Assessing The Strategic Sourcing Practice: The Case Of Ministry Of Agriculture, FDRE
| dc.contributor.advisor | Temesgen, Busha (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bekabil, Kinfu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-08T10:59:31Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:00:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-08T10:59:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:00:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Strategic sourcing is a very crucial part of Supply Chain Management Process. This research was conducted to analyze the level of strategic sourcing practice (measured in terms of effective procurement Planning, supplier development and management, stakeholders/user departments integration, and contract management), which is one part of strategic planning in Ministry of Agriculture. A descriptive research design was used to achieve the purpose of the study. From the total population of 205 a sample of 81 respondents were selected by employing stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as the formal instrument of data collection. In addition to that interview was made for some selected respondents. A total of 81 questionnaires were distributed and all of them were filled and returned to make the response rate of 100 percent. These samples were drawn from the total population using stratified random sampling techniques. Moreover, the data gathering tools for this research were questionnaire, interview and document analysis. Data collected using these instruments were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Finally, the study revealed that there was low strategic sourcing practice (measured in terms of Effective Procurement Planning, Supplier Development, user department integration and effective contract management). And also it suggested that the level of strategic sourcing practices needs improvement in terms of effective and timely planning, using supplier management efficiently, by integrating user departments with procurement unit and strengthen contract management procedures in the case of Ministry of Agriculture as perceived from evaluation of the respondents reply. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/20054 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Strategy, Sourcing, Strategic Sourcing | en_US |
| dc.subject | procurement planning, contract management | en_US |
| dc.subject | supplier management | en_US |
| dc.subject | inter departmental integration | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessing The Strategic Sourcing Practice: The Case Of Ministry Of Agriculture, FDRE | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |