An Assessment on the impact of supply base rationalisation on organisational effectiveness (a case study of Bulawayo polytechnic) 2012-2016
- Author
- Maphenduka, Nodumo
- Title
- An Assessment on the impact of supply base rationalisation on organisational effectiveness (a case study of Bulawayo polytechnic) 2012-2016
- Abstract
- An organisation is said to be only as good as its source of supply .Without a good supplier network an organisation cannot compete effectively in any industry. This study is set to assess the impact of supply base rationalisation into the institution’s effectiveness, a case study at Bulawayo Polytechnic. The encouragement by the government of professionalism saw the institution receive more qualified purchasing professionals, hence the establishment of the purchasing function and the centralisation of the purchasing activities. In the process of centralising the procurement activities user departments were not involved .Key and potential supplier were left of the current supplier database. This resulted in the non-availability of inventory as and when required by user departments .The criteria used by the Administration department, which is the procurement function, to select suppliers for the supplier database is being questioned. Findings show that stakeholders were not involved at all in the evaluation and selection process. Recommendations were made that cross functional teams be established, the supply base should also be optimised since out of the existing small supplier base, only 53% were active suppliers. This resulted in quality being compromised for the sake of keeping the existing suppliers. The respondents also suggested that an effective process of supplier optimising the supplier base supplier.
- Date
- February 2016
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Supply base rationalisation
- Supervisor
- NIL
- Item sets
- Department of Economics
- Media
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