International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue VIII, August 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

The effects of supply chain resilience on purchasing performance during the Covid-19 period in Zimbabwe: A case of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.

Dumisani Mawonde¹, Lethy Simbabure², Lillian Kamvumbi³ and Peter Ngarize^4
1 Women’s University in Africa
²Bindura University of Science Education
³Bindura University of Science Education
⁴Women’s University in Africa

Abstract: The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic posed serious challenges on economic activities in many countries’ world over. Precisely, the pandemic ruined the operations of the manufacturing industry and this created severe shortages of supplies of materials and products in both overseas and local markets. The shortage of materials and products became a challenge for procurement functions in public and private sectors. This study therefore aimed to determine the effects of supply chain resilience on purchasing performance in the ministry of finance and economic development during the Covid-19 period. A quantitative approach was used and a sample size of 14 respondents for the questionnaire was selected from a target population of 15 employees working for the Procurement Management Unit in the ministry of finance and economic development. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 and the Analysis for Moment Structures (AMOS) version 22 programs were used to analyse quantitative data. The findings of the study show that supply chain resilience strategies have a significant positive effect on delivery time and insignificant positive effect on stock availability and purchasing costs. The study concluded that supply chain resilience strategies such as electronic procurement, buyer-supplier partnerships, agility and local sourcing have both positive significant and positive insignificant effect in enhancing purchasing performance in the ministry of finance and economic development in Zimbabwe during the Covid-19 period. Therefore, it is recommended that the Procurement Management Unit in the ministry of finance and economic development must implement the supply chain resilience strategies in order to enhance purchasing performance during the Covid-19 period.

Key words: supply chain, supply chain resilience, purchasing performance

I. INTRODUCTION

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted supply chains and this caused procurement challenges for organisations in both the public and private sectors. The pandemic disturbed the operations of manufacturing firms and this created serious shortages of supplies of materials and products in overseas and local markets in Africa (Wamba et al, 2020). Countries that rely on supplies of goods and services from overseas

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