Product Development and Process Improvement in Small and Medium Food Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi City County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMwasiaji, Evans T.
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-03T08:47:21Z
dc.date.available2023-08-03T08:47:21Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionarticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated product development and process improvement for Small and Medium food manufacturing firms in Nairobi Kenya, considering that the country’s manufacturing output has stagnated at about USD 5 billion for over ten years, and the current proposal to support the sector to increase its GDP share to 15% by year 2022. Data was collected from 56 management staff. Mean responses received in a Likert scale of 1 – 5 for each of the tested item was calculated forall the respondents. The results show that there is a significant difference in firms’ level of performance on various product improvement imperatives. To establish the level of firm performance in relation to the tested items, a one-way analysis of variance was conducted on the mean response on the data collection items. A mean response at 3.31 and a standard deviation at 0.80 was established.The study recommends that all the product development processes within the sampled firms be reengineered to undertake quality improvement journey, because their current methods seem to be inadequate to attain and sustain high quality in a competitive business environment. Thisstudy is useful in progressing knowledge and in the design of policies to enhanced competitiveness of food manufacturing SMEs in support of Kenya’s big four agenda and vision 2030en_US
dc.identifier.citationMwasiaji, E. T. Product Development And Process Improvement In Small And Medium Food Manufacturing Firms In Nairobi City County, Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I1P103
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26519
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSSRG-IJEMSen_US
dc.subjectProduct Developmenten_US
dc.subjectProcess Improvementen_US
dc.subjectSMEsen_US
dc.subjectQualityen_US
dc.subjectFood Processingen_US
dc.subjectCompetitivenessen_US
dc.titleProduct Development and Process Improvement in Small and Medium Food Manufacturing Firms in Nairobi City County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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