Journal of Public Procurement: Volume 9 Issue 1

Improving procurement through regression analysis: A case study of predicting argentine jet fuel prices

Juan A. Salaverry, Edward D. White III

Of all oil products consumed by the Argentine Air Force (AAF), jet fuel is the resource with highest demand and at the end of the day the most expensive support item procured by…

Does e-procurement save the state money?

Marcos Singer, Garo Konstantinidis, Eduardo Roubik, Eduardo Beffermann

Scientific literature reports scarce evidence of whether Internetbased procurement systems improve the efficiency of State purchases. We propose a methodology to estimate savings…

Bridging the divide - commercial procurement and supply chain management: are there lessons for health care commissioning in england?

Barbara Ann Allen, Elizabeth Wade, Helen Dickinson

Current English health policy is focused on strengthening the ‘demand-side’ of the health care system. Recent reforms are designed to significantly enhance the capability and…

The purchase of technology in health organisations: an analysis of its impact on performance

Alessandro Ancarani, Carmela Di Mauro, M. Daniela Giammanco

The paper presents an investigation carried out in an Italian health organisation, aimed at studying the purchasing process of medical equipment at the hospital ward level, and at…