The effects of information, communication and technology on supply chain management performance. A case study of Shamva gold mine.
- Author
- Kadondo, Obright
- Title
- The effects of information, communication and technology on supply chain management performance. A case study of Shamva gold mine.
- Abstract
- The effects of information, communication and technology on supply chain management. For decades, the need to improve Supply Chain Management across mining organizations in Zimbabwe has attract great attention of supply chain management practitioners themselves, academia and researchers. Despite the efforts to improve performances of the supply chain function, operations in most mining institutions Shamva mine included is still marred shoddy works, poor quality goods and services. A descriptive research design was used and a sample size of 80 employees was chosen. Questionnaire were used to collect primary data. The results obtained were computed and presented in forms of tables and figures. Findings revealed that the organization invests in staff development programs and suppliers have got positive attitude towards ICT on Supply chain performance. The challenges which are being faced are lack of system integration and high introduction costs. It is recommended that managers should try to integrate ICT on Supply chain performance on their daily operations, encouraging subordinates to make use of them within the organization.
- Date
- June 2023
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- information, communication and technology, supply chain management
- Supervisor
- Mr. Chikabwi
- Item sets
- Department of Economics