Effects of Supply Chain Integration and Inventory Management Practices on Operational Performance: The Case F.D.R.E Air Force
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to get in-depth insight and investigate the effect of supply
chain integration and inventory management practices on operational performance. To
address the research objective, a mixed research approach is used to collect the
relevant data from the target population of the study which includes Ethiopian Air
Force Air Logistics units and first tire of both operational units and MOND
Procurement Directory. The primary source of data was collected by using a five-point
Likert scale questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. To analyze the data this
study applied descriptive and inferential statistics including multiple linear regression
that will help to understand which predictor is a statistically significant contributor to
the study. The result indicates that 44.1% of the variation in operational performance
can be explained by variation in the Supply Chain Integration and Inventory
Management Practices have taken together. This leaves 55.9% unexplained. Also, the
magnitude of the unique contribution, that is, for one percent increase in the rate of
Supply Chain Integration, Operational Performance will increase by 31.6 percent.
Similarly, one percent increase in the rate of Inventory Management Practices,
Operational Performance will increase by 57.1 percent. Besides, 0.025 value of
constant.
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Supply Chain Integration, Inventory Management Practices, Operational Performance, Ethiopian Air Force