FACTORS AFFECTING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE: A CASE OF INDOCHINE APPAREL MANUFACTURING PLC IN HAWASSA INDUSTRIAL PARK SIDAMA (ETHIOPIA)

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to identify the factors affecting supply chain management performance:a case of indochine apparel manufacturing plc. The analysis of this study was conducted by discussing various views of supplier selection practice, external environment, internal policy and procurement practices and their influence on the supply chain management performance and the key SCMP indicators quality,cost,time and productivity. The study adopted both descriptive and explanatory research design and stratified sampling technique was used and the sample was selected from each strata by simple random sampling technique lottery method. descriptive and inferential analyses statistics was applied for data analysis. Mean and Standard deviation explained the descriptive statistics while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression describes the inferential. Information was gathered using a five point Likert scale questionnaire from a sample of 295 out this 290 questioner were properly filled and collected from the respondent and data analysis were contacted based on 290 sample 5 questioners was rejected. The study used both primary and secondary source of data. Primary data was gathered from employees of the company thought structured questionnaires and interview and secondary data from office documents. The study applied both descriptive and inferential data analysis methods to analyse the collected data. The researcher analyzed the collected data by the help of SPSS version 26. Regression was used to establish the relationship between the study variables. The study found that internal policy and procurement practice, supplier selection practice and external environment were significantly affects the supply chain management performance of the company. The study recommends that the company should improve and take a serious action in to those factors to gate high competitive advantages in the world markets. In addition to this the study recommends that it is better the company pay more attentions to internal policy and procedures in order to improve cycle time, operation skills and capabilities to enhance the supply chain management performance of the company