• Ikegwuru, Mac-Kingsley
• Harcourt, Horsfall

Abstract This study logically considered the influence of software as a service on supply chain performance of retail petroleum marketing firms in Rivers State of Nigeria. A connecting blueprint exploration and a replica were invented en route for validating the three suppositions of interest. The simple random technique was assumed to select 202 personnel out of 55 retail petroleum marketing firms reflected on and quantitative facts attained by means of a controlled questionnaire. The investigation espoused descriptive statistics, regressions and analysis of variance course of action to establish that software as a service is serviceable in engineering supply chain performance. The results established that software as a service was affirmative and significant in manipulating logistics process flexibility, order fulfillment, and information sharing, and concludes that the outcome of the quantitative analysis make obvious to facilitate software as a service programmes of retail petroleum marketing firms in Rivers State as manipulating supply chain performance. The implication for managers is that they will now embrace software as a service to boost supply chain performance in their organizations, so as to make a difference and enhance competitive advantage in the market place. The study recommends that Managers of retail petroleum marketing firms should focus strategically on software as a service to initiate greater performance. Supplementary inquisitions on software as a service and supply chain performance can be carried out in other quarters to validate outcome of this study.

Key Words: Retail petroleum marketing firms, Rivers State, Software as a service, Supply chain performance.

"Software as a Service and Supply Chain Performance: Evidence from Nigerian Retail Petroleum Marketing Firms", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 12, page no.258-266, December-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912033.pdf

"Software as a Service and Supply Chain Performance: Evidence from Nigerian Retail Petroleum Marketing Firms", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 12, page no. pp258-266, December-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912033.pdf