ASSESSING THE RELATION BETWEEN E-PROCUREMENT AND PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY IN EGYPT
Abstract
This research examines the effect of e-procurement and e-tendering implementation on the procurement efficiency in Egypt's healthcare industry. It aims to identify how digital procurement technology contributes to improving efficiency, transparency, and supplier collaboration and overcoming some of the challenges for the industry, including system integration, deficiency in training, and limited digital readiness by testing two hypotheses: H1: E-Sourcing have positive significant impact on Procurement Performance and H2: E-Tendering have positive significant impact on Procurement Performance.
A mixed-method design was used to fulfil the research aim by using structured Likert scale survey to collect quantitative data from ninety-eight procurement officials in the public and private hospitals. This is followed by four semi-structured interviews with open ended questions to collect qualitative data for cross-validation. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression models were applied to examine the data and identify the strength and significance of the relationship between e- procurement variables and procurement performance indicators. Followed by Thematic analysis to validate the key themes of the statistical tools result.
The results show that the implementation of e-sourcing and e-tendering has a positive correlation with the procurement performance in terms of cost efficiency enhancement, procurement speed, and transparency. H1 and H2 were confirmed, demonstrating significant improvement in coordination and efficiency. While the quantitative method offered statistical proof. the qualitative data was submitted to thematic analysis, which is a technique for detecting, interpreting, and reporting patterns (themes) in data. The thematic analysis of the interview data showed four themes that are critical to understanding the effect and implementation of e-procurement in Egypt. Those themes are: Transformative Impact of E-Procurement on Performance, Factors Influencing E- Procurement Success, Organizational Adaptation and User Familiarity and Distinction and Complementarity of E-Sourcing and E-Tendering.
Lastly, this research provides empirical evidence that e-procurement is a key driver of procurement performance enhancement in Egypt's healthcare sector in accordance with country-level digital transformation visions. The research contributes to scholarly research as well as real-world strategies for enhancing healthcare supply chains through digital innovation.
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