The Effect of Supply Chain Management on Oils Seeds (Sesame) Export Performance in Ethiopia: The Case of Three Sesame Export Companies
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2018-05-20
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This research was conducted on the Effect of Supply Chain Management on Oils Seeds
(Sesame) Export Performance in Ethiopia in the Case of three sesame export companies. The
study aims to articulate the effect of supply chain management on sesame export performance
in Dipasa Agro plc., Ambasel Trading House and Selet Hulling Plc. This research is conducted
to answer the following research questions: What are the current supply chain management
practices of oil seed exporting companies? How is the integration between the suppliers and
the processor? How responsive is the supply management process of the supply chain? and
Are there changes that the management brings in terms of time, cost and quality? The study
employed a quantitative research specifically descriptive survey research method. Data is
collected from the higher management team, supervisors and operation workers of the above
three companies. The research used structured questionnaire and document review to collect
data. The major findings of the study show that the organizations integration with their
suppliers is good except that there is weak strategic partnership with major suppliers. This
study also identified gaps in managing supply chain inventories in relation to
visibility of the inventory status along the supply. The result also shows the information flow
within the organizations and with strategic customers; and the communication with customers
is moderately good. From the result of the analysis it is concluded that each SCM practices of
the organizations such as supplier integration, internal integration, information flow and
customer integration affected the export performance of the organizations both in positive and
negative ways. The study has great implication in the area of supply chain management of
oilseed exporting companies, and for further research.
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supply chain management, export performance, further research