Effect of Material Handling on Performance of Supply Chain; A Case Study of MAGERWA Ltd

Authors

  • MUNYABURANGA Theophile University of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda
  • Dr. RUSIBANA Claude, PhD University of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2233

Abstract

This study examined the effect of Material handling on performance supply chain. A case study of Magerwa Ltd. The target population was the Magerwa Ltd employees, the population target was 150 employees of Magerwa Ltd while undertaking sample size was 109 of respondents. Study employed descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, both qualitative and quantitative were used to analyse the data with assistance of SPSS software program version 25.0 descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to present frequencies tables, percentages, and mean and inferential analysis was employed in order to use Pearson correlation and multiple regression model to test the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable. Qualitative and quantitative analysis were used descriptive statistics were employed in order produce frequency tables, percentages and mean. Inferential statistics were used in order to use person correlation and multiple regression model to test and draw relationship between variables both for independent band dependent. The the effect of nature of materials for Material handling on performance of supply chain was analyzed. The overall means of results was 3.74, the effect of facility layout for Material handling on performance of supply chain.was analyzed, The overall means of results was 3.72 the effects of equipment reliability on performance of supply chain was analyzed. The overall means of results was 3.72, the effect of operation system for Material handling on performance of supply was analyzed.  The overall means of results was 3.59. The data of performance Supply chain was analyzed, the overall means of results was 3.73 depending on the results, it presents that the performance supply chain was on good grades. The indicated that the relationship material handling and performance supply chain between nature, facility layout, equipment reliability and operation system and performance supply chain was 0.780, 0.864 ,0.847 and 0.843 respectively, and the results presented than the variables were statistically significant with p value=0.000. The results presented the variables of material handling; the Nature was not statistically significant with p value=0.316b, the Facility layout was statistically significant with p value=0.000b, and the Equipment reliability was statistically significant with p value=0.000b. It concluded that there was a significant relationship between material handling and performance supply chain. The study recommended that MINICOM and MINIFRA should sensitize the citizens to be engaged in material handling as part of logistics in order to develop themselves be good citizens in the country.

Author Biographies

MUNYABURANGA Theophile, University of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda

Master of procurement and supply chain management, University of Kigali, Rwanda

Dr. RUSIBANA Claude, PhD, University of Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda

Senior Lecturer, University of Kigali, Rwanda

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2023-11-01

How to Cite

Theophile, M., & RUSIBANA, C. (2023). Effect of Material Handling on Performance of Supply Chain; A Case Study of MAGERWA Ltd. Journal of Procurement & Supply Chain, 7(3), 52–63. https://doi.org/10.53819/81018102t2233

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