Ranking of Critical Success Factors of e-procurement in Iranian Automotive Industry

ABSTRACT: The boost of Information Technology Communications (ITC) has transformed economic activities regarding increasing of accuracy, speed and transparency as well as reducing time and financial costs in the any business communications. One of the most important ITC applications is electronic purchasing or e-procurement. In this regard, all organizations whether state or private are using e- procurement with the purpose of decreasing costs. In this paper, it is tried to find out the most significant critical success factors (CSFs) and classifying them in car manufacturing industry of Iran which can lead e-procurement to success or failure in the mentioned area.