Abstract
This paper investigated barriers to the implementation of public supply chain management strategy in the South African public sector. The public sector in South Africa faces serious supply chain management challenges that are detrimental to the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector operations. A structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 309 public supply management professionals based in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 23.0). The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) using the Principal Components Analysis (CPA) technique was applied to identify the intended barriers. Seven factors which are the barriers to supply chain management strategy implementation; namely, management practices, human resource capabilities, customer service, external orientation, internal communication, innovation and employee motivation were extracted. Management practices emerged as the most influential barrier after the application of the mean score ranking technique. Keywords: public supply chain management, management practices, human resource capabilities, customer service, external orientation, internal communication, innovation and employee motivation. JEL Classification: H57
Highlights
Chain management is one of the important instruments that facilitates policy implementation in governments
This is in contrast to the private sector, whether there has been the realization of the strategic importance of supply chain management practices to the prosperity of the business enterprise, leading to large investments in that area in order to maximize shareholder wealth (Mols, Hansen and Villadsen, 2012)
This study provides some valuable information about barriers to public supply chain management strategy implementation, caution is warranted when considering the results, because the study has some inherent limitations
Summary
Chain management is one of the important instruments that facilitates policy implementation in governments It remains a misconstrued and unappreciated domain in many circles, to the degree that its strategic importance is yet to be acknowledged (Hawkins, Gravier and Powley, 2011). According to the South African National Treasury (2015), some of the negative effects of inconsistency in public supply chain management include excessive prices charged by suppliers; unreliable and substandard quality of goods and services contracted for and delivered; corruption and waste. The public sector, faces the challenge of emulating the private sector by embracing a mounting appreciation of the impact of supply chain management and developing initiatives or reforms intended to increase both the efficiency and effectiveness in that area (Ambe and Badenhorst-Weiss, 2011)
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