Supply Chain Resilience and Organizational Performance of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Companies in Nairobi

Abstract

The study endeavored to establish the influence of supply chain resilience on organizational performance of manufacturing pharmaceutical companies in Nairobi. specific objectives of the study were; to identify supply chain resilience practices in Kenya’s pharmaceutical manufacturing firms and to establish the effect of supply chain resilience on organizational performance of Kenya’s pharmaceutical manufacturing firms . descriptive design was used and the targeted population for the study was 23 pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in Nairobi. The study used a census and questionnaires were used in collection of data. The analysis was done by SPSS and the presentation of findings was by Tables and Figures. The study found out that the most adopted supply chain resilience practice was supply chain collaboration (94.7%) followed by risk management culture (89.5%), agile supply chain (84.2) and lastly supply chain reengineering (78.9%). The study further established that supply chain re engineering (β=0.150, p=0.012<0.05), supply chain collaboration (β=0.475, p=0.000<0.05), agile supply chain (β=0.182, p=0.034<0.05) and risk management culture (β=0.108, p=0.000<0.05) all positively and significantly effected organizational performance. The study concludes that supply chain resilience has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance. The study recommended that the top management team of all companies that manufacture pharmaceuticals in Kenya should increase investment in supply chain re engineering, supply chain collaboration, agile supply chain and risk management culture to positively and significantly influence performance of their organizations.