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<p>This  research  was  conducted  to  study  the  effects  on  procurement  productivity  as  a result  of  the  implementation  of  an  Automated  Procurement  System  (APS)  at  four  major  teaching  hospitals:  the  National  Naval  Medical  Center,  Bethesda,  MD,  the  Naval  Medical  Center,  San  Diego,  CA,  the  Naval  Medical  Center,  Portsmouth,  VA,  and  the  Naval  Medical  Center,  Oakland,  CA.  The  system  installed  at  these  activities  was  a Bureau  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  (BUMED)  modified  version  of  SACONS-FEDERAL.  Previous  conversations  with  Procurement  Department  Heads  at  these  activities  indicated  that  the  system  had  not  increased  purchasing  agent  productivity.  My  goal  of  this  research,  entailed  analyzing  productivity  data  from  each  hospital,  before  and  after  system  installation,  and  determining  if  procurement  productivity  had  changed.  Although  procurement  productivity  variables  did  not  show  considerable  improvement,  the  integration  of  the  procurement,  receiving,  and  receipt  control  functions,  as  well  as  increased  management  reporting  capabilities  and  other  system  benefits,  constitutes  this  as  a sound  system,  worthy  of  consideration  by  any  contracting  agenc
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Newell, Robert E.</div>
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