In a business environment, procurement refers to the sourcing of supplies and services through strategic selection and negotiation. Traditionally, the process of procurement happened through conversations and paperwork between vendors and purchase executives. Today, most of the procurement communication happens over eMail. Digital revolution has paved the way for Electronic Procurement Solutions also called e-procurement solutions , that make purchase and sale of business supplies possible using information systems. e-procurement solutions overcome the limitations faced by eMail - some of which are: Unstructured communication No deadline tracking Person dependency No analytics Work eMail mistakenly treated as spam These are some of the challenges related to communication. But here, I would like to talk about more fundamental challenges faced by organizations not utilizing e-procurement solutions ...