ILOFULUNWA Charles Ejikeme1, OKWANDU Gabriel A. 2,
OPARA Bright C. 3, DIDIA James U. D. 4
1, 2, 3, 4 Department of Marketing, Faculty of Administration and Management
Rivers State University Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt
Abstract
The influence of electronic tendering (e-tendering) on competitiveness of quoted oil and gas companies in Nigeria was examined in this study. E-tendering was relied upon to explain variations in organizational competitiveness in terms of lead time, process cycle efficiency and supply chain integration. The study was guided by the positivist research paradigm; and adopted a survey research design. The population of the study consisted 10 quoted oil and gas companies. The entire population was surveyed. 32 management level employees were drawn from each of the companies to serve as respondents. Primary data was collected using semi-structured questionnaire designed in the 5-point Likert scale. Regression Analysis was employed to ascertain the influence of e-tendering on the measures of competitiveness, relying on the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 25.0. The data analysis established that e-tendering has a moderate influence on lead time and process cycle time, and a weak influence on supply chain integration.
Also, the analyses showed the influence of e-tendering on the indices of competitiveness is statistically significant. Thus, the study concludes that e-tendering has positive and statistically significant influence on competitiveness of quoted oil and gas companies in Nigeria. In specific terms, the use of e-tendering, will result in shorter lead times, higher process cycle efficiency and better supply chain integration. Thus, the study recommends that quoted oil and gas firms in Nigeria should make e-tendering an integral component of their procurement processes and build structures to facilitate and strengthen its use.
Keywords: Competitiveness, electronic tendering, lead time, process cycle efficiency, supply chain integration.