Supply Chain Management Practices And Performance Of Ethiopian Public Merchandise Business Enterprise (the Case Of Ethiopian Industrial Inputs Development Enterprise)

Supply chain management (SCM) has become a means of securing competitive advantagernand improving organizational performance since competition is no longer between organizations,rnbut among supply chains. This study examines the relationship of supply chain managementrnpractices (strategic supplier partnership (procurement and supply management), transportationrnand logistics management, customer relationship management, level of information sharing, andrninternal lean practice) with operational and organizational performance. Data for the analysisrnwere collected from employee of Ethiopian industrial inputs development enterprise and thernrelationships proposed in the conceptual frame work were tested by using inferential statics. Thernfinding confirmed that, among supply chain management practices; strategic supplier partnership,rncustomer relationship management have statistically significant contribution to therncompetitiveness of the enterprise. On the other hand, level of information sharing, time to marketrnand product delivery dependability has statistically significant contribution to the overallrnperformance of the enterprise. Since, today’s competition is among the supply chain managementrnpractices, the enterprise have to address those practices that have statistical significant.rnKeyword: supply chain management, operational performance, organizational performance

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