Authors :
Albert T. Padilla
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 12 - December
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Abstract :
Procurement processes in the Philippines
include sales and purchase activities within two entities,
comprising various aspects of searching, sourcing,
discussion, requiring, and receipts, in post- purchase
reproduction which results to a slow process, repetitive
work, expensive and financially consuming. Sometimes it
is tough to find a supplier because only a few of them have
a website which is challenging to get low prices and rates.
Hence, the E- procurement systems were made to address
the solution. E- procurement has a ranking method that
helps facilitate the customer's search on the products or
suppliers. Present search ranking session is a common
problem in making a consumer decision that takes a
multi-step decision on clicking on products or supplier on
the website. Thus, this study aimed to develop an eprocurement management system a centralized platform
for business-to-business (B2B) and business to customer
(B2C) that connects all suppliers and buyers across the
entire archipelago in the Philippines where customer can
avail good pricing and rate with the same quality of
products. It also provides an alternative method in the
procedure of a ranking system by applying the search
results ranking algorithm that customer can rate
suppliers by stars (0-5) according to their experience. The
number of stars affects the order of search results (best
supplier first). The reviews and scores are visible to users
browsing the site. An average of user ratings for the
supplier is calculated and displayed. Finally, to attest the
general performance of the system researcher used the
SUS evaluation tool with the result of the perception of
the usability of the application is a 91.28 of Usability
Percentile.
Keywords :
Information technology, E-Procurement, ranking system, search result ranking algorithm, Philippines.
Procurement processes in the Philippines
include sales and purchase activities within two entities,
comprising various aspects of searching, sourcing,
discussion, requiring, and receipts, in post- purchase
reproduction which results to a slow process, repetitive
work, expensive and financially consuming. Sometimes it
is tough to find a supplier because only a few of them have
a website which is challenging to get low prices and rates.
Hence, the E- procurement systems were made to address
the solution. E- procurement has a ranking method that
helps facilitate the customer's search on the products or
suppliers. Present search ranking session is a common
problem in making a consumer decision that takes a
multi-step decision on clicking on products or supplier on
the website. Thus, this study aimed to develop an eprocurement management system a centralized platform
for business-to-business (B2B) and business to customer
(B2C) that connects all suppliers and buyers across the
entire archipelago in the Philippines where customer can
avail good pricing and rate with the same quality of
products. It also provides an alternative method in the
procedure of a ranking system by applying the search
results ranking algorithm that customer can rate
suppliers by stars (0-5) according to their experience. The
number of stars affects the order of search results (best
supplier first). The reviews and scores are visible to users
browsing the site. An average of user ratings for the
supplier is calculated and displayed. Finally, to attest the
general performance of the system researcher used the
SUS evaluation tool with the result of the perception of
the usability of the application is a 91.28 of Usability
Percentile.
Keywords :
Information technology, E-Procurement, ranking system, search result ranking algorithm, Philippines.
