Abstract
M.Com. (Business Management)
The study aimed to examine four main Supply Chain Management Risk Factors in Gauteng Provincial Treasury (GPT). The study provided a literature review of the risk factors in the public sector as well as provided validation of perceptions of supply chain management Officials in GPT regarding risk factors. Measuring the perceptions could enable better planning as the current remedial responses by the GPT to the risk factors have not been effective. The factors include the risk of skills shortage, a decentralised procurement system, limitations in the authority of the Auditor General and corruption and fraud in Supply Chain Management (SCM). A quantitative research method was used to effectively develop a scale for determining where to focus efforts on improving SCM implementation further. The quantitative data was collected using a survey strategy which was an anonymous questionnaire distributed to SCM officials in GPT. The results from the questionnaires confirmed that the department is susceptible to SCM risk factors, especially to fraud and corruption. The results from the questionnaires will assist the public sector as a whole to plan its SCM processes with a better focus on risks rather than the occurrence of challenges in supply chains. The study could assist policymakers as well as public officials in Gauteng Provincial Government to mitigate the risk in supply chain management before the risk occurs in public sector organisations.