Advent of information technology (IT) has provided more competitiveness in business operation. Co... more Advent of information technology (IT) has provided more competitiveness in business operation. Construction industry is also gearing up towards the more usage of information technology driven platform. Cost is the main factor for construction industry. Construction Industry Development Council of India (CIDC) has estimated that approx. 40-50% cost belongs to material in total building project. Therefore, it is imperative to optimize the material purchasing in construction activities. E procurement has emerged as panacea to address most of the problems-cost saving, time saving and best quality, minimization of malpractices associates with purchasing. We have reviewed 103 research papers from various countries and collated the adoption practices of e procurement. Interestingly TOE and TAM model has used by many of researchers.
Advent of information technology (IT) has provided more competitiveness in business operation. Co... more Advent of information technology (IT) has provided more competitiveness in business operation. Construction industry is also gearing up towards the more usage of information technology driven platform. Cost is the main factor for construction industry. Construction Industry Development Council of India (CIDC) has estimated that approx. 40-50% cost belongs to material in total building project. Therefore, it is imperative to optimize the material purchasing in construction activities. E procurement has emerged as panacea to address most of the problems-cost saving, time saving and best quality, minimization of malpractices associates with purchasing. We have reviewed 103 research papers from various countries and collated the adoption practices of e procurement. Interestingly TOE and TAM model has used by many of researchers.
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