Effect of supply chain practices on sustainable supply chain performance in Kenyan textile and apparel industry

Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of supply chain practices on sustainable supply chain performance in textile and apparel industry in Kenya. The major practices evaluated in the study were modularity based manufacturing, supply chain relationship, supply chain integration and supply chain responsiveness. For this, a cross-sectional study design was used. Census sampling was used to select participants and the firms to participate due to the small number of textile firms in Kenya. Therefore, 59 key informants were selected from 59 textile firms in Kenya. The findings revealed that modularity based manufacturing, supply chain relationship management, supply chain integration and supply chain responsiveness had a positive effect on supply chain performance in the textile and apparel industry in Kenya with modularity and supply chain integration being the strongest. Thus it can be concluded that supply chain practices are important factors to achieve improvement in theperformance of supply chains. The study recommends that textile and apparel firms in Kenya supply chain practices as a way to improving sustainable supply chain performance.