ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between supplier evaluation and organizational competitiveness. The objectives were to determine the various supplier evaluations at Tororo cement, to examine the effectiveness of the evaluation and to assess the relationship between supplier evaluation and organisational competitiveness at Tororo cement. The study was conducted based on 60 respondents were the data was collected through closed-ended questionnaires. The researcher attained information from the respondents by virtue of self-administered questionnaires. The study adopted a case study design based on both quantitative approaches where the data analysis was done using an excel tool to determine the frequency and percentages The results reveal that supplier evaluation criteria were overall fairly conducted. The study concludes that Tororo cement needs to intensify the need for a developed focus on supplier evaluation criteria in the organisation. On the second objective, the degree of effectiveness of the findings reveals that the state of the effectiveness of the evaluation at Tororo cement provided for the determination of the means of the competitiveness, and the degree of effectiveness provided an adequate value for the resources necessary for the attainment of the status of Tororo cement. The study conclude that the state of the relationship was positive and generated cost-effectiveness in the means of design and efficiency for the management of the resources for the organisations in the design and provided avenues of the attainment of organisation effectiveness. ‘The researcher recommends that a thorough analysis and application of the supplier evaluation affected and done in order to improve the state of the bid evaluation in the organization. Proper technical and financial evaluations are needed to enhance the operation of the procurement process necessary for improved attainment of the financial value of the bids. Secondly, there is a need for improving the technical skills acquisition of the stakeholders in the l)1’ocuren~ent process. These stakeholder interests are usually quite diverse.. There is a need for proper adherence to the regulations by the evaluation committees in order to provide value for the procurement processes.
