The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain
E-procurement is electronic methods of conducting business transactions particularly purchasing activities. Many companies around the world have started to apply the technologies though there are still some which refuse to utilize them. The objective of this paper was to investigate the application...
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| description | E-procurement is electronic methods of conducting business transactions particularly purchasing activities. Many companies around the world have started to apply the technologies though there are still some which refuse to utilize them. The objective of this paper was to investigate the application of e-procurement technologies in managing purchasing activities among the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry (MPOI) supply chain players. Responses from the representative player of each stage of the MPOI supply chain were gathered via in-depth interviews using an open ended questionnaire. A detailed analysis based on content analysis from the responses revealed that e-procurement technologies could be a potential tool to increase the efficiency of purchasing activities, enhance purchasing and searching processes, as well as providing relevant information on materials, and aid in the reduction of human error. Certain products for example fresh fruit bunch (FFB), crude palm oil (CPO), crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) and palm kernel however were found to be impractical to use e-procurement tools due to several reasons. These products were commonly supplied by very established suppliers who are quite conventional in their business. Thus e-procurement tools are not often used in their purchasing activities. This paper concluded that e-procurement technologies were not 'really' available in the MPOI supply chain. |
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| spelling | upm-407012015-10-08T04:22:54Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40701/ The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty Eglese, Richard W. E-procurement is electronic methods of conducting business transactions particularly purchasing activities. Many companies around the world have started to apply the technologies though there are still some which refuse to utilize them. The objective of this paper was to investigate the application of e-procurement technologies in managing purchasing activities among the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry (MPOI) supply chain players. Responses from the representative player of each stage of the MPOI supply chain were gathered via in-depth interviews using an open ended questionnaire. A detailed analysis based on content analysis from the responses revealed that e-procurement technologies could be a potential tool to increase the efficiency of purchasing activities, enhance purchasing and searching processes, as well as providing relevant information on materials, and aid in the reduction of human error. Certain products for example fresh fruit bunch (FFB), crude palm oil (CPO), crude palm kernel oil (CPKO) and palm kernel however were found to be impractical to use e-procurement tools due to several reasons. These products were commonly supplied by very established suppliers who are quite conventional in their business. Thus e-procurement tools are not often used in their purchasing activities. This paper concluded that e-procurement technologies were not 'really' available in the MPOI supply chain. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40701/1/07%20Page%2095-108.pdf Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty and Eglese, Richard W. (2013) The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 21 (spec. Aug.). pp. 95-108. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2021%20%28S%29%20Aug.%202013/07%20Page%2095-108.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty Eglese, Richard W. The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain |
| title | The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain |
| title_full | The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain |
| title_fullStr | The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain |
| title_full_unstemmed | The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain |
| title_short | The potential use of e-procurement in the Malaysian palm oil industry supply chain |
| title_sort | potential use of e-procurement in the malaysian palm oil industry supply chain |
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