Barriers to Effective Supply Chain Management Implementation in the Zimbabwean Public Sector: A Case Study of Public Procuring Entities in Harare, Zimbabwe

Denias Kagande (), David Madzikanda (), Maxwell Sandada () and Faustino Taderera ()
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Denias Kagande: University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
David Madzikanda: University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Maxwell Sandada: University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Faustino Taderera: National University of Science and Technology, Sultanate of Oman

Eurasian Journal of Business and Management, 2022, vol. 10, issue 2, 76-100

Abstract: This study investigated the barriers to effective supply chain management implementation in the context of Zimbabwean public sector. We aimed to identify strategic barriers affecting supply chain management implementation among public procuring entities in Harare and establish the technological barriers affecting supply chain management implementation among public procuring entities in Harare. It was also premised to uncover the organizational barriers affecting supply chain management and implementation amongst public companies in Harare. The study was a cross sectional survey of selected public procuring entities in Harare. These included the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economic Development. A total of 132 respondents took part in the study. The findings revealed that the government departments under study lacked supply chain management planning that is well synchronized with the respective ministries’ overall strategic planning. Inconsistencies were identified between the departments’ supply chain structure and information systems that had been implemented and it had become difficult to incorporate real-time information sharing into supply chain operations.

Keywords: Organizational Public Sector; Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Technology; Barrier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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