The effect of e-procurement on supply chain management at Teachers’ Service Commission
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Date
2013-11Author
King’ori, Margaret W
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The purpose of the study was to explore the effects of e-Procurement on Supply Chain
Management in Teachers Service Commission (TSC). This study was guided by 3
objectives namely: to determine the procurement practices in TSC; to establish the level of
e-Procurement application in TSC and to determine the challenges encountered when
implementing e-Procurement system in TSC.
To satisfy the objectives, the study population was the Teachers Service Commission
which has eight directorates. The sample was purposively selected using stratified
sampling. Four directorates were selected to participate in the study which included:
Human Resource, Administration, Finance and Supply Chain Management all with a total
population of 1000 employees. These are the major users of the e-Procurement
applications. One hundred employees (10% of the target population) were selected as the
sample size. According to Mugenda (2003) 10%-30%) of a target population is a good
representative sample that allows for a generalization.
The data was collected using structured questionnaire which had open and close ended
questions. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics and presented in
frequency tables. Regression analysis was also performed in establishing the relationship
between e-Procurement and the level of ICT expertise, level of e-Procurement application
and requisitions online.
The study revealed that there was a strong relationship between e-Procurement, the levels
of ICT expertise and the levels of e-Procurement application. This indicates that the Supply
Chain Management is highly correlated with Supply Chain practices and e-Procurement
applications. However, the level of management support on e-Procurement application is
low. Therefore the management should increase the level of e-Procurement applications as
well as the practices since they seem to have a positive impact on Supply Chain
Management .
Citation
Master Of Business Administration (mba), School Of Business, University Of Nairobi,2013Publisher
University of Nairobi, School of business,