Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies

Construction material procurement is one of the most important sections in the construction project life cycle. The procurement concept is moving ahead from traditional manual paper-based to electronically-based due to improvement in Internet and World Wide Web technology. In such a highly competiti...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ng, Kim Aik
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2005
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2977/1/NgKimAikMFKA2005.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-utm-ep.2977
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-utm-ep.29772018-06-25T00:45:52Z Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies 2005-11 Ng, Kim Aik TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Construction material procurement is one of the most important sections in the construction project life cycle. The procurement concept is moving ahead from traditional manual paper-based to electronically-based due to improvement in Internet and World Wide Web technology. In such a highly competitive environment nowadays, it is necessary for every construction company to maintain an efficient and effective material procurement to cut administration cost and to keep abreast of the market condition to procure materials at the right price, quality and time. Suggested by its name, electronic procurement (E-procurement) is the application of Internet technology in material procurement. The main objective of this study is to identify factors affecting implementation of E-procurement and Malaysia construction companies practice and strategy towards it. Research methodology includes comprehensive literature review and questionnaire survey. Through literature review, questionnaire was designed and distributed to the targeted survey respondent situated in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor using postal mail format. From the survey responded, the factors and strategy were analyzed and identified. As a conclusion, the main objective of this project has been achieved. The results obtained from the survey shown that perceived value, trust on Information Technology and trust on supplier are the important determinant factors towards implementation of Eprocurement. Also, it has been identified that construction companies are aware of the development of E-procurement but they will not commit major resources towards implementing it 2005-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2977/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2977/1/NgKimAikMFKA2005.pdf application/pdf en public masters University Technology Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection	UTM Institutional Repository
language	English
topic	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) Ng, Kim Aik Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies
description	Construction material procurement is one of the most important sections in the construction project life cycle. The procurement concept is moving ahead from traditional manual paper-based to electronically-based due to improvement in Internet and World Wide Web technology. In such a highly competitive environment nowadays, it is necessary for every construction company to maintain an efficient and effective material procurement to cut administration cost and to keep abreast of the market condition to procure materials at the right price, quality and time. Suggested by its name, electronic procurement (E-procurement) is the application of Internet technology in material procurement. The main objective of this study is to identify factors affecting implementation of E-procurement and Malaysia construction companies practice and strategy towards it. Research methodology includes comprehensive literature review and questionnaire survey. Through literature review, questionnaire was designed and distributed to the targeted survey respondent situated in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor using postal mail format. From the survey responded, the factors and strategy were analyzed and identified. As a conclusion, the main objective of this project has been achieved. The results obtained from the survey shown that perceived value, trust on Information Technology and trust on supplier are the important determinant factors towards implementation of Eprocurement. Also, it has been identified that construction companies are aware of the development of E-procurement but they will not commit major resources towards implementing it
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ng, Kim Aik
author_facet	Ng, Kim Aik
author_sort	Ng, Kim Aik
title	Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies
title_short	Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies
title_full	Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies
title_fullStr	Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies
title_full_unstemmed	Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies
title_sort	survey on electronic procurement implementation in malaysia construction companies
granting_institution	University Technology Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
granting_department	Faculty of Civil Engineering
publishDate	2005
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/2977/1/NgKimAikMFKA2005.pdf
_version_	1747814433876344832

Survey on electronic procurement implementation in Malaysia construction companies

Similar Items