Abstract: Supply chain resilience is a relatively unexplored area in supply chain research in Kenya and it focuses on the firms’ ability to absorb disruptions. Supply chain resilience can enable manufacturing firms to overcome disruptions and continually transform them to meet the changing needs and expectations of its customers, shareholders and other stakeholders. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the influence of supply chain re-engineering on supply chain resilience in manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study adopted cross-sectional survey design using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The target population was 613 manufacturing firms in Nairobi and its surroundings, who were members of Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) in 2015. The study used stratified random sampling to pick a sample size of 62 manufacturing firms which represented 14 industrial sectors in manufacturing firms. Data was collected using questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used aided by Statistical Packages for Social Sciences version 24 to compute percentages of respondents’ answers. Also, analysis was conducted using quantitative approach. The study found out that supply chain re-engineering was significant predictor of supply chain resilience. The study recommends that management of manufacturing firms to adopt and embrace supply chain re-engineering as a proactive way of creating resilience in manufacturing firms.
Keywords: Supply chain re-engineering, supply chain resilience, manufacturing firms.
Title: INFLUENCE OF SUPPLY CHAIN RE-ENGINEERING ON SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA
Author: Wycliffe Arani, Elegwa Mukulu, Esther Waiganjo, Julius Wambua
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations,
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
Research Publish Journals
