Impact of supply chain management practices on Organizational performance in food processing Firms of Dar es salaam, Tanzania
| dc.creator | MOLLEL, ASHA A. | |
| dc.date | 2016-04-06T05:46:55Z | |
| dc.date | 2016-04-06T05:46:55Z | |
| dc.date | 2015 | |
| dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted on Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements Award of the Degree of Masters of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain management (MSc) of Mzumbe University | |
| dc.description | The main purpose of conducting this study was to investigate the understanding, practical implementation of SCM practices towards organizational performance in food processing firms located at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Six key dimensions of SCM practices (strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, quality and level of information sharing, outsourcing and lean practices) were used as independent variables accompanied by different measurement instruments under each variable, while market and operational/financial performance variables were used to measure the organizational performance. Data were obtained via questionnaires from a sample of 53 food processing firms. The survey sample frame was based on three sources; Tanzania Federation Drug Authority (TFDA), Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) and ministry of industry and trade. Quantitative methods were applied to analyse data. Chi-square test was used to assess the understanding and practical implementation of SCM practices in Tanzanian food processing firms, while Spearman’s correlation and Kruskal Wallis test were used to examine the relationship between supply chain management practices and organizational performance. From the study findings, it showed majority of Tanzanian food processing firms understood the concept of implementing SCM practices. The level of practical implementation was uneven practiced that is only strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, quality of information sharing and lean practices were practiced at great extent. Practices such level of information sharing and outsourcing were lowly practiced. In addition to organisational performance, the result showed that SCM practices of strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, level and quality of information sharing and lean practices were positively related to organizational performance, except outsourcing. Finally the researcher made some recommendations for further studies in the field of supply chain management practices implementation. | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11192/1171 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Mzumbe University | |
| dc.subject | food processing | |
| dc.title | Impact of supply chain management practices on Organizational performance in food processing Firms of Dar es salaam, Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Thesis |