| dc.description.abstract | This study looked at the effect of procurement management on the performance of SMEs in
Uganda with a case study of SMEs in Ndeeba trading center. Specifically the study reviewed
procurement planning, controls and monitoring and how they affected the performance of
SMEs in terms of market share, costs of operation, sales growth and profitability. Due to high
competition among businesses, management is left with only procurement related
expenditures to improve its performance.
A case study design was used and data was collected from the owners and employees of
SMEs and the study had 30 respondents from the targeted population of 32; this sample was
selected using random sampling technique. The data from primary and secondary sources
was analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively using the Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences to examine the relationships between procurement management and performance of
SMEs.
The key findings of the study indicated that procurement management and its attributes
(procurement planning, controls and monitoring) positively affects the performance of SMEs
due to the significant relationships that were established from the study between these
variables and the performance of the SMEs.
From the study, it was recommended that proper procurement planning; controls and
monitoring techniques should be put in place to improve on performance of SMEs in terms of
increased profitability, operation costs, market share and sales growth. Further research was
recommended to cover other factors which were not part of the model of the study. It was
found out that procurement management positively affects the performance of SMEs in
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