e-Procurement: From Strategy to Implementation

Advantages Will Not Be in Savings Alone

Government and military purchasing not only accounts for a huge amount of taxpayer revenue, but it is also big business, responsible for sustaining an enormous number of suppliers throughout the world. And although that sort of buying clout in the hands of a single conglomerate might be worrisome, many would argue that the benevolent focus of government means that—much as spending on IT originally revolved around the needs of the military industrial complex—a strong move toward electronic business by the federal government could serve to dramatically stimulate and upgrade the economy in the coming years.

We should be careful not to underestimate the effect that government endorsement and participation ...