The Effect Of Logistics Activities On Organizational Performance: The Case Of Modjo Dry Port
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2018-05-11
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Logistics activities has become a potentially valuable way of securing competitive
advantage through enhancing and improving organizational performances since
competition is no longer between organizations, but among supply chains. The general
objective of this was the effect of logistics activities on organizational performance in
case of Modjo dry port .This research conceptualizes and develops on four logistics
activities (Transportation management, Inventory management, Warehouse
management and customer response) to test their effects on organizational
performance. Descriptive and Explanatory research design was used to explain
logistics activities and to examine the effect of logistics activities on performance of
modjo dry port. Simple random sampling was used to select the appropriate samples of
the study. All of the logistics activities were found to have positive and significant
correlation with the dependent variable which is organizational performance. The
ANOVA test result showed that, the value of R and R2 obtained under the model
summary was statistically significant. The data for the study was collected from 69
employees of Modjo dry port. The relationships proposed in the framework were tested
using Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and the causal relations were
analyzed using regression analysis. From the result of the analysis it is concluded that
there is strong relationship between Logistics activities and organizational
performance. Therefore, in order to achieve advancement in profitability and customer
satisfaction in the long-run through enhancing organizational performance, it is better
for the organization to give due emphasis to the constructs of logistics activities and
organizational performance
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Logistics, Logistics activities, performance