| dc.description.abstract | Supplier Evaluation is key to the overall service delivery in an organization more so in the service
industries where quality and timely service delivery is considered critical. Many of the
procurement functions in the hospitals are mandated to ensure quality and timely deliveries of
hospital pharmaceuticals and non- pharmaceuticals items. Public Hospitals are facing numerous
challenges ranging from stockouts, capacity challenges both technical and financial from suppliers,
long lead times, and poor workmanship descending their performance as evidenced by the 2020
PPOA report which recommended Supplier Evaluation as a solution to these challenges. This
problem is however persistent in abate empirical application of supplier evaluation implementation
and research studies. It is with this regard that this study purposed to establish the effect of supplier
evaluation on the procurement performance of Public hospitals in Kisumu, Kenya. Specifically,
this study sought to determine the effect of supplier consistency, supplier competence, and supplier
production capacity on the procurement performance of Public Hospitals in Kisumu, Kenya. The
study was anchored on Agile Supply Chain Theory and Supply Chain Management Theory. A
correlational research design was adopted to carry out the study. The study target population was
63 drawn from JOOTRH, Kisumu County and Lumumba Hospitals which were selected using
census survey as the sampling technique. Primary data collected using structured questionnaires
will be used through the drop-and-pick method. A pilot study was conducted at Ahero County
hospital on 11 employees. Content validity was ascertained through expert review, the
recommendations of the experts were incorporated in the data tool. Cronbach’s alpha was used to
gauge internal reliability where a coefficient of 0.971 was established this being above the
allowable threshold of 0.7. The study established the following through multiple regression
analysis. A general beta constant of 2.055 and a p=0.011. This implies that a unit increase in
supplier evaluation all other factors held constant, would lead to a corresponding change of 2.055
in the procurement performance of the public hospitals in Kisumu at 95% confidence level. On the
effect of supplier consistency on the procurement performance of Public hospitals in Kisumu,
Kenya the study established (β = 0.213, p= 0.199 >0.05) this implies that a unit changes in supplier
consistency would lead to unit change(increase) in the procurement performance by 0.213 units,
this though is not statistically significant at α = 0.05. On the effect of supplier competency on the
procurement performance of Public hospitals in Kisumu, Kenya the study established (β = 1.136,
p = 0.000<0.05) this implies that a unit changes in supplier competence would lead to unit
change(increase) in the procurement performance by 1.136 units, this being statistically significant
at α = 0.05. On the effect of Supplier production capacity on the procurement performance of
Public hospitals in Kisumu, Kenya the study established (β = - 0.293, p = 0.075>0.05, this implies
that a unit changes in supplier capacity of production would lead to unit change(decrease) in the
procurement performance by -0.293 units, this not being statistically significant at α = 0.05. The
study therefore recommends the inclusion of supplier competency metrics into supplier evaluation
criteria and exclusion of supplier consistency and supplier production capacity from it. | en_US |
