Ruiru Feeds Ltd often concentrated on their operations without creating relationships with other similar business partners that operate on a similar scale with the enterprise (Kamunge et al., 2014). They have found themselves at a disadvantage as to managing their relationships with suppliers since their suppliers are bigger businesses. Hence, the enterprise doesn’t have the scale to create leverage (Nyambura, 2017). This leads to creating bottlenecks in the workflow and thus affecting the operations and financial performance of the enterprise (Nanjekho, 2014).
Many studies have recently been undertaken around SMEs’ financial performance (Agyemang & Ansong, 2017; Ainin et al., 2015; Wakaba, 2014), and despite the studies, none has been able to focus on SCM and financial performance of SMEs, thus presenting a research gap. Most of the studies have been done on larger firms (Ağan et al., 2016; Banker et al., 2014; Laari et al., 2016) and definitely, it is also inappropriate to compare findings of the literature on larger firms to smaller firms since there are several key differences between the two (Storey et al., 2016). Therefore, the purpose of this study will be to examine how Ruiru Feeds Ltd has been able to manage its supply chain and how the management, in turn, has impacted its financial performance.
Objectives of the study
General Objective of the Study
This study’s general objective was to establish the impact of the supply chain management on financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Kenya: a case study of Ruiru Feeds Ltd.
1.3.2. Specific Objectives of the Study
- To establish the role of core competency on financial performance of Ruiri Feeds Ltd.
- To evaluate the role of collaboration on the influence of supply chain management on