Assessment of Procurement Performance and Its Link with Operational Efficiency in Case of Ethiopian Electric Utility
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2016-05
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Addis Ababa University
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Procurement largely contributes to spending of the public funds, thus the procurement
process must be highly monitored on how the procurement process are administrated to
ensure efficiency and effectiveness. This research sought to Asses procurement performance
and its link with operational efficiency in Ethiopian Electric utility. The study mainly
focused factors affecting procurement performance and operational efficiency and
relationship between procurement performance and operational efficiency in Ethiopian
Electric utility. The study adopted Explanatory method of research since the study intended
to explain cause and effect relationship between procurement performance and operational
efficiency in Ethiopian Electric utility. The target population was employees of EEU. Total
number of respondents in this study was 42. Primary data was gathered using structured
questionnaires. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the data. This included
percentage and frequencies. Tables and other figural presentations were appropriately used
to present the data that was collected for ease understanding and analysis. Correlation
analysis was used to identify the relationship between procurement performance and
operational efficiency. A statistical package for social science version 20 was used for data
analysis.From the study findings it was concluded that procurement performance have a link
with operational efficiency in Ethiopian electric utility thus the researcher recommended
that the organization management should give attention to procurement planning to reduce
delays in procurement process, give training for procurement unit, audit and other
stakeholders about the process of procurement to enhance accountability and transparency.
The organization should also work with reliable supplier whose delivery schedule are
realistic and within the organization requirements
Key words Prcurement perfomance and operational efficiency
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Procurement Performance and Operational efficiency