Supply Chain Management Practices of ESCO Philippines Inc.

The main purpose of this study is to assess the supply chain management practices of ESCO Philippines Inc. This study aimed to investigate and present the relationship of the supply chain management practices in terms of procurement, warehousing, and transportation activity. Specifically, the study sought to determine practices being implemented in the entire supply chain of the company and propose strategic actions based on the findings of the study that may contribute to the operational success of their supply chain. In this study, the descriptive research method was used to define ESCO Philippines Inc.’s current supply chain management whereas adopted and modified survey questionnaires from previous related studies were used to gather data from a total of 64 respondents coming from the supply chain department. The findings revealed that warehousing management got the lowest composite mean among the three practices being evaluated and there was a positive relationship among the supply chain practices. The results also showed a Medium Correlation between the variables. This study solely focused on supply chain practices that were being implemented in ESCO Philippines Inc. which falls under the Retail Industry and therefore results should be cautiously extended to other companies within the same industry for future references.

Keywords –Procurement and Inventory, Retail Industry, Transportation, Warehousing