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Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/40796 Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective Kumar, Dinesh ichelp@gibs.co.za Mgidlana, Luvuyo Mkululi UCTD Electronic communication. Industrial procurement. Business logistics. Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. Quesada, Gonzalez, Mueller & Mueller (2010) have identified that organisations spend at least one-third of their overall budget on procurement of products and services. Hence the importance of reducing procurement costs through an efficient supply chain should be a priority for any senior manager. E-procurement is one of the components that can assist management in streamlining the operations resulting in an efficient supply chain process. The usage of qualitative research for this study ensured that appropriate answers were identified to address the research question and a clear understanding was obtained to establish the factors that affect the adoption of e-procurement technologies. The scope of the research was focused on the suppliers and manufactures of plumbing material in South Africa. The aim of the study was to establish the factors that influence organisation in adopting e-procurement technologies. The data reflected that e-procurement adoption improves organisation’s productivity, ability to better control costs resulting in an efficient and effective supply chain process. This is only possible with the support of senior management, end-user buy-in and allocation of financial resources. The three major findings identified were that e-procurement adoption is driven by internal needs, reduces labour costs and improves customer relations. Possible Future research should examine the influence of other factors such as competitiveness, customer service and organisation size. pagibs2014 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2014-07-15T14:09:16Z 2014-07-15T14:09:16Z 2014-04-30 2013 Mini Dissertation Mgidlana, LM 2013, Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40796> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40796 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Electronic communication. Industrial procurement. Business logistics. Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective |
| title | Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective |
| title_full | Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective |
| title_fullStr | Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective |
| title_short | Factors affecting the adoption of e-procurement technologies from the supplier perspective |
| title_sort | factors affecting the adoption of e procurement technologies from the supplier perspective |
| topic | UCTD Electronic communication. Industrial procurement. Business logistics. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40796 |