Track: Operations Management
Abstract
the purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of different purchasing strategies on manufacturing performance by collecting and analyzing data from the household appliance industry in Egypt. The proposed research model describes the impact of purchasing strategy on manufacturing performance. The proposed research model and hypotheses were tested using Correlation Analysis and structural equation modeling based on data collected from 112 companies in the Egyptian household appliance industry. According to the results of the study, purchasing strategy has a positive significant effect on manufacturing performance.