INFLUENCE OF TIMELY PAYMENT OF SUPPLIERS PRACTICE ON PROCUREMENT FUNCTION IN TEA MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN EASTERN REGION, KENYA
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The objective of this study was to find out the influence of timely payment of suppliers practice on procurement of tea manufacturing firms in Eastern Region, Kenya. A descriptive survey design was used. The target population included the employees in procurement department, transport department, marketing department and production department of Meru, Embu, Kiambu, Kirinyaga and Nyeri who were found in the Eastern Region. Each employee was given equal chance of inclusion and out of 148 employees. The study used 108 employees as sample size. Purposive simple random sampling technique was used to select respondents who participated in the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents. 81 filled questionnaires were returned for analysis. The data collected was fed in statistical packages of social science (SPSS). Thereafter a correlation analysis was used to determine the level of relationships between the variables and concluded that there is a strong positive relationship between timely payment of suppliers practice and procurement function of tea factories in the Eastern Region Kenya. Conclusion was that an increase in the timely payment resulted to an increase to the dependent variable. Recommendation from the study was that to embrace timely payment so as to improve quality of supplies.
Key Words: Timely Payment, Procurement, Tea Manufacturing Firms
CITATION: Theuri, M., & Mukanzi, C. (2019). Influence of timely payment on procurement function in tea manufacturing firms in Eastern region, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (1), 505 – 517.
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