Empirical Study of e-Procurement Adoption in Thailand

Abstract

E-procurement is a very important system driving supply chain management to be more efficient. Purpose of thisstudy is to understand e-procurement adoption situation in Thailand and analyze critical success factor of e-procurement implementation. Readiness, benefits, barriers and critical success factors of e-procurement adoption in Thailand were analyzed as a starting point. Factor analysis was then applied to indicate the factor affecting the implementation of e-procurement in Thailand. The results showed that most of the companies are ready to use e-procurement in the future. However, some companies do not have idea about the benefits and barriers of e-procurement adoption. It was also found that four main factors affecting the e-procurement adoption are reliability of information technology and supplier performance, user acceptance of e-procurement systems, financial and integration of e-procurement systems, and top management support.

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“…Hong et al (2018) highlighted that effective management of procurement risks requires not only mitigation of price and lead time risks but also the use of advanced analysis techniques to address supply and demand uncertainties. Additionally, the four key factors impacting the adoption of e-procurement are management support, user acceptance of the system, finance and integration of e-procurement, and reliability of information technology and supplier performance (Kunnapapdeelert & Thepmongkorn, 2017). Sani (2020) indicated that purchasing procedures from the bid stage to storing the materials, budget preparations, and effective inventory management have a significant association with the material management of construction projects.…”