The Effectiveness of Electronic Buying: Field Study on a Sample of Jordanian Industrial Companies

Abstract

The growth of business organizations and the expansion of needs for materials in terms of quantity, quality, timing, source, and cost encouraged materials management to think of using computers language in scheduling the procedures as getting these materials getting use of its aspects and achieving the effectiveness. The aspects represented by (velocity of treatment, availability of tables and diagrams and electronic service of exporters…). The procedures of electronic buying include (setting up of the base and processing the information). The effectiveness of electronic buying is demonstrated by the indicators of (The improvement of relationship among exporters, reducing the cost of buying, and achieving the highest levels of savings…). The target here analyzed of relations between these aspects and the procedures and effects in 62 Jordanian industrial firms. The results reported a common satisfaction of the hypothesis of the study and stated the managers’ views in the field of electronic business in managing the materials. The great need to design and applied presently and developing it in the future to ensure the maintenance of the effectiveness of electronic buying in achieving the electronic business. .