Assessing Managers Perception on Supply Chain Practices and Export Competitiveness (Case of Sesame Seed Exporter Members of Ethiopia Commodity Exchange)
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2016-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Competition is no longer between organizations, but among supply chains. Effective
supply chain management provides opportunities to create sustainable competitive
advantage and enhance the competitive position of business firms. This paper attempts
to study the impact of supply chain management practices on competitive position of
Sesame Seed Exporter Members of Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX). This
research conceptualizes and develops four dimensions of SCM practice (internal and
external success factors, strategic buyers’ partnership, customer relationship, and
information communication) and tests the relationships between SCM practices and
competitive position. The data for the study was collected from 78 middle/senior
management staff of the exporter firms who are familiar with the corporate strategies
and supply chain operations of their companies. The relationships proposed in the
framework were tested using Kendall’s tau correlation, and the causal relations were
analyzed using one-way ANOVA. The results show that efforts in: (1) implementing the
right internal and external success factors, (2)
enhancing buyers’ partnership, (3)
effective Information communication and (4) improving Customer Relationship have
significant impact on the competitive position of the exporter firms.
Keywords: Supply Chain Management, Exporter, Competitive Position, ECX,
Ethiopia
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Supply chain management, Exporter, Competitive Position, ECX, Ethiopia