SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND THE ORGAN IZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF LAFARGE AFRICA PLC, CALABAR

The main objective of this study was to examine the relationship between supply chain management and as the organizational performance of Lafarge Africa Plc, Calabar. The specific objective were to examine the relationship between Strategic supplier partnership and cost of production, to determine the relationship between customer relationship and the market share and to examine the relationship between level of information sharing and increase in output. The research design adopted for this study was the descriptive design. The researcher adopted the Simple Random sampling method in selecting respondents from the target population which comprised of top management, middle management and lower management staff of Lafarge Africa Plc, Calabar branch. The Taro Yamane formula was used to draw out the sample size. The primary data were generated from selfadministered questionnaire. To investigate the relationship between the dependent and independent variables, the Pearson product moment correlation (correlation coefficient) was used. The study found out that there significant relationship between strategic supplier partnership and cost of production. It was revealed that there is significant relationship between customer relationship and the market share. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between level of information sharing and increase in output. The study recommended that managers should take a serious attention on the relationship among supply chain management practices, and organizational performance improvement in the organization, and should have the correct mix of practices that would lead to improved performance as the combined effect is greater than for one practice. All manufacturing companies and other organizations are advised to embrace the concept so that they can be able to reap the benefits of adopting these practices.