Digitalization of Supply Chain Management Practices: Challenges and Enablers in Selected Companies in Ethiopia
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2022-09
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Almost all organization needs supply chain management, as a critical component. Supplychain management includes logistics strategy, design, operation, and monitoring,
acquisition, warehousing, inventory management, production, distribution, other business activities and fulfillment of orders. Digitalization of supply chain management is
one of the most effective approaches for any firms to improve their organizational performance and remain competitive. But organizations in Ethiopia cannot fully
implement supply chain management digitalization. On this study the researcher was aiming to found out the practice of supply chain management digitalization its enablers
and main challenges in the Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics and Ethiopian shipping and logistic enterprise. The researcher used a descriptive research design, and
questioners were the main method of question. After the data was collected it was entered into SPSS for data analysis. Mean value and percentage was the main way of data
interpretation and the analyzed data was depicted with tables and figures including pie chart, histogram, and bar graph. Before the actual data concerning the title of the study
was analyzed the demographic profile of the respondents was depicted and explained. About the practice of supply chain management digitalization the researcher found out it
was practiced moderately. Also, a lot of challenges were identified as a problem so the organizations are recommended to sole those challenges to address the implementation
of supply chain management digitalization. Also, the organization should implement supply chain management digitalization fully, since there are a lot of enablers that force
it to do so.
Keywords: Digitalization, Management, Supply, Enablers, Challenge, Practice