E-Procurement System

This dissertation is done to fulfill the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of
Technology (Hons), Information Technology department. The research of this project is
done to study the processes involved in procurement. The objective of the project is to
come up with an automated procurement system which will conduct all required
processes through the internet. The design methodology used in this project is the
waterfall modelwhere in the designphase of the model, the project has been dividedinto
three modules which are the user interface, the backend and the graph representation. In
order to have full understanding of e-procurement, two main areas need to be covered
first, electronic businessand procurementprocesses. This is necessaryin order to develop
a good e-procurement system. This research will result in creating an e-procurement
system which will be more enhanced such as representing the bidding results by graph.
This research will result in producing an e-procurement system which will handle
procurement activities in an electronic environment where it enables better management
of the information and knowledge exchanged with suppliers and customers. As a
conclusion, the automation of procurement is to enhance the conventional method of
procurement processes.