Effect of Supply Chain Uncertainty on the Performance Of Poultry Firms in Dormaa Ahenkro Municipality, Ghana: the Moderating Role of Supply Risk Management

Abstract

ABSTRACT Supply chain uncertainty associated with global supply chain management has created a discourse among practitioners and academics. This event is evident in the businesses as supply chain management uncertainties keep growing, thus threatening the entire network flow and performance. This study aims to provide empirical evidence for supply risk management moderating supply chain uncertainty and performance in poultry firms. The study used an explanatory research design backed by a quantitative research approach. The population of the study was 182 registered members of the Dormaa Poultry Farmers Association. The census sampling technique was used for the study, thus all 182 registered members. The study's findings showed that the predictive capacity of supply chain uncertainty to cause a positive but weak variance in performance was statistically significant, and the predictive capacity of supply risk management to cause a positive but weak variance in performance was also statistically significant. Again, the findings showed that supply risk management significantly moderated the relationship between Uncertainty and performance. It was, thus, concluded that the management of these poultry farms can, therefore, put in place clear measures that can help identify and deal appropriately with Uncertainty and supply risk management practices that brought about the positive variance performance. It was recommended for the various poultry farms to institutionalize periodic research in its management of Uncertainty to timely diagnose grey areas in its Uncertainty that could be well managed scientifically to improve the impact and policies on the performance of the poultry industry