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Item Factors Affecting Supply Chain Integration in Marble Industry (The Case of Ethiopian Marble Processing Enterprise)(Addis Ababa University, 2018-05-23) Teklu, Mame; Temesgen, Busha (PhD)This thesis paper makes an investigation on factor affecting supply chain integration (Supplier, customer, internal, inventory management, sc reliability and information integration) the case of Ethiopian Marble Processing Enterprise. The main objective of this study is to explore what factors can affect supply chain integration on Ethiopian Marble Processing Enterprise to provide a recommendation in order to take corrective action. Primary type of data was collected with the help of questionnaires and personal interviews. Additionally, secondary data was also gathered using previous research works in the sector and different documents. The collected data was analyzed using both descriptive statistics (frequency, table) and inferential statistics (correlation and linear regression). Main findings of the study depicts that, the firm integration with partners affected by several factors, such as, lack of strategic partnership with suppliers and customer, lack of strong networking information communication, weak interdepartmental integration, lack of collaborative demand forecasting and lack of inventory management were among the major determinant factors. Based on the major finding the study recommended that, as the information technology is main source of improvement in customer and supplier relationship integration. When this area is satisfied then automatically supply chain performance will increase. Therefore it is essential that the flow of information and access of information should in according manner. The firms can facilities easily available information network with its suppliers and customers accessibility of Emailconnection, providing constant information exchange time, collaborate design of availabilities of information.