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 Volume 12, Issue 1 (January 2025), Pages: 78-86

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 Original Research Paper

Optimizing supply chain performance in Somali SMEs: The role of internal and external integration

 Author(s): 

 Liban Abdullahi Jama *, Ibrahim Hassan Mohamud, Mohamed Abdinor Hassan

 Affiliation(s):

 Faculty of Management Science, SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6465-4906

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.01.007

 Abstract

This study explores how supply chain integration (SCI) affects the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Data were gathered through surveys from SMEs in Mogadishu, Somalia, involving supply, logistics, and operations managers as well as employees. The findings indicate that SCI significantly enhances performance in areas such as cost efficiency, product quality, delivery timeliness, and operational effectiveness. The study highlights the importance of not only internal integration but also strong connections with suppliers and customers. It adds to existing research by providing empirical evidence on the performance benefits of supply network integration and the factors driving these improvements. The study recommends that managers adopt a comprehensive strategy to strengthen both internal integration and collaboration with external supply chain partners.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Supply chain integration, SME performance, Cost efficiency, Operational effectiveness, Supplier collaboration

 Article history

 Received 29 July 2024, Received in revised form 20 November 2024, Accepted 22 December 2024

 Acknowledgment

We are grateful to SIMAD University for their helpful monetary assistance, which has been instrumental in the successful publication of this research. The progress of our research has been significantly influenced by their support.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Ethical considerations

This study followed ethical guidelines with informed consent obtained from all participants. Data were collected anonymously and kept confidential for academic use only. The study was approved by SIMAD University’s Ethical Review Committee, adhering to the Declaration of Helsinki principles.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Jama LA, Mohamud IH, and Hassan MA (2025). Optimizing supply chain performance in Somali SMEs: The role of internal and external integration. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(1): 78-86

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