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    CHALLENGE AND PROSPECT OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THE CASE OF BGI ETHIOPIA PLC
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-06) KASSU HAILEMARIAM
    This research aimed to investigate the prospects and challenges faced by BGI Ethiopia PLC on their supply chain activities in Ethiopia. More particularly the study intended to identify the supply chain activities effectively practiced by BGI Ethiopia, to examine the challenges they face in their supply activities and to propose some prospects. The study contributes significantly to academic as well as industry and policy makers. The study collected relevant data from employees and department managers from Addis Ababa, Meta and Zebider. A sample of 176 respondents was randomly selected to take part to this research. The resultant data were subsequently analyzed using descriptive statistics, as well as the Likert scale analysis. Based on the result, the practice of supply chain management is average. The results of this research found that, the few supply chain management activities practiced by BGI Ethiopia were level of information sharing, customer’s relationship, strategic supplier partnership, raw material flow management,and corporate culture were found to be averagely practiced and managed. The results also indicated that, the challenges faced by BGI Ethiopia in their supply chain activitieswere warehouse (limited space, layout, and unfavorable condition), technological and information sharing (information simplicity, accuracy, adequacy, communication, etc.,), infrastructural (ICT, transportation, management), high inventory cost, operational capacity (delay, under capacity), legal (absence of lease land, high tax), and internal and external (political instability, safety and security, unfavorable working area, workforce diversity, waste management, income generating mechanisms, geographical distribution). The research ended investigating some prospects that could have been adopted to minimize these supply chain activities challenges and thus improve the working conditions and logistics of BGI Ethiopia. Strengthening supply chain management practices, developing strategy to use opportunities, and building strong network with suppliers and customers were recommended in this study
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    CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CONSUMER COOPERATIVE IN CASE OF GURAGE ZONE
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2022-10) ABAYNESH ASSEFA TENKIR
    Cooperatives are economic and social institutions that are established by the full interest of members regardless of race, color, gender, religion, disability, economic and political affiliation, by collectingresources, labors and knowledge of its members. Consumer cooperatives are used as one of the best way of supplying consumer goods and services with an affordable price to its members, by making chain with potential suppliers. Thus, the main objective of the study was the challenges and opportunities of consumer cooperatives in case of Gurage zone. The study was focused on 5consumer cooperatives with sample of 255 respondents, who are selected using simple random sampling(SRS) technique The study used both qualitative and quantitative research approach techniques. Focus group discussion and key informant interview instruments were employed in a qualitative approach technique. The available data was collected using both primary and secondary data sources. The collected data was analyzed by employing both descriptive statistics and exploratory research techniques. From the analysis of descriptive statistics result showed that the main challenges of consumer cooperatives were absence of permanent employer, lack impressive service providing, leave of permanent establisher committees to other areas, lack of networking with potential producer and supplier cooperative, lack of permanent income generating activities other than members saving, lackof sense of ownership both in members and management committee, small membership participation, lack of leadership skill and lack of identifying and supplying consumer goods. On the other hand, from the qualitative data analysis; that is from FDGs and Key informant group discussions, the finding revealed that organizational problems, constraints of sufficient government support, leaders’ commitment problems and absence of potential unions supplying consumer goods are the major challenges of consumer cooperatives. On the contrast, the opportunities of consumer cooperatives were: market instability and inflation as the cause of member size increment, government initiative to support the cooperatives, force of inflation as an opportunity of membership size increment, government regulation structures from federal down to wereda level and positive attitude of members towards the growth of the cooperatives. The researcher recommended the government by facilitating a returnable credit access, planning to form potential unions that distribute basic consumer goods, awareness creation to members and leaders to have sense of ownership and; the consumer cooperative leaders should be responsible and accountable to the cooperatives and the consumer cooperatives should hire permanent employer.