ASSESSMENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICEINCASEOF SEMIRA FLOUR FACTORY IN WOLKITE TOWN

Abstract

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the means by which firms engaged in creating,distributing, andselling products, can join forces to establish a supply network with an unbeatable competitive advantage-has emerged as one of the most powerful business improvement tools around. Companiesall over the world are pursuing supply chain as the latest methodology to reduce costs, increase customer satisfaction, better utilize assets and build new revenues. The purpose of this paperwastoexamine the practices of supply chain management in the case of Semira Flour Factory inWolkite Town . For the accomplishment of this, the study employed descriptive design. Both primaryand secondary sources of data were used for this study. In order to collect the primary datathe researcher used closed ended and open ended question and structured interview. And also secondarydata was collected through reviewing company’s reports ,manuals, journals, publications, andbooks for assessing theories and principles related to the topic.The total numbers of Semira Flour Factory employees are 62 .So the researcher used census method. The questionnaire andinter viewswere used as instruments for data collection. The data was analysed by using descriptive statisticsand presented in tables. The major findings indicated that, most SCM practices are moderately practiced with in the Semira Flour Factory.Manufacturing, supply and demand uncertainties which conveys almost moderate mean values are the major headaches or challenges of the case company’sSC which prohibits ef ective implementation of SCM. Hence, the case company is suggested to improve its relationship with suppliers from simply buy-sale relationship to a modern supplychainrelationship through establishing strategic or long term relationship, contract, and continuousinformation sharing in order to minimize supply uncertainty which resulted in demand andsupply