Logistics support and achievements of concern worldwide programs in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
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2012-09
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management
Abstract
The study establishes the relationship between Logistics support and achievements
of Concern Worldwide programs in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The study was guided by the following objectives:- To determine the demographic
profile of the respondents in terms of: gender, age, educational qualification and
length of experience in procurement and supply activities; to determine the level of
Logistic support in Concern Worldwide programs in terms of;-communication,
production and operations, transportation and vehicle routing, warehouse
management and distribution strategies, inventory management, product design, and
material handling and order picking; to determine the level of achievement in
Concern Worldwide programs in terms of;- transparency, quality, efficiency, actual
peiformances, strategies and competitiveness; to determine if there is a significant
relationship between the level of logistics support and the level of achievement in
Concern Worldwide program.
The main instruments for data collection were basically questionnaires but
also face-to-face interviews were conducted using an interview guide.
The target population was 135 of which a total of 101 respondents were
selected. The research was principally descriptive involving both qualitative and
quantitative techniques of data analysis. Various data analyses procedures were
applied: descriptive analyses, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, single regression and
multiple regression analyses in order to achieve the objectives of the study.
Data collected using questionnaires and a structured interview guide was
analyzed using frequency counts in form of percentages and was later tabulated to
determine the relationship between variables.
The findings reveal that there is a significant correlation between Logistics
support and achievements of concern worldwide programs in Katanga province.
Once the above aspects are attended to, the Logistics support is very useful
vice in achievements of Concern worldwide programs.
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A Thesis Presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Of Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of
Master of Business Administration Supplies and Procurement
Keywords
Logistics, Achievements, Worldwide programs, Democratic Republic of Congo