Procurement Best Practices and Sustainable Supply Chain Performance of Plastic and Rubber Manufacturing Firms in Kenya

Abstract

Purpose: The study aimed at assessing procurement best practices and sustainable supply chain performance of plastic and rubber manufacturing firms in Kenya.
 Methodology: Descriptive research design was adopted by the study. A total of 167 plastic and rubber manufacturing firms in Kenya was the target population, as indicated by KAM (2022) directory. This study used census, as a rule of thumb for population below 200. To gather data, structured questionnaires were used to collect data. Once collected, data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Quantitative data was analysed using multiple regression analysis. The qualitative data generated was analyzed by use of the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.
 Findings: In this study multivariate regression analysis was used to determine the significance of the relationship between the dependent variable and all the independent variables pooled together. Regression analysis was conducted to find the proportion in the dependent variable which can be predicted from the independent variables. The current study obtained an R2 of 64.7% and should therefore be expanded further in futhe ture in order to include other procurement best practices that may as well have a positive significance to the sustainable supply chain performance of plastic and rubber manufacturing firms.The findings of the study indicated that reverse logistics management, procurement outsourcing, e-procurement and green procurement have a positive relationship with sustainable supply chain performance of plastic and rubber manufacturing firms in Kenya.
 Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that institutions should embrace procurement best practices so as to improve sustainable supply chain performance and further research should to be carried out in other institutions to find out if the same results can be obtained