Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Introduction to Agile Procurement Systems; 2: Customers in Agile Procurement; Introduction; Customer Segments; Innovation; Changes in Procurement; Changes in Sourcing Processes; Innovation in Procurement Processes; Modes of Innovation; Product Innovation; Process Innovation; Organizational Innovation; Business Model Innovation; Conclusions; 3: Systems in Agile Procurement; Introduction; ERP; e-Procurement; e-Procurement Components; e-Procurement Support of Processes; e-Sourcing; Tools of e-Sourcing; e-Tendering

Telematics or Online Tenders Online Auctions; Range of Products and Services Suitable to Online Transactions; e-Catalog; Definition of e-Catalog; Models of e-Catalog; Monitoring of e-Catalogs; e-Marketplace; Supplementary Tools for Negotiation; e-Supply Chain; e-Supply Chain Execution; Warehouse Management System; Vendor Management and Contracts; Diffusion and Frequency of the Processes of e-Procurement; Benefits and Barriers of an e-Procurement Application; Benefits and Criticality of e-Sourcing; Benefits and Criticality of e-Supply Chain Management

Architecture of an e-Procurement Solution Implementation of e-Procurement; Conclusions; 4: Channels in Agile Procurement; Introduction; Mobility; Mobility and Procurement; Mobile Computing; Some Data; Mobility for Agile Procurement; Mobility for Sourcing; Mobility for Logistics; Mobility for Administration; Development of Mobility; Benefits and Limitations of Mobility; Unified Communication and Collaboration Solutions; Some Numbers; Cloud Computing; Model of Cloud Computing; Computing Models; Business to Business (B2B) Cloud; Benefits and Limitations of Cloud Computing

Business Case for Cloud Computing Conclusions; 5: Partnerships in Agile Procurement; Introduction; Partnerships in Procurement; Documentation Management; Functionality; Source; Standardization; Six Sigma; Storage; Search; Semantics; Sequence; Sharing; Statistics; Security; Smart System; Tools in Support of Agile Procurement in Documentation Management; Features; Classification of the Applications of Documentation Management for Agile Procurement; Integrated Approach to Documentation Processes; Procurement and Risk Management

Taxonomy of Costs Connected with Global Procurement Static Costs; Dynamic Costs; Hidden Costs; A Model for Risks and Opportunities in Global Sourcing; Management of the Risks in Partnering; Conclusions; 6: Revenues and Agile Procurement; Introduction; Management of Projects; Characteristics of Projects; Life Cycle of a Project for Agile Procurement; Description of the Phases of the Lean and Digitize Method; Prepare; Define and Measure; Process Analysis and Design; Architecture Design; Build, Test, and Deploy; Verify; Replicate; Tools for Project Management