Supply Chain Management Practices in Nigeria: Developing a framework for enhancement of SCM for organizational performance
| Main Author: | Popoola Mufutau Olapoju |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
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, 2019
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3229466 |
Daftar Isi:
- Supply Chain Management is a field that had obtained increased interest for organizations and researchers. In order to survive, companies must be able to reduce cost, advance quality and offer quick answer to the consumers’ need. One of the means to achieve that competitive edge is via the implementation of Supply Chain Management practices .There are streams of studies in supply chain management and the issues of performance have been studied. However, based on reading of the previous literature, it was found that previous model did not integrate some variables (trust enhancement, managing manufacturing flow, product development and commercialization, information technology, flexible supply chain management) that might be vital in enhancing performance in the organizations and leading to augmentation of profit. Hence, this current study will contribute by adding new variables to existing model. Furthermore, reading of previous literature show that supply chain management most particularly in Nigeria has not been sufficiently researched also in many developing African Sahara countries. The findings from developed countries might not be relevant to the majority of developing countries because of differences in infrastructure development and advance technology. In this regard, this present study could add to the limited literature in this field in Africa and Nigeria in particular. The main purpose of this study is to examine the supply chain-management factors that could enhance the organization performance in manufacturing companies. In order to achieve the objectives of this current study, quantitative approach is used in this research. The data for the present study is gathered by using a self-administered (face-to-face) method which is in line with many researchers. The population of this study comprise the employees in manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Basically, 400 questionnaires was distributed to the participants in order to get the required sample size. This present research is using the SPSS Version 21 and AMOS (i.e. the acronym for Analysis of Moments Structures) Version 21 in the data analysis process. The model in the present study is complex with multiple indicators, i.e. items in the questionnaire to measure each variable; hence, structural equation modelling or SEM, which is known as the second generation method of multivariate data analysis, would be used to analyze the interrelationship among the latent constructs.