Supply Chain Management Integration and Demand Management Practices on Organizational Performance of Kenya Medical Research Institute

Christopher Ngacho,Florence Chepkemoi Bongei,Yusuf Kibet

doi:10.37284/eajbe.2.1.248

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In Kenya, SMEs are businesses employing between 1-50 people and maybe either in formal or informal sectors and may also be in farm or non-farm categories. Due to the sector importance, Kenya has enacted several laws in support of SMEs. The SMEs require a concerted effort from both private and public since the sector draws stakeholders from both. To enhance their sustainability in the economy, the SMEs require serious empirical research in order to elicit the constraints with the goal of developing proactive remedial frameworks so that their existence may be promoted. Amongst the numerous challenges that constrain the working of SMEs is inadequate financing, thus the derivative of the overall goal of this study. The study location was Meru town. The descriptive research design was used. As per the Meru county government records, 160 SMEs are permitted and have been in operation for not less than 3 years. From every SME, one respondent was used. Census was adopted as the study design informed by the small population and the ease of reaching the respondents. A questionnaire was used to collect data through a drop-pick method which was done in three days’ time. Data analysis was through descriptive methods. Data analysis was assisted by SPSS version 22 by subjection to regression analysis to establish the existence of relatedness between the dependent and independent variables. Presentation of results was done through tables. Regression analysis results indicated that the loaning procedure had a significant effect on credit accessibility among SMEs in Meru Town. It was recommended further study to be conducted to find out the other determinants of credit accessibility amongst SMEs in Meru town.

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Organization’s performance has remained to be one of the core objectives of any business
The findings of the study indicate that there was a positive relationship between supply chain integration practices and organizational performance of research institutions in Kenya
The study findings indicate that demand management practices influenced organizational performance

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Organization’s performance has remained to be one of the core objectives of any business. Managers struggle to increase performance in day-to-day basis where they try strategies and tactics to maintain high performances. The dilemma of maintaining high performance is a complex concept where solutions are found in many avenues. Most managers focus on maintaining an agile supply chain practices that would enable goods to move quickly on the answer to the demand of the market demand. Its main agenda is to reduce fluctuation or bullwhip effect on the market. Most the managers would focus on ensuring the smooth transition of goods with low cost through economies of scales. Chesaro (2016) claimed that the supply chain is a very important part of a firm that controls the performance of a product in the market. Most of the taste and preference, quality and quantity among other attributes are the main focus of customers

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