Browsing by Author "Said Mohamed"

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    Business Process Reengineering and Organizational Performance of Third Party Logistics Service Providers in Ethiopia: The Case Of Comet Transport S.C.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2015-07) Worku Dereje; Said Mohamed
    This study is about Business Process Reengineering and Organizational Performance of Third Party Logistics Service Providers in Ethiopia a case study of Comet transport. The research aimed to identify the impact of implementing BPR on the efficiency and effectiveness of 3PLS providers to be assessed by evaluating presence of significant increase on firm level performance. As BPR promises to bring about dramatic changes in firm performance outcomes, specific operational and financial performance indicators were selected for evaluation. As the study was a case study, Comet Transport Share Company was selected as a study unit and 12 years of performance data was compiled along with other pertinent information gathered through interview. Besides, BPR implementation report and other relevant documents were analyzed. Extensive literature survey was undertaken to underpin relevant performance indicators appropriate and fit to evaluate the performances of third party logistics service providers. The performance data compiled for the study was analyzed by SPSS statistical package and student t test comparisons was made pre and post BPR performance indexes. On the bases of performance data in between (2002 and 2014) E.C. Key operational and financial performance measure indexes namely Average truck turnaround time, Average Tariff per ton per km, Load factor, Labor productivity, Return on assets, profitability ratio ,cost to revenue ratio, Km travelled per year, freight ton per km, number of trucks available for operation throughout the year, truck down time throughout the year, Actual capacity utilization and other drive indexes ; Comet has exhibited significant improvement both on operational efficiencies and effectiveness as asserted by increase financial index. With 95% certainty, the study asserted the dramatic increase in all mean performances especially in revenue, profitability, reduction in cost to revenue ratio, truck availability, tone KM coverage, tonnage lifting , load factor and other indexes utilized to measure performances. Poor performance was observed with regard to reducing truck down time, and employee turnover indicating area of improvement works to be further investigated by the management of Comet.Based on strong findings of the study, the researcher concludes positive outcome of implementing BPR to have resulted enhanced performance increasing operational and financial efficiency and effectiveness and advices other companies to follow suits to reap of gains achieved by Comet Transport Company. Key words: BPR,Revenue,profitability ratio,Km travelled per year, load factor, freight ton per km, number of trucks available for operation throughout the year, truck down time, actual capacity utilization.
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    Students’ Usage of Communication Technologies in Secondary Schools in Burao District of Somaliland.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021) Said Mohamed; Yekunoamlak Alemu,
    The purpose of this research was to investigate the usage of communication technologies of secondary school students in Burao district. The descriptive survey design was used; also Stratified random sampling was employed in sampling the respondents. Responses were elicited from students in two secondary schools one public secondary school and one private secondary school was the target population. The target students were five hundred (500) students from the two secondary schools. The study sample was two hundred twenty two (222) students. Also, the interview was conducted through face to face interactions among fifteen of the school principals and teachers including thirteen teachers and two principles selected purposively. Frequency, percentages, mean and standard deviations were used in the analysis of data. To achieve the objectives of the research, the study used a mixed method approach which involved the survey of student’s responses on the influence of modern technology on the student’s academic performance. The study revealed that a great number of students in Burao district use most frequently Smart phones but other technologies such as laptops, desktops and tablets were also used. As the research results revealed most of the secondary school students in Burao district used these modern technologies for their learning purposes and academic issues as well as social media. Since they used these technologies including the social media for more than two hours daily, it influences their academic performance. Hence, students should be thought to better manage their study time; students should create a balance between using the technology for seeking knowledge from the internet and usage of social media, also teachers should ensure that students use modern technology as a tool to improve their academic performances. In addition schools should enact rules and regulations to protect students from misusing the modern technology.