Assessment of the Effects of Procurement Management Practices on Procurement Performance : In the Case of Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency
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2022-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Procurement performance is one of a core supply chain activity that can be influenced by procurement management practices. This study investigates the ender management practices on procurement performance of Ethiopian pharmaceutical supply agency. The study had six objectives, to find out the effect of supplier selection on procurement performance in EPSA, To determine the impact of procurement staff competence on EPSA's procurement performance, to determine the effect of item specification on procurement performance in EPSA, to evaluate the effect of professional ethics on procurement performance in EPSA, to evaluate the effect of procurement policy on procurement performance in EPSA and to determine the effect of employee satisfaction on procurement performance in EPSA. Explanatory research design was used in this study because it analyses the cause-effect relationship. Purposive sampling technique was employed in picking respondents for the study. Data was collected from a sample of 105 tender management, quantification and market shaping and contract management directorates technical staffs. Five-point Likert type of questionnaire was used to solicit primary data. The data analysis methods used were descriptive such as frequency and percentage and inferential statistics such as correlation, multi-Collinearity test and linear regression with the aid of the tool Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Based on the correlation and regression analysis conducted to check the significance level of the relationship between the dependent and the independent variables, Employee competency, Specification, Employee satisfaction and Professional ethics have significant relationship and affect procurement performance while, Supplier selection and relationship and Procurement policy have positive relationship with procurement performance but it is not significant. The study concluded that the output given from the findings indicate that the six variables have positive relationship with procurement performance.
KEY WORDS: Procurement management practices; Employee competency; Specification; Employee satisfaction; Professional ethics; Supplier selection and relationship; Procurement policy procurement performance; Lead time; cost of accusation