An Assessment of Supply Chain Management of Zuma Bricks, Gusau, Zamfara State

Abstract

The work centered on the assessment of supply chain management of Zuma Bricks Nigeria Limited. The study attempts to assess the organization’s present supply chain management practice and its impact. The need to have an edge over competitors and enhance customer’s satisfaction by reducing cost and improve quality service delivery was the key issues that necessitated this research. The study identified the product of the company. The data were collected from the staffs of the company. An interview was conducted with the production manager of the company and thirty-four (34) questionnaires were administered to all the company staff while twenty-five (25) filled questionnaires were returned. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and results presented in form of tables. The result revealed that the organization’s supply chain strategy can be characterized as a push-based supply chain strategy which is slow to react to market changes, therefore stock-outs or excess inventory are common with high transportation and production cost. Findings also revealed that the company production strategy is Make-to-Stock (MTS).On the basis of the of the findings mentioned above, the recommendations are: the company should adopt a Pull-based supply chain strategy which is based on a true customer demand, where the company doesn’t need inventory because the supply process is triggered by customer order; distribution and sourcing material function should be outsourced to a third party company to cut cost and share risk; professionals in the field of supply chain management Should be employed and consistently train its staffs on current supply chain management practice.