ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to examine the relationship between procurement and supplier
relationship to an organization efficiency with specific reference to Kaabong district local
government. The study considered twelve ( 12), the staff in procurement department .
three (3) members of contracts committee and live (5) accounting officers and fifteen
( 15) suppliers of goods and services making a total of thirty five (35) respondents.
Questionnaires and interview were used as the major methods for data collection.
The objectives of the study were to: examine the different ways of procurement
relationship, establish the benefits of procurement relationship and lind out the barriers to
procurement relationship in Kaabong district local government.
The major findings of the study were that; Third party groups, horimntal purchasing and
lead buying as being the major ways of procurement relationship practiced in Kaabong
district local government. efficient utilization of resources. lm cost of transaction.
strengthening relationship among members, improved communication, and reduction in
inventory and increase in competitive advantage as the most benelits of procurement
relationship in Kaabong district local government and internal resistance, inadequate
information sharing, differences in priorities and characteristics of councils. lack of
commitment to relationship and broader procurement landscape as the major barriers to
procurement relationship in Kaabong district local government.
It was recommended that: there is need lor the procurement department to cope with
changing procurement relationship process: there is need r·or the parties involved in
procurement collaboration to learn how to share information freely. the parties involved
in procurement relationship need to agree on common goals and objectives: the
procurement department needs to be committed on the procurement relationship process
and there is need for scaling down the broader procurement landscape in Kaabong district
local government in order to achieve operational efficiency.
KABANDOLE, I (2021). The Effect Of Supplier Collaboration In Procurement And Operational Efficiency, (A Case Study Of Kaabong District Loal Government). Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/the-effect-of-supplier-collaboration-in-procurement-and-operational-efficiency-a-case-study-of-kaabong-district-loal-government
KABANDOLE, ILUKOL "The Effect Of Supplier Collaboration In Procurement And Operational Efficiency, (A Case Study Of Kaabong District Loal Government)" Afribary. Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/the-effect-of-supplier-collaboration-in-procurement-and-operational-efficiency-a-case-study-of-kaabong-district-loal-government. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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KABANDOLE, ILUKOL . "The Effect Of Supplier Collaboration In Procurement And Operational Efficiency, (A Case Study Of Kaabong District Loal Government)" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 19, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/the-effect-of-supplier-collaboration-in-procurement-and-operational-efficiency-a-case-study-of-kaabong-district-loal-government