ROLE OF E-REQUISITION ON PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE OF NORTH RIFT COUNTY ASSEMBLIES IN KENYA
Derick Kimutai Bartai - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Geoffrey Kimutai - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
ABSTRACT
Electronic procurement systems represent an important development for the purchasing process offering benefits to the organization through purchase process efficiency gains and price reductions enhanced collaborative relationships and significant opportunity for improving the internal service and statues of the purchasing function. The examined the role of e-requisition on procurement performance of North Rift County Assemblies in Kenya. The research was guided by Resource Based Theory. The research used descriptive survey design. The study targeted a population was 468 respondents. The researcher used stratified method in sampling the data. After data collection, the data were coded, organized and edited to remove any inconsistencies, repetitions or errors. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24 was used in the analysis. The study analyzed data using both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (multiple regressions). The study findings rejected that null hypotheses because there was a significant role of e-requisition on procurement performance (p<0.05), and procurement performance of North Rift County Assemblies in Kenya (p<0.05). The study recommended that county assemblies should improve rate of adoption of e-procurement in order to improve their procurement performance. This will help in minimizing constant focus on transparency and visibility of all the operations in the procurement departments. The study recommends that department of procurement should gather information from both customers and suppliers in real time. The effect of this is that procuring entities are able to address and manage customer specifications better. Customer feedback is used by the procuring entity to help suppliers improve their products while supplier communication enables the procuring entity to manage customer expectations and concerns.
