Supply Chain Flexibility and Responsible Delivery Performance of Bricks Suppliers in South-South Nigeria.

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This study critically examined supply chain flexibility and responsible delivery performance of bricks suppliers in South-South Nigeria. The study adopted the correlational research design and the positivist research philosophy. The population of this study consisted of 126 registered bricks companies (suppliers) in South-South Nigeria. A sample size of 30 bricks suppliers was selected from the study population using judgmental sampling technique. The sampling units were made up of managers of the selected bricks suppliers in South-South Nigeria. Data were collected from the respondents using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data collected while the formulated hypotheses were tested using the Spearman Rank Order Correlation Coefficient (rho). The bivariate analysis was carried out using the SPSS software program version 24. The findings revealed that sourcing flexibility has a significant relationship with on-time delivery of bricks suppliers. This study also found a significant relationship between sourcing flexibility and cost-effective delivery of bricks suppliers. The study equally revealed that a significant relationship exists between distribution flexibility and on-time delivery of bricks suppliers. The study also discovered a significant relationship between distribution flexibility and cost-effective delivery of bricks suppliers. Based on these findings, it was concluded that supply chain flexibility is capable of improving the responsible delivery performance of bricks suppliers in South-South Nigeria. Hence, it is recommended that bricks suppliers in Nigeria should integrate high degree of flexibility into their supply chain network as it would improve their delivery in an uncertain environment.

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