Supply Chain Management Research Proposal: Gowsaweyne Village, Somalia

This research proposal investigates supply chain management in Gowsaweyne village, Somalia, focusing on the challenges of managing supply chains in remote areas with poor infrastructure. The study aims to understand supply chain concepts, analyze the economic conditions of the village, investigate adopted strategies, and identify issues faced in supply chain management. The research employs a mixed-methods approach, utilizing secondary research to understand supply chain concepts and the economic context of Gowsaweyne village, and primary research through interviews to gather data on supply chain strategies. The proposal outlines the research objectives, questions, and data collection methods, emphasizing the significance of the subject area in supply chain management. The proposal also provides a detailed literature review and references related to the topic.

RUNNING HEAD: RESEARCH PROPOSAL 0
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN
GOWSAWEYNE VILLAGE, SOMALIA

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Research methodology.....................................................................................................................2
Research title...............................................................................................................................2
Research Objectives.....................................................................................................................2
Research questions.......................................................................................................................2
Data collection.................................................................................................................................3
Subject area......................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction
Supply chain management is the management of the flow of goods and services and
includes all processes that transform raw materials into final products. These activities are done
to increase the satisfaction among the customers (Christopher, 2016). However, it is difficult to
management the supply chain in the villages. Therefore, in this report the study is conducted to
investigate the supply change management in Gowsaweyne village, which is situated in Somalia.
Research methodology
Research title
The study is conducted to know the supply chain management in the remote areas of
Gowsaweyne village. The reason for selected the topic is to examining the better understanding
about managing the supply chain in the village of Somalia. It is because Gowsaweyne village has
poor infrastructure that is poor management of the water resources, poor transportation and
communication (Ismail, 2017). So, the present study deals with investigation supply chain in
Gowsaweyne village and also to analyzing the problems faced by the village in the management
of supply chain.
Research Objectives
The research objectives refer in providing the information about the aim of the study that is
the reason for conducting the study, the objectives of the study is connected with the research
questions as well as also from the hypothesis (Okunieff, et al., 2017). It shows the purpose of the
study, however, the objectives of present study are:-
 To understand the concept of supply chain and to analyzed the economic condition of
Gowsaweyne village.
 To investigate the strategies adopted for managing supply chain in Gowsaweyne village.
 To analyze the issues faced during the management of supply chain.
Research questions
It is the objective of the study as well as to investigate the problem; however, it also deals in
providing the information about the problem which is to be solved by conducting this study
(Long, 2017). Further, it also helps in finding the accurate method of data collection.

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 What is supply chain?
 Describe the economic condition of Gowsaweyne village?
 Which strategies are adopted for the supply chain management?
 What are the issues faced by Gowsaweyne village in the supply chain management.
Data collection
It is considered the procedure of gathering, analyzing as well as investigating the
information on the variables which is targeted by the researcher. It is done to provide the relevant
information about the research questions and to reach the final result (Sutton & Austin, 2015).
In this study the researcher wants to gather the information about the supply chain and
changes in the economic growth. The study is also conducted to gather the information about the
overall condition of infrastructure as well as the infrastructure facilities provided by the
government. Researcher collects the information about the supply chain in Gowsaweyne village
and to know the strategies adopts for their management. However, to gather this data, researcher
leads to adopt both the approach that is primary and secondary approach. The secondary
approach is adopted by reviewing various articles for providing information about the concept of
supply chain and to understand the economic condition of Gowsaweyne village. However,
primary study is conducted by taking the interviews from the target audience in Gowsaweyne
village. This helps the researcher in providing complete information about the strategies of
supply chain management.
Subject area
It is considered the subject, in which the whole research is conducted to get the final result of
the study (Zhang & An, 2018). It is considered significant because it shows the main subject
matter in which the researcher is concerned.
 The research is related to the subject area of supply chain management because in this
study the main purpose is to investigation about the supply chain management in
Gowsaweyne village.
 The study is also concerned in examining the problem faced in managing the supply
chain in Gowsaweyne village.

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References
Christopher, M. (2016). Logistics & Supply Chain Management. London: Pearson .
Ismail, A. H. (2017). Sero-Prevalence Study of Camel Trypanosomiasis in Selected Villages of
Galkayo, Somalia. Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine , 7 (4), 31.
Long, M. (2017). Instructed second language acquisition (ISLA): Geopolitics, methodological
issues, and some major research questions. Instructed Second Language Acquisition , 1
(1), 7-44.
Okunieff, P., Casey-Sawicki, K., A. Lockney, N., S. Hoppe, B., Enderling, H., Pinnix, C., et al.
(2017). Report from the SWOG radiation oncology committee: research objectives
workshop. Clinical Cancer Research , 24 (15), 3500-3509.
Sutton, J., & Austin, Z. (2015). Qualitative research: Data collection, analysis, and management.
The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy , 68 (3).
Zhang, B., & An, B. (2018). Clustering time series based on dependence structure. PloS one , 13
(11).