The Mediating Role of E-purchasing   in the Relationship between IoT Technology and Supply Chain Responsiveness

Rashwan, Ahmed Mohamed; Alkhawaldeh, Abdelbaset Muslim; Al-hajla, Ali Homaid; Aboukhashaba, Mohamed Mahmoud

doi:10.21608/acj.2025.450967

The Mediating Role of E-purchasing in the Relationship between IoT Technology and Supply Chain Responsiveness

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ College of Business Administration, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia College of Business, Alexandria University, Egypt

² College of Business Administration, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia

³ College of Business and Management, Fahd Bin Sultan University, Saudi Arabia

10.21608/acj.2025.450967

Abstract

The study investigates the impact of integrating Internet of Things (IoT) technology with e-purchasing on enhancing the responsiveness of supply chain applied to a sample of companies in the food industry sector in developing countries. Four hypotheses were developed to achieve this goal, and a questionnaire was designed to collect primary data relevant to the study. Using Cronbach's alpha, the reliability of the study variables was confirmed. Factor analysis was employed to verify the measures' construct and discriminant validity. Furthermore, Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis was used to examine relationships within the model and test the hypotheses. The results revealed a statistically significant positive impact of IoT technology combined with e-purchasing on supply chain responsiveness. Additionally, IoT technology had a statistically significant positive effect on the responsiveness of the supply chain. The analysis also showed a statistically significant positive effect of e-purchasing on supply chain responsiveness in the companies studied. Finally, the researcher concluded that there was no statistically significant effect of e-purchasing as a mediating variable in the relationship between IoT technology and supply chain responsiveness in the companies under study. Finally, these study offers numbers of recommendations Such as: Build and develop Internet of Things (IoT) technology in Egyptian industrial organizations, shift from focusing on the traditional purchasing concept to employing advanced systems and tools for implementing the concept of electronic purchasing, Integrate and utilize IoT technologies and electronic purchasing, enabling improved communication and coordination of systems across various stages of supply chains.

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