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THE EFFECT OF OUTPUT MONITORING ON SUPPLIER LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE AND FLEXIBILITY: THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF BUYER-SUPPLIER INTEGRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES SUPPLY

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Title THE EFFECT OF OUTPUT MONITORING ON SUPPLIER LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE AND FLEXIBILITY: THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF BUYER-SUPPLIER INTEGRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES SUPPLY
 
Creator Salema, Gladness; University of Dar es Salaam
 
Description This paper examines the relationship between output monitoring and supplier performance. It focuses specifically focuses on buyer-supplier exchange relationships in delivering essential medicines in Tanzania, and examines the mediation effects of buyer-supplier integration on supplier’s flexibility and supplier logistics performance. The resource-based view of the firm was used to frame the relationships by considering output monitoring efforts and the buyer-supplier integration as resources aimed to improve performance. A survey data of 111 public-owned health facilities selected randomly after stratifying them into hospitals, health centres and dispensaries was used for final analysis. Structural equation modelling using Smart PLS3 was employed to ascertain the relationship between output monitoring, buyer-supplier integration and supplier logistics performance and flexibility. The research hypotheses focused on both direct and indirect effects. The results revealed that the buyer-supplier integration partially mediates the effects of output monitoring on supplier logistics performance while fully mediating the effects of output monitoring on supplier flexibility. The results of the study imply that buyer-supplier integration is critical for multiple dimensions of performance improvement.
 
Publisher University of Dar es Salaam
 
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Date 2020-05-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/bmr/article/view/3335
 
Source Business Management Review; Vol 22, No 2 (2019); 32-50
2546-213X
0856-2253
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/bmr/article/view/3335/3229
 
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