Order placement is made to specify product requirements, methods of payment and delivery details [14]. Order placement in PT. PLN was carried out through a contract. The contract was governed by Decree No. 305.K/DIR/2010 as written agreement between users of goods/services and winning suppliers. According to Yen and Ng [14], invoices are no longer prepared manually after the implementation of e-procurement. But in PT. PLN, the payment was still done traditionally which needed paper-based invoice to be delivered to the finance division. In addition, Yen and Ng [14] also said that
placement can be done electronically. However, in PT. PLN, placements were undertaken within the contract in the form of paper-based contract