New electronic commerce paradigm is now diffusing based on the rapid growth of computer network infrastructure and, therefore, business to business electronic commerce is aggressively expanding all over the world. A company can improve its efficiency of supply chain management by using electric purchasing.
In this thesis we identify influential factors that affect the performance of electronic purchasing and the gaps of perception between a purchasing firm and its suppliers.
Empirical data analysis was performed for one Korean company. Results show that there is a significant relationship between e-purchasing system and supplier performances and there are contingency variables that affect the relationship. We found the gaps of perception in performance between the buying firm and the supplying firms.
Based on the analysis, we offer some practical suggestion for improvement of e-purchasing performance from system development and operation perspectives as well as supplier development perspective.
