QUALITY OF FIRMS'-SUPPLIERS' INTEGRATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: PERCEPTION OF MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN HAWASSA, ETHIOPIA

This purpose of this study is to assess the effect of quality of suppliers'-firms' integration on organizational performance of manufacturing firms. The research type is descriptive which involved quantitative design. Primary data used was through the administering of questionnaires while secondary sources like past studies and archives was accessed from various databases like journals, business source premier in order to obtain some reliable literature and empirical findings that was applied in order to have a better understanding about the suppliers' integration practices and its impact on performance. Through using simple random sampling method questionnaires was distributed to the respondents. The sample sizes designed and distributed for the study under consideration was 342 employees but actually returned and the analyzed was 229. Quantitative analyses employed with the use of statistical tools (descriptive and inferential). The findings show that organizational performance has a positive and significant relationship with each of the suppliers integration practices i.e. the Strategic Supplier Partnership practices, Customer Relationship practices, Level of Information Sharing practices, Quality of Information Sharing practices and Post ponement practices. A quality of organizational customer relationship has the strongest unique contribution to organizational performance. The second is levels of information sharing practices of then strategic supplier partnership, postponement an d Qualities of information. Therefore, manufacturing companies around Hawassa city should give due attention to the suppliers' integration practices in order to achieve its intended objectives and goals