Abstract:
This paper investigates the effect of supply chain practices on sustainable supply chain
performance in textile and apparel industry in Kenya. The major practices evaluated in the
study were modularity based manufacturing, supply chain relationship, supply chain
integration and supply chain responsiveness. For this, a cross-sectional study design was
used. Census sampling was used to select participants and the firms to participate due to
the small number of textile firms in Kenya. Therefore, 59 key informants were selected from
59 textile firms in Kenya. The findings revealed that modularity based manufacturing, supply
chain relationship management, supply chain integration and supply chain responsiveness
had a positive effect on supply chain performance in the textile and apparel industry in
Kenya with modularity and supply chain integration being the strongest. Thus it can be
concluded that supply chain practices are important factors to achieve improvement in theperformance of supply chains. The study recommends that textile and apparel firms in
Kenya supply chain practices as a way to improving sustainable supply chain performance.