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A Case for Deepened Construction Supply Chain Management in South African State-Owned Enterprises
Fidelis A. Emuze
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DOI:doi: 10.17265/2328-2142/2025.01.005
Department of Built Environment, Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa
The purpose of this paper is to present the preliminary literature findings of a research project. The main project is set out to identify, analyse and report on performance requirements, mechanisms and actions required to address the performance of construction related small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) that are providing services for state owned enterprises (SOEs) in South Africa. The need for the project arose from the view that the absence of performance evaluation mechanism leads to the poor management of the performance of organisations involved in most SOE supply chain. This inevitably led to none creation of expected value in the system. Through a related literature study, the findings that have emerged so far suggest that it is notable that the SMEs related programmes in SOEs have not address performance and relationship management within their supply chain strategy in explicit terms as there is less or no means to record, measure and enhance SME contributions. These SMEs also recognise the fact that when their performances are poor and / or good, there is no difference and / or feedback mechanism to record it.
Construction, supply chain management, South Africa.
Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering 13 (2025) 45-51
doi: 10.17265/2328-2142/2025.01.005
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