Effect of Supply Chain Management Practices on Performance of the County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet, Kenya.

Abstract

The research was carried out to look into the effect of SCMPs on performance of the county Government of Elgeyo Marakwet, Kenya. The study had three goals; to establish the extent to which SCM practices have been implemented, to examine the effect of SCMPs on performance and probing the challenges faced in implementing SCMPs in the county Government of Elgeyo Marakwet. The research design utilized was a cross - sectional one covering 60 participants, picked from the county department of Finance and directors from across user departments of the organization. Drop and pick later questionnaire technique was adopted in gathering of Data. Measures of central tendency dispersion were utilized to evaluate the first objective, regression analysis was used to evaluate objective two, while frequencies and percentages were used to analyze objective three. The outcomes were presented using tables. It was evident that there was a substantial positive correlation between SCMPs and organizational performance explicated by the four independent variables; outsourcing practices, customer/citizen relationship practices, ICT use and supplier partnership practices. Since the study only focused on the county Government of Elgeyo Marakwet, the researcher recommends further research be conducted to incorporate other devolved units in Kenya. The researcher also recommends prospective studies to broaden the scope by incorporating other practices not covered by this study