RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN THE DEVOLVED GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between supplier relationship management and implementation level of public procurement regulatory framework in the devolved governments in Kenya. Methodology: The study used descriptive design. The population targeted was 47 devolved governments in Kenya. The study adopted census because of the small size of the population. A structured questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The study also undertook a pilot test on the instrument’s reliability and validity in the 3 counties; Nyamira, Kisii, Homa-Bay Counties where nine (9) respondents were engaged in the pilot study. Cronbach’s co-efficient Alpha and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to measure the reliability and validity respectively. The data was cleaned and coded then entered into SPSS 25 to be analyzed. The use of descriptive and inferential statistics for data analysis was considered. Study engaged the key informers from the 44 county Governments who positively responded hence achieving 100% response rate. The statistical tests were also done in the study. Presentation of data was in form of charts and tables as deemed appropriate. The study also used ANOVA to analyze the degree of relationship between the variables in the study. Results: The findings obtained indicated that there was significant relationship between supplier relationship management on level of implementation of public procurement regulatory framework in the devolved governments in Kenya. The findings indicated that for every unit of supplier relationship management the value of implementation level of public procurement regulatory framework in the devolved governments in Kenya changes with a positive significance increase of 1.105 in the presence of a moderator. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that the devolved governments functions should embrace supplier’s commitment level on quality of goods and services in their operations such as information sharing between the buyer, improve on their commitment on suppliers’ payment, increase commitment level in supplier partnership and development to improve the supplier’s commitment level and value addition or creation in service delivery.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAFF COMPETENCY AND IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK IN THE DEVOLVED GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA

International Journal of Supply Chain Management ◽

10.47604/ijscm.1202 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 13-23

Author(s):

Denish Ateto Matunga ◽

Patrick Karanja Ngugi ◽

Romanous Odhiambo

Keyword(s):

Public Procurement ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Theory Model ◽

Regulatory Framework ◽

P Value ◽

Unique Contribution ◽

County Governments ◽

Service Training ◽

Implementation Level

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between staff competency and implementation level of public procurement regulatory framework in the devolved governments in Kenya. Methodology: The study used descriptive design. The population targeted was 47 devolved governments in Kenya. The study adopted census because of the small size of the population. A structured questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The study also undertook a pilot test on the instrument’s reliability and validity in the 3 counties; Nyamira, Kisii, Homa-Bay Counties where nine (9) respondents were engaged in the pilot study. Cronbach’s co-efficient Alpha and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to measure the reliability and validity respectively. The data was cleaned and coded then entered into SPSS 25 to be analyzed. The use of descriptive and inferential statistics for data analysis was considered. Study engaged the key informers from the 44 county Governments who positively responded hence achieving 100% response rate. The statistical tests were also done in the study. Presentation of data was in form of charts and tables as deemed appropriate. The study also used ANOVA to analyze the degree of relationship between the variables in the study. Results: The findings of the study indicate that there was a positive significant relationship between Procurement Staff Competency and implementation level of public procurement regulatory framework in the devolved governments in Kenya. The findings were found to be significant as the p-value of 0.00000 which was less than 0.05. This means that Procurement Staff Competency significantly affects positively Implementation level of public procurement regulatory framework in the devolved governments in Kenya. The findings therefore, implied that procurement staff competency was an important factor in determining the level of implementation of public procurement regulatory framework in the devolved governments in Kenya Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended the adoption of procurement staff competency as a way of improving the implementation level of public procurement regulatory. The study therefore, recommended that the county government to heavily invest on procurement staff capacity building as an important factor in improving the level of implementation of public procurement regulatory framework in devolved governments in Kenya. Since some staff members lacked technical skills beyond secondary education, the study recommended that the county governments need to identify, support and organize in-service training for the procurement staff officers to improve on their knowledge and skills capacity. The study found out that Competency theory model was applicable in the study and can provide more knowledge to future researchers and scholars.

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A Study on Supplier Relationship Management System for National Public Procurement

The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies ◽

10.7838/jsebs.2011.16.1.101 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 101-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ig-Hoon Lee

Keyword(s):

Management System ◽

Public Procurement ◽

Relationship Management ◽

Supplier Relationship Management ◽

Supplier Relationship

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INFLUENCE OF SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT ON PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA

International Journal of Supply Chain and Logistics ◽

10.47941/ijscl.529 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 31-45

Author(s):

Fatuma Rajab ◽

Patrick Ngugi ◽

David Kiarie

Keyword(s):

Lead Time ◽

Relationship Management ◽

Manufacturing Firms ◽

Unique Contribution ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Supplier Relationship Management ◽

Equal Chance ◽

Supply Relationship ◽

The Government ◽

Supplier Relationship

Purpose: The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of supplier relationship management on performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya. Methodology: This study employed descriptive research design. The targeted population of this study is comprised of 499 manufacturing companies which are all located in Nairobi and its environs. In order to come up with a representative sample, stratified random sampling method was used since the population is heterogeneous. The stratified technique ensured that each sector in the target population has an equal chance of being selected. There were 217 respondents sampled from the 499 manufacturing firms out of 217 ,180 respondents returned the questionnaires for analysis. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires which were tested for validity and reliability using 10% of the total sample respondents. Quantitative data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics and with the help of SPSS version 23 while qualitative data was analyzed descriptively. Linear and multiple regression models were used to show the relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables. The information was presented using tables, charts, frequencies, percentages and graphs. Findings: The study established that there exists a positive influence of supplier relations management on performance management of manufacturing firms in Kenya at 5% level of significant (β=0.295, P<0.05). This indicates that as the level of supplier relationship management increases also performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya increases significantly. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study provides evidence that indeed supply relationship management as a strategic alliance influences performance in these organizations. In addition, the study is of benefit to the government of Kenya who should create awareness of their policies through training of the key stakeholders for this organizations since the majority of the respondents 53.17% indicated that the government policies and strategies are ineffective. Supply relationship management had significant effect on organization performance and this requires that to improve on quality production and lead time, manufacturing firms must also improve their supply relationship management. Since the quality of the products has not significantly improved for the last 5 years, more strategies must be put in place to incorporate technology which will aid to improve the quality and also maintain required lead time in these organizations.

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