 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87001-4Published: 18 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61085-6Published: 19 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 281
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology