E-Procurement, Supplier Cooporation And Supply Chain Performance :

Abstract

Small and median enterprises assume a significant part in a country's monetary capacity. They are a significant kind of revenue for some business visionaries and give work prospects, fundamentally for youngsters. In spite of their basic capacity, Large enterprise defy a few obstacles that have hurt their exhibition, with some in any event, shutting down. The following objectives guided the study , i) to establish the relationship between E-procurement on Supply Chain Performance in Mandela group of companies in Kampala, ii) to assess the relationships between Suppliers cooperation on Supply Chain Performance in Mandela group of companies in Kampala, iii) to analyze the relationships between of E-Procurement, Supplier cooperation and Supply Chain Performance in Mandela group of companies in Kampala. The study population comprised of 200 respondents from the Mandela Group's in focal Kampala, Uganda. The sample size was 154 respondents as determined by Slovene’s formula, acquirement officials, Logistics officers, and other staff individuals in Mandela group of companies. purposive and simple randam sampling were utilized to pick 154 respondents from Mandela group of companies. With the assistance of the Statistical Package for Social Science, quantitative information was inspected utilizing engaging measurements (SPSS). Data collection instruments was questionnaires. Data was analyzed using frequency and percentage tables, mean and standard deviations, linear regression analysis. The study revealed that e-procurement significantly affects supply chain performance in Mandela group of companies (Adjusted R Square =0.564, p=0.000). The study revealed that supplier cooperation significantly affects supply chain performance in Mandela group of companies in Kampala (Adjusted R Square =0.431, p=0.000). The study revealed that e-procurement and supplier cooperation have a positive, strong and significant relationship with supply chain performance (r=0.808**, p=0.000). The study concluded that both e-procurement and supplier cooperation affectsupply chain performance in Mandela group of companies in Kampala. The study made the following recommendations: The management of Mandela group of companies in Kampala should apply quality where the activities in supply chain support all levels appropriately in relation to others within the organization. The management of Mandela group of companies in Kampala should keep in mind that there should be a balance between the amounts of effort required and the size or significance of the supply chain performance. The management of Mandela group of companies in Kampala should constantly affirm and recognize their as a way of enhancing their performance. The management of the Mandela group of companies in Kampala should come up with policies that encourage work life balance for efficiency and effectiveness of the chain performance. The new knowledge contributed by this study is that the use of the mixture of E-e-procurement and supplier cooperation has positive influence on supply chain performance and that if the management of Mandela group of companies in Kampala strengthen theire-procurement and supplier cooperation ,the supply chain would perform more excellently hence attaining organizational goals.