Logistics Support And Achievements Of Concern Worldwide Programs In Katanga Province, Democratic Republic Of Congo

ABSTRACT

The study establishes the relationship between Logistics support and achievements

of Concern Worldwide programs in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

The study was guided by the following objectives:- To determine the demographic

profile of the respondents in terms of: gender, age, educational qualification and

length of experience in procurement and supply activities; to determine the level of

Logistic support in Concern Worldwide programs in terms of;-communication,

production and operations, transportation and vehicle routing, warehouse

management and distribution strategies, inventory management, product design, and

material handling and order picking; to determine the level of achievement in

Concern Worldwide programs in terms of;- transparency, quality, efficiency, actual

performances, strategies and competitiveness; to determine if there is a significant

relationship between the level of logistics support and the level of achievement in

Concern Worldwide program.

The main instruments for data collection were basically questionnaires but

also face-to-face interviews were conducted using an interview guide.

The target population was 135 of which a total of 101 respondents were

selected. The research was principally descriptive involving both qualitative and

quantitative techniques of data analysis. Various data analyses procedures were

applied: descriptive analyses, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, single regression and

multiple regression analyses in order to achieve the objectives of the study.

Data collected using questionnaires and a structured interview guide was

analyzed using frequency counts in form of percentages and was later tabulated to

determine the relationship between variables.

The findings reveal that there is a significant correlation between Logistics

support and achievements of concern worldwide programs in Katanga province.

Once the above aspects are attended to, the Logistics support is very useful vice in achievements of Concern worldwide programs.a