The Effect of Procurement Practices on Service Delivery: A Case Study of VRA, Ghana

Anane, Augustine; Adoma, Victor; Awuah, Gabriel Baffour

doi:10.9734/ajeba/2019/v13i130164

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“…The study finds that procurement planning has a positive and significant effect on the procurement performance of tertiary institutions. This confirms earlier work by [15], who studied the effect of procurement practices on the procurement quality of public sugar manufacturing firms in Western Kenya and reported a positive and negligible impact on procurement efficiency. It also provides support to [16] who concludes that procurement planning enhances supplier's performance in service delivery.…”

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The Effect of procurement process on procurement performance of public tertiary institutions in Ghana

Awuah¹,

Anane²,

Egyir³

2022

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of procurement process on tertiary institutions in Ghana. The objectives of the study include examining the effect of procurement planning on procurement performance of public tertiary universities, assessing the effect of procurement controlling on procurement performance of public tertiary universities and ascertaining the effect of procurement monitoring on procurement performance of public tertiary universities. A casual research design and cross-sectional data were collected from employees of various tertiary institutions in Ghana to answer the questions the study wanted to address. The data was collected from the respondents was entered into SPSS. The SPSS output was then used to run the regression output as well as the descriptive statistics for data analysis. The results were then presented using tables. The study finds that procurement planning, procurement control and procurement monitoring has a positive and significant effect on the procurement performance of the tertiary institutions used for the study. The study recommends that steps are taken to train the members of staff of all public institutions on the relevance of the procurement process to the success of these institutions. It is further recommended that auditors in public tertiary institutions take steps to uncover any procurement breaches that occur in these institutions so that action is taken to correct such procurement breaches.

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Section: The Effect Of Procurement Planning On Procurement Performancesupporting

confidence: 90%

The Effect of procurement process on procurement performance of public tertiary institutions in Ghana

Awuah¹,

Anane²,

Egyir³

2022

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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“…This finding has been supported by previous empirical studies (Van Weele and Van Raaij, 2014; Torabi et al. , 2018; Anane et al. , 2019) which concluded that exposure to procurement process risk leads to project failure and performance issues arising from poor product specifications, poor supplier selection and procurement delays.…”

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Procurement process risk and performance: empirical evidence from manufacturing firms

Nyamah

Feng

Nyamah

et al. 2022

BIJ

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PurposeThis paper employs the positivism paradigm, quantitative approach and explanatory research design. It analyses primary data obtained from manufacturing firms via structured questionnaires and uses the partial least square-structural equation modelling technique to establish the effect of individual procurement process risk on procurement performance.Design/methodology/approachProcurement risks are inevitable in manufacturing procurement process; a situation that could undermine the performance of manufacturing firms if not properly managed. Yet, with procurement accounting of about 14–19% of developing countries gross domestic product, the effects of procurement process risk on performance remain scarce in manufacturing firms in developing countries. Therefore, the paper aims to investigate the effect of procurement process risk on procurement performance of manufacturing firms.FindingsIn this paper, five out of the six procurement process risks studied were found to be undermining procurement performance of manufacturing firms significantly. However, the risk threshold effect on the performance differs.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough this research is geographically/sector bias, several insightful managerial implications can be drawn to manage procurement process risk in manufacturing settings irrespective of the area of operation. The results of this research imply that manufacturing firms' procurement process is risk prone and the effect of risk surrounding each procurement process on procurement performance differs. Hence, the need to identify and analyse the risks surrounding each procurement process before making managerial decision to spend firms limited resources in response to the individual risk to improve procurement performance in the manufacturing sector.Originality/valueThis paper is the first to provide existing and future procuring practitioners/firms with in-depth empirical evidence of the effect of the procurement process risks on procurement performance in manufacturing firms operating in developing economies.

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“…For example, public organizations can receive goods, works and services for day-to-day operations through public procurement. Also, the public can access services provided by the government through effective public procurement practices in public organizations (Abioro, 2021;Anane et al, 2019;Basheka, 2021). For instance, governments can procure health equipment and medicines to enhance health service delivery to the public (Adusei, 2018;Israel et al, 2019;Miller and Lehoux, 2020).…”

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Obtaining the best value for money through procurement planning: can procurement regulatory compliance intervene?

Changalima

Ismail

Mwaiseje

2022

JMB

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PurposeWhile empirical studies establish the importance of procurement planning in achieving value for money (VfM) in procurement, there is scant evidence demonstrating a link between procurement planning and procurement regulatory compliance, and thus VfM. As a result, this study examined how procurement regulatory compliance can be applied when procurement practitioners in Tanzania seek to maximize VfM through procurement planning.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional research design was adopted from which data were collected once through a structured questionnaire. The structural equation modeling (SEM) and Hayes' PROCESS macro test for mediation analysis were used to analyze the collected data.FindingsProcurement planning has a significant and positive relationship with procurement regulatory compliance (ß = 0.491, p < 0.001). Procurement regulatory compliance has a significant and positive relationship with VfM in procurement (ß = 0.586, p < 0.001). Results also show that procurement planning is a significant positive predictor of VfM (ß = 0.257, p = 0.005). Furthermore, the bootstrapping confidence intervals revealed that procurement regulatory compliance significantly mediates the relationship between procurement planning and VfM in procurement.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the study was able to accomplish its overall objective, it is limited in terms of the geographical setting under which the study was conducted. Hence, the generalization of research results should be made with caution as each country has specific public procurement laws and regulations governing the conduct of procurement activities in the public sector.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the growing debate on achieving VfM in procurement activities. The study adds to the literature on public procurement by establishing the mediation effect of procurement regulatory compliance on the quest toward achieving VfM in public procurement.

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The Effect of Procurement Practices on Service Delivery: A Case Study of VRA, Ghana

Cited by 9 publications

References 31 publications

The Effect of procurement process on procurement performance of public tertiary institutions in Ghana

The Effect of procurement process on procurement performance of public tertiary institutions in Ghana

Procurement process risk and performance: empirical evidence from manufacturing firms

Obtaining the best value for money through procurement planning: can procurement regulatory compliance intervene?

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