Browsing by Author "Friday, Derek"

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    Collaboration Arrangements, Internet Technologies and Physical Distribution Service Quality
    (Universal Journal of Management and Social Sciences, 2012) Friday, Derek; Ntayi, Joseph M.; Muhwezi, Moses; Eyaa, Sarah; Tukamuhabwa, Benjamin
    The paradigm shift from traditional collaborations to E-collaborations is due to the continued developments in internet enabled communication technologies and globalization trends that have complicated supply chain management operations. Because of the dynamic environment and the need for firms to remain competitive, this study focused on establishing the significance of introducing internet technologies to increase the effect of collaboration arrangements on physical distribution service quality. Data was collected from 270 manufacturers and distributors in Kampala District and analysed using SPSS. The findings revealed that Internet technologies have a more significant relationship on collaboration arrangements than Physical Distribution Service Quality. The study also makes numerous contributions through identification of the internet technologies as an intervening variable and also provides practical implications on how to apply internet technologies in collaboration arrangements to improve PDSQ in Uganda’s’ beverage industry.
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    Road Communication Technologies and Safety Regulation Enforcement on Roads in Uganda
    (International Journal of Advances in management and Economics, 2012) Friday, Derek; Tukamuhabwa, Benjamin; Muhwezi, Moses
    The growing concern for safety regulation enforcement is attributed to the increasing carnage of road injuries and deaths from road accidents in Uganda. With bad driver behaviours accounting for 80% to 95% road crashes, this study sought to establish whether road communication technologies can improve safety regulation enforcement and deter such behaviour. Data was collected from 285 respondents comprising of traffic officers and analysed using SPSS. The study also critics the Risk Homoeostasis Theory and makes numerous contributions to theory and practice and also provides both policy implications and recommendations to improve road safety regulation enforcement.
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    Vertical Collaboration and Physical Distribution Service Quality in Uganda’s Soft Drinks Demand Chains
    (International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 2011) Friday, Derek; Ntayi, Joseph M.; Muhwezi, Moses; Eyaa, Sarah; Tukamuhabwa, Benjamin
    The purpose of this study was to explain physical distribution service quality in the soft drinks’ demand chain using the collaboration dimensions of information sharing, incentive alignment and decision synchronization. The study was motivated by the desire to explore an area that has been understudied in Uganda and also make a contribution by providing knowledge on the factors affecting the performance of soft drinks’ distribution chains. Data was collected from manufacturers and distributors in Kampala District. The findings revealed that the collaboration dimensions were significant predictors of physical distribution service quality. Incentive alignment was found to be a significant predictor of physical distribution service quality while decision synchronization and information sharing were insignificant predictors. This study makes numerous contributions that have been highlighted and also provides implications for theory and practice.