Alemayehu, Tsion (2017) Supply Chain Integration to Enhance the Performance of Ethiopian Footwear Industry. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa.
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Abstract
The footwear industry in Ethiopia is considered as an important sub-sector that leads the whole leather sector modernization and that can contribute highly for the development of the country. Although the export of leather footwear started in 2005, its value has been growing steadily since then and is expected to make a big impact on the Ethiopian economy. In addition to the economic impact that result from the trade, the job opportunities that the industry can make a significant impact on poverty reduction. The major problems contributing for the poor performance of this industry are mismanagement of the flows of product/material, information and financial flows of a supply chain and lack of integration on the supply, internal and customer side. The main objective of this study is to improve the performance of the Ethiopian Footwear through supply chain integration. In order to show where the focus area of the supply chain integration for the Ethiopian footwear sector should be, this study used a correlation analysis. In order to undertake this research, 4 footwear factories (Anbessa, Peacock, Ramsay and Huajian) were considered and 16 questionnaires were distributed to these 4 footwear industries’ Production /purchasing/marketing and finance managers. Primary data was collected with the help of questionnaires and personal interviews. Additionally, secondary data were also gathered using previous research works in the sector and different documents. The collected data have been summarized using descriptive analysis method and analyzed by a statistical tool called histogram. Furthermore, Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to determine the strength of relationships between the variables (supply integration, customer integration, internal integration and performance or Product quality & Competitiveness). Based on the identified key factors and the collected data, the level of supply chain integration in Ethiopian Footwear Industry was assessed and problems were identified. Finally the research came up with the following findings: internal, supplier, customer and integration are positively and strongly correlated with footwear factories performance (product quality and competitiveness). This shows that the focus should be in all areas of supply chain integration areas. At the end a model is developed which gives a solution to the current supply chain integration problems of the Ethiopian footwear Industry.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Supply chain integration, Performance, Ethiopian Footwear Industry |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Andriamparany Edilbert RANOARIVONY |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2018 07:40 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2018 07:40 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/6462 |
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