E-Procurement for Creating Competitive Advantage in the National Health Service Finance
Keywords:
E Procurement, Competitive advantage, Finance Department, National Health Services, UK, Funding.Abstract
The aim of this research was to identify the key operations management issues facing the introduction of e-procurement system in the finance department of a Hospital in the UK. In 2013, the UK Health Secretary of State published "Better Procurement Better Value Better Care", which initiated a new efficiency scheme which would stabilise the spending budget of Hospitals in the UK with a view of spending no more than they would currently do by the end of 2015/16. The scheme should save the NHS in excess of
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