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Title
THE EFFECT OF SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENT STRATEGIES ON OPERATIONAL
PERFORMANCE OF HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS IN ZIMBABWE DURING THE
COVID-19 PERIOD
PERFORMANCE OF HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS IN ZIMBABWE DURING THE
COVID-19 PERIOD
Creator
DUMISANI MAWONDE
REGIS MUCHOWE
CHAMUNOGWA PANDE
Description
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the supply chains, and this created acute
shortages of materials and products in both local and global markets. This situation demanded
humanitarian organisations to implement supply chain resilient strategies in order to secure the
supplies of their procurement requirements on time and keep their operations running. This
study, therefore, examined the effects of supply chain resilience strategies on operational
performance of humanitarian relief organisations in Zimbabwe during the Covid-19 period. A
pragmatic research philosophy and a descriptive survey research design were employed. A
sample of 28 supply chain professionals from humanitarian relief organisations was randomly
selected from a targeted population of 30 for the questionnaire and 25 of them responded
whereas interviews were conducted with 5 supply chain management professionals.
Quantitative data were scrutinized by means of SPSS & AMOS programmes (versions 22.0)
whilst qualitative data from interview was analysed using thematic scrutiny. Structural
Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to determine the results and convergent validity of the
measurement model was tested. The study findings show that supply chain resilience strategies
have positive significant effect on operational performance of humanitarian relief organisations
during the Covid-19 period. The study concluded that, in Zimbabwe, humanitarian relief are
familiar with supply chain resilient strategies and that the supply chain resilient strategies
which were analysed have a positive and significant effect on material availability, delivery
flexibility and delivery time. The study recommends humanitarian relief organisations to be
agile in their supply chain departments, to push for cross sector collaborations and to implement
supply chain preparedness strategies as this is critical in improving their operational
performance during Covid-19 period.
shortages of materials and products in both local and global markets. This situation demanded
humanitarian organisations to implement supply chain resilient strategies in order to secure the
supplies of their procurement requirements on time and keep their operations running. This
study, therefore, examined the effects of supply chain resilience strategies on operational
performance of humanitarian relief organisations in Zimbabwe during the Covid-19 period. A
pragmatic research philosophy and a descriptive survey research design were employed. A
sample of 28 supply chain professionals from humanitarian relief organisations was randomly
selected from a targeted population of 30 for the questionnaire and 25 of them responded
whereas interviews were conducted with 5 supply chain management professionals.
Quantitative data were scrutinized by means of SPSS & AMOS programmes (versions 22.0)
whilst qualitative data from interview was analysed using thematic scrutiny. Structural
Equation Modelling (SEM) was used to determine the results and convergent validity of the
measurement model was tested. The study findings show that supply chain resilience strategies
have positive significant effect on operational performance of humanitarian relief organisations
during the Covid-19 period. The study concluded that, in Zimbabwe, humanitarian relief are
familiar with supply chain resilient strategies and that the supply chain resilient strategies
which were analysed have a positive and significant effect on material availability, delivery
flexibility and delivery time. The study recommends humanitarian relief organisations to be
agile in their supply chain departments, to push for cross sector collaborations and to implement
supply chain preparedness strategies as this is critical in improving their operational
performance during Covid-19 period.
Publisher
Zimbabwe Journal of Business, Economics and Management
Date
2023
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