Inventory Management Practices and Performance of Supply Chain at the Nairobi City County, Kenya
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2023
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The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management
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This study evaluated inventory management activities and the success of supply chain management in Nairobi
City County with a particular focus on strategic supplier partnerships, economic order quantities, just-in-time
delivery, and material resource planning. The research was grounded on the lean theory, theory of economic
order quantity, application control theory, and stock diffusion theory. The study utilized a descriptive research
approach and the positivist philosophy. The population of the study consisted of 340 individuals. The research
sample size comprised 183 procurement officers that worked for County offices that were housed in the
logistics and procurement division and built environment and urban planning. The study adopted a quantitative
approach and used a questionnaire as the data-gathering tool. Descriptive statistics were used to measure
means, frequencies, and percentages. Inferential statistics were utilized to determine the nature, strength, and
statistical significance of the relationship between the variables. The latest version of SPSS was used for
analysis. The findings showed that the adoption of Economic Order Quantity, just in Time, and Material
Requirements Planning positively impacted supply chain achievement at Nairobi County. Strategic supplier
partnerships were found to have an insignificant impact on supply chain performance. The findings were
statistically significant and underscored the importance of mainstreaming Economic Order Quantity, just in
Time, and Material Requirements Planning across the various departments of the county government of
Nairobi. Nairobi County government should prioritize early engagement of suppliers in supply chain processes;
proper and continuous communication with suppliers; frequent meetings with suppliers; using fewer rather
than many suppliers and long-term partnerships with supplier to bolster the County’s supply chain
performance. Future studies could explore the reasons behind the poor strategic supplier partnerships practices
at Nairobi City County to guide the formulation and implementation of effective strong supplier partnership
strategies to improve overall supply chain performance at the different departments of the county government
of Nairobi
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Sugut, J. C., & Ondara, A. (2023). Inventory management practices and performance of supply chain at the Nairobi City County, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 10 (4), 396 – 416. http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v10i4.2750.