Recommender Systems for Strategic Procurement in Value Networks

The implementation of recommender systems in electronic procurement processes for service packages, consisting of product- and service components requires a consideration of strategic, tactical and operational procurement as well as information and communication technologies in value networks. Increasingly, the design of recommender systems for procurement processes in value networks is of scientific interest. The combination of different procurement processes for products and services driven by recommender systems however, includes problems. This paper shows the need for a processoriented approach in procurement at several abstraction levels. A model for the design of the electronic procurement process in value networks to serve the identification of complex service packages and suppliers with recommender systems is described. Different process characteristics are investigated for the applicability of recommender systems in e-procurement. As an artifact this approach adjust a proposal for the recommender system-based procurement process in value networks.