Digital procurement towards new performance frontiers: a systematic literature review and future research fronts

Abstract

Purpose As digital procurement continues to transform heavily as a value center and create new business models by linking businesses with a web of external partners, the full path to achieving such an all-encompassing thing is unknown. Thus, the study aims to explore the research gap through an exhaustive bibliometric and systematic literature review on the Digital procurement theme in the supply chain domain. Design/methodology/approach This study is a qualitative and quantitative analysis of this field, using performance analysis and science mapping to examine 583 articles published from 2002 to 2021. Findings A systematic literature review indicated core topics on “sustainable or green procurement” and “emerging landscape of technology” in the field of study. Research limitations/implications Though the Scopus database used for the analysis is the largest, it may not have complete coverage of all published articles in the field of study; thus, this study is a representation of only a sample rather than its entire population. Originality/value Outcome is based on the review of the past 20 years’ contribution on the topic starting from 2002 to 2021.