Problems with paper-based procurement include:
• taking a long time to go through the whole procedure
• relying on a lot of forms and paperwork which move
around different locations
• needing a lot of people to complete, analyse, process,
store and generally deal with all the paper
• having other people to supervise, manage and control
the administrative procedures
• inevitable errors with so many documents and people
involved
• not giving attention to related systems, such as stock
control.