Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Business Administration
Advisor
Franz Gottleib
Abstract
Failure to sustain agriculture supply chain links with local producers may lead to supply chain disruptions affecting the flow of products and materials. Successful strategies are essential for agribusiness supply chain managers to maintain profitability. Grounded in the value-based supply chain model, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies agribusiness managers used to develop sustainable supply chain links with local producers to maintain profitability. Semistructured online interviews were conducted with six Cameroon agribusiness managers who developed sustainable supply chain links with local producers for more than 5 years. Data analysis of the interviews and administrative documents using Yin’s five-phase analysis led to four themes: forecasting and planning deliveries from local producers, stakeholder engagement and communication, organizing and coordinating value chain operations, and financial management. A recommendation is that agribusiness managers adopt integrated plans matching the output production plan of local producers with the input consumption plan of the buying organization. The implications for positive social change include the potential to increase the number of direct and indirect jobs within the value chain and broaden the availability of reliable local food supply throughout communities.
Recommended Citation
NGWA, EDWIN CHE, "Strategies for Developing Sustainable Supply Chain Links With Local Producers" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 12803.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/12803
