PROCUREMENT PROCESSES AND PERFORMANCE: EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROCUREMENT FUNCTION

PATRICK KAKWEZI, SONNY NYEKO

Abstract


For decades procurement performance has been attracting great attention from practitioners, academicians and researchers due to poor performance resulting from non-adherence to proper processes and procedures. This paper aims at identifying financial and non-financial measures that can contribute to improved performance of the procurement function. Literature suggests that procurement efficiency and procurement effectiveness of the purchasing function are measures of procurement performance. A survey instrument was developed and administered to a public entity in Uganda with a view to establish the importance of financial and non-financial measures in the performance of the procurement function. The paper concludes that other than financial measures, non-financial measures also contribute significantly in the procurement process and performance.


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