EFFECT OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT ON SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE. A CASE OF MAGERWA LTD

The research study was Effect of logistics management on supply chain performance. A case of Magerwa Ltd ,the target population was 200 employees and sample size was the same as 200 respondents .The study applied theories in order to show coherences of Literature o the study and these included of Revealed Preference Theory Firm Theory and Theory of Constraints Study employed descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, and data was analyzed with aid of SPSS software program version 25.0 ,descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were employed to present frequencies tables, percentages, mean and standard deviation and Inferential analysis was used in order to use Pearson correlation and multiple regression model to test the relationship between the independent variables and dependent variable. Descriptive statistics used to produce frequency tables, percentages, mean and standard deviation. Inferential statistics were used in order to provide person correlation and multiple regression model to test and draw relationship between variables both for independent band dependent, was influence of packaging logistics. The overall means of results was 4.44, the effect of warehousing management. The overall means of results was 4.38, the effect of inventory management. The overall means of results was 4.34, effect of distribution management. the overall means of results was 4.42 and the data on supply chain performance was analyzed, the overall means of results was 4.69, depending on the results, it presented that the supply chain performance was on good grades. It showed that the relationship between Packaging logistics, warehousing management, inventory management, distribution management and supply chain performance was 0.795, 0.625,0.772 and 0.727 respectively, The results present the variables of logistics management; Packaging logistics was statistically significant with p value=0.000b, the warehousing management was statistically significant with p value=0.000b, and inventory management was statistically significant with p value=0.001b and the distribution management was not statistically significant with p value=0.0585b.It concluded that there was a significant relationship between the role of value chain strategy in logistics and supply chain performance. The study recommended that MININFRA and MINICOM jointly as ministries can be in charge in mobilization of community at large in Rwanda, for them to be part and be involved in logistics and supply chain performance and come up with management works to attain money personal economic enhancement.