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Supply chain management and performance of brewing firms in South-South, Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.31248/RJBEM2021.054 | Article Number: 9FC7A4912 | Vol.4 (1) - February 2021
Received Date: 17 January 2021 | Accepted Date: 08 February 2021 | Published Date: 28 February 2021
Authors: P. I., Ohue* and P. A., Akhator
Keywords: Agile supply chain, organizational innovation, organizational performance, supply chain management.
The broad objective of this paper is to determine the nature of relationship that exists between supply chain management and performance of brewing firms in South-South, Nigeria. Specifically, this study seeks to ascertain the extent of relationship between agile supply chain and organizational innovation. The study was fastened on Ludwig von Bertalanffy systems theory of 1950s. Survey research design was adopted for the study, a total population of two hundred and forty-eight (248) was used for the study. Census sampling method was used for the study because the population is a manageable size. The data collection tool employed by the researcher was the questionnaire, while the analysis of the data was done using the linear regression analysis. Results obtained from the test of hypothesis revealed that a strong significant positive relationship exists between agile supply chain and organizational innovation (F =6755.312; R-squared = 0.853; P <.05). Based on the findings, the study concluded that there exists a strong significant positive relationship between supply chain management and performance of brewing firms in South-South, Nigeria. Base on that, the study recommended an enactment and implementation of an agile supply chain strategy by the production department of the focused brewing firms as it could impact organizational innovation.
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