ELECTRONIC SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT COST OF COMMERCIAL STATE CORPORATIONS IN KENYA

Langat Benard Kimutai, PhD Peterson Obara Magutu, Stephen Onserio Nyamwange, Richard Nyaanga Ongeri, Robert Matwere Bosire and PhD Richard Bitange Nyaoga
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Langat Benard Kimutai: Department of Management Science, School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
PhD Peterson Obara Magutu: Senior Lecturer, Department of Management Science, School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Stephen Onserio Nyamwange: Lecturer, Department of Management Science, School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Richard Nyaanga Ongeri: Department of Management Science, School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Robert Matwere Bosire: Department of Management Science, School of Business, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
PhD Richard Bitange Nyaoga: Senior Lecturer, Department of Management Science, Faculty of Commerce – Egerton University, Nairobi, Kenya

Noble International Journal of Business and Management Research, 2020, vol. 4, issue 8, 72-84

Abstract: The study looked at electronic sourcing and procurement cost of commercial state corporations in Kenya. The specific objectives that guided the study were to determine electronic sourcing practices commonly used by Commercial State Corporations in Kenya and determine relationship between electronic sourcing and procurement cost of Commercial State Corporations in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive research design and 33 commercial state corporations were targeted. The respondents included supply chain/procurement officers and finance managers of these 33 organizations. The study used a census and information was gathered with aid of questionnaires. The analysis was done descriptively and inferentially. It was established that e-supplier identification, e-supplier selection, e-prequalification and e-supplier evaluation as key e-sourcing practice are the key e-sourcing practices among most commercial state corporations and all of them have a postive and significant effect on procurement costs. The study concludes that e-sourcing has postive and significant effect on procurement costs. The study recommends that the Public Procurement and Oversight Authority (PPOA) should effectively play its role as far e-sourcing practices among commercial state corporations in Kenya are concerned.

Keywords: Electronic Sourcing; Procurement Cost; Commercial State Corporations; Kenya (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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