THE EFFECT OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON SUPPLY CHAIN RESPONSIVENESS AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF THE FIRM - A CASE STUDY ON ETETE CONSTRUCTION, IN PUBLIC BUILDING PROJECTS

Abstract

The study is intended to assess the supply chain management practice and their impact on SCM practice with supply chain responsiveness and competitive advantage of the firm, and last identified the factor affect the SCM practices of the firm. The study employed quantitative research and descriptive as well as explanatory research design judgmental sampling and survey questionnaires were sent to all public projects 101 respondent in number. The study tests the relationships between supply chain management practices, supply chain responsiveness, and competitive advantage of the firm using descriptive statistics such as (mean, Standard Deviation and percentage frequency) as well as inferential statistics correlation and regression analysis using SPSS (version 23). Both primary and secondary source of data were used for this study. Data were collected using Interview and questionnaire in the form of closed ended question. The questionnaires were rated using five point’s liker scale. The major finding indicated that, most of SCM practices were moderate practiced in ETETE Supply chain. The study found that the supply chain management practices have a significant positive impact on supply chain responsiveness and competitive advantage. The study recommend for Etete top management, supply and procurement department to have a strong quality and on time information sharing, Improving supplier partnership and client relationship to minimized cost and time overrun in order to increase profit of the firm..