PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ON ETHIOPIAN PRIVATE GRADE ONE ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

Abstract

Supply chain management (SCM) has become a fundamental element in the construction industry to improve the efficiency and productivity in recent decades. The purpose of this paper is to study the practice of supply chain management from the five SCM practice and the challenges of SCM in Ethiopia Private Grade One Construction Companies. For Achieving the objective of this study, 33 Questio􀅶􀅶aires’ were distri􀄏uted a􀅶d 30 of the􀅵 were Su􀄐􀄐essfully Co􀅵pleted a􀅶d a􀅶alyzed usi􀅶g descriptive ( mean and Standard Deviation) Statically analysis and random Sampling technique was used to select 11 Companies out of the existing 23 companies representing 47% the Participants were selected using purposive Sampling technique. Both Primary and Secondary Source of data were used for this Study. The method of data collection was Interview and questionnaire in the form of Closed and open ended question. The Questionnaire were rated using five points liker Scale. The major findings indicates that, most of SCM Practices are moderately Practiced with in the EPGORCC Supply chain, where as IT and training Practices are poorly applied. Willingness to share risk, unplanned orders financial Impact, Subsequent design change, inventory fluctuation and employee ineffectiveness are major the challenges of the Companies SC. The Study helps to create awareness to EPGORCC owners, and it will give Chance for others who are interested on SCM Practice and Challenges to make further studies.