| dc.description.abstract | Successful supply chain management relies on organizations working together and
collaborating effectively. As organizations become more specialized and global, it
becomes critical for organizations to manage the entire network of supply to optimize
overall performance. Supply chain integration practices are considered a powerful
weapon to gain competitive advantages and linking performance measurement systems to
supply chain integration practices can lead to increased success of supply chain
initiatives. Organizations need to integrate their supply chains to secure maximum
support for competitiveness in their market. The objective of this study was to determine
the supply chain integration practices adopted by the 226 Multinational firms in Kenya. A
cross-sectional type of survey was conducted, which was appropriate for the large
number of the foreign Multinational firms in the country. A sample of 40 Multinational
firms was drawn from the 226 Multinationals through simple random sampling out of
which 28 responded. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaires. It was
determined that without considering the vendor (supplier) managed inventory practices,
collaboration planning, forecasting and replenishment, efficient consumer response
practices, customer relationship and management practices and enterprise resource
planning practices, performance of the multinationals is constant at 1.794. However by
introducing vendor (supplier) managed inventory practices, the firms’ performance
improves by 0.420, collaboration planning, forecasting and replenishment leads to 0.196
improvement in the multinational performance, efficient consumer response practices
leads to 0.195 improvement on performance of the multinationals, customer relationship
and management practices leads to 0.016 improvement on performance of multinationals
in Kenya, while enterprise resource planning practices leads to 0.049 improvement on
performance of the multinationals. | en_US |
