Supply Chain Management Practices and Resilience of Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi County, Kenya Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The study sought to determine the influence of supply chain management practices on the resilience of manufacturing companies in Nairobi County, Kenya amid covid-19 pandemic. The objectives were to find out the supply chain management practices executed by manufacturing companies and to find out effect of supply chain management practices on the resilience of manufacturing companies in Nairobi County, Kenya. Descriptive design was the research design adopted. The population of the study was made up of the Manufacturing firms in Nairobi County, Kenya which were 41 in number. Primary data was used in the study and was obtained via questionnaires administered by hand and on through emails. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze objective one which was to find out the supply chain management practices executed by manufacturing companies in Nairobi County, Kenya. Regression analysis was used to analyze objective two which sought to analyze the relationship between Supply Chain Management Practices and Resilience of Manufacturing firms in Nairobi County. On objective one which was to find out the supply chain management practices executed by manufacturing companies in Nairobi County, Kenya, it was concluded that Supplier Distribution, Information Flow and Customer Focused Distribution were executed to a moderate extent. Objective two of the study ascertained that Supplier Distribution, Information Flow and Customer Focused Distribution all had a positive relationship with Resilience of manufacturing companies. Supplier Chan Management Practices were established to influence Demand Visibility. Supply Chain Collaboration, Agility and Flexibility in Resilience of manufacturing companies in Nairobi County, Kenya. It is recommended that Supplier Distribution, Information and Customer Focused Distribution be executed as they were found to have been executed to a moderate extent by Manufacturing Companies in Nairobi County, Kenya. The research was limited since it solely relied on primary data of the Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi County, Kenya. Future studies should focus on Supply Chain Management Practices and resilience of manufacturing companies and all partners in the supply chain in all Counties in Kenya.