Abstract
The study sought to investigate the effects of Logistics Management Practices on Performance Food And Beverage Manufacuring Firms In Nairobi City County,Kenya. The study sought to accomplish the following specific objectives: to establish the effects of green technology on the Performance Food And Beverage Manufacuring Firms In Nairobi City County,Kenya, and to investigate how green technology affects on the Performance Food And Beverage Manufacuring Firms In Nairobi City County,Kenya. This research adopted a descriptive approach on the effects of Logistics Management Practices on performance of manufacturing firms. The target population of this investigation composed of the Management staff of mananufactering firm in kenya. Simple random sampling technique was applied to come up with a sample size where primary data was accumulated specifically from respondents and for this study the research used a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of close and open-ended questions. The research conducted a multiple regression analysis so as to determine the relationship between Logistics Management Practices and performance. The target population was 187 administration staff. The research used stratified random sampling procedure to select a sample size of 127 respondents. Quantitative data was collected using questionnaires and analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics using SPSS and presented using tables, pie charts and bar graphs. The results indicated that 94% agreed that green procurement impacts on organizational performance in the manufacturing firms, 75% of the respondents were of the sentiments that green technology significantly affects performance in the manufacturing firms. The coefficient of determination (R-square) was 0.728 implying that the four variables jointly accounted for up to 72.8% of the variation in Performance Food And Beverage Manufacuring Firms In Nairobi City County,Kenya. It follows 27.2% of the variation Performance Food And Beverage Manufacuring Firms In Nairobi City County,Kenya. The study recommends that another study should be carried out on the same topic that evaluates a broader range of the effects of Logistics Management Practicespractice on performance in the manufacturing firms or covers another industry in the economy such as the banking industry, transport industry, and the agricultural industry among others.
Key Words: Green Procurement, Green Technology, Logistics Management Practices