Abstract:
In today’s world, procurement performance in private sugar firms is one of the emerging
issues of concern. Sugar firms are still hurtling down on cost even when the effects are
detrimental to the product’s quality. In some scenarios, the quality dimension gets altered
to save cost, and the management holds high optimism hoping the quality risk does not
get discovered. The main objective of the study was to establish the effect of information
sharing on the procurement performance of private sugar firms in Kenya. The study was
guided by: Information Theory, Principal Agent Theory, and Stakeholders’ Theory.
Positivism research philosophy was used. The study adopted a descriptive research
design. The target population of the study was 50 respondents from ten private sugar
manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study employed census sampling. Questionnaires
were used to collect primary data. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential
statistics that involved multiple linear regressions showed that information sharing,
supplier training, contract management and strategic alliance explained 62.9% of
variations in the procurement performance of private sugar firms in Kenya. Regression
coefficients of 0.354 for strategic alliance indicated that embracing supplier management
practices improved procurement performance.
