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Web purchasing could cut costs up to 70 pct, analysts say
March 26, 2001 4:03 pm
NEW YORK, March 26 (Reuters) -Companies using the Web to buy goods and services could cut purchasing time and costs by more than 70 percent, according to industry analyst firm Aberdeen Group.
In a report published on Monday, Aberdeen estimated that an average mid-size organization can expect to save almost $2 million per year, or roughly 70 percent of its total procurement costs, by using the Internet to buy goods rather than sticking to traditional methods such as fax and phone.
"Companies who move their purchasing online dramatically reduce costs, shorten purchasing cycles and drive improvements to the bottom line," the report said.
Aberdeen, which predicts the e-procurement market is set to generate more than $9 billion in sales by 2003, said it surveyed users of purchasing software in 1998 and 2000.
In 1998, Aberdeen found that only large businesses had begun to use the software, but the 2000 survey showed that a much wider range of companies had adopted the software to buy products online.
"The good news is the same kind of benefits large organizations saw two years ago are now being seen by companies of all sizes," said Aberdeen analyst Christa Degnan.
"And small companies in particular can see the same benefits by going with hosted applications," Degnan said, referring to businesses that choose to rent purchasing software over the Web rather than buy it.
Software vendors such as Commerce One Inc.
, Ariba Inc. , Oracle Corp. , PurchasePro Inc. and SAP AG are among those that stand to benefit from the growth in online purchasing.
Citing the example of a purchase order, Degnan said it cost companies, on average, around $107 in 2000 to generate a purchase order manually. But automating that process over the Web cut the cost to just $33, Degnan said.
But procurement software does not come cheap. On average, companies surveyed for Aberdeen's 2000 survey said they spent $1.26 million buying and installing procurement software. Those renting it over the Internet reported an average cost of $840,000.
"There has been some hestiation because of the cost," Degnan said. "But if they go ahead and do it companies can be assured of the benefits."
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