Browsing by Author "Mulugeta Selamawit"

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    Challenge of Logistics Management and Its Effect on Operational Performance in The Case of Unilever Manufacturing Plc
    (Addis Ababa University, 2019-05) Mulugeta Selamawit; Assefa Teklegiorgis
    Logistics management is that part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the effective flow and storage of goods, services and information between point of origin and the point of consumption. Outbound logistics is a logistics that is concerned with the movement of finished goods and necessary related information from the firm to the customer. The general objective of the study was to examine the challenges of logistics management and its impact on operational performance of Unilever Manufacturing PLC. The specific objectives for study were: to establish logistics management activities employed in Unilever Manufacturing, to examine the challenges of logistics management in Unilever Manufacturing and to determine the effects of logistics management on the operational performance of Unilever Manufacturing. The study adopted both descriptive and explanatory research designs. Descriptive research design was used to describe various variables & explanatory research design has been used to establish the magnitude, direction and effect that logistics management activities have on the operational performance of the company. The population of this study consisted of all of the 115 clerical employees of Unilever Manufacturing based at the head office and factory at Dukem eastern industrial zone & no sampling technique was used. The questionnaire included open and closed ended questions for ease of administration. The data collected was inputted in and analyzed with the aid of SPSS version 23.Descriptive statistics was used for the first and second objectives as it enable the researcher to meaningfully describe the distribution of scores. For the third objective, inferential data analysis was done using multiple regression analysis to show the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable. The research findings has shown that Unilever Manufacturing faces challenges on the its practiced outbound logistics management activities of order processing management, inventory management, transportation management, information flow, warehousing and packaging. Finding also revealed that logistics management activities have an impact on operational performance which is in a positive trend. The study recommended that company must optimally manage all of its logistics activities in order to gain increased flexibility, quality of product and service, reduce its cost and also gain shortest delivery time.
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    Prevalence of Unsafe Abortion and Associated Factors among Women Attending the Maternal and Child Health Units of Public Health Centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2017-02) Mulugeta Selamawit; Hailu Aklilu
    Background; unsafe abortion in Ethiopia has long been recognized as among a leading causeof deaths and injuries to women. However there is limited scientific information available onthe women who seek unsafe abortion, factors which may be a cause for unsafe abortion. Objectives; The objective was to assess the prevalence of unsafe abortion and associated riskfactors among women attending maternal and child health units in public health centers inAddis Ababa. Methods; Institution based cross sectional study design was employed among 422 womenattending maternal and child health unit of selected health centres between September toOctober 2016 in Addis Ababa A structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used.The collected data was entered using Epi data 3.0 and analyzed using IBM StatisticalPackage for Social Sciences version 20.0. Descriptive statistics was used to describe thestudy variables. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the relative effect ofdeterminants. A P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results; About 422 women invited to participate and asked for consent. About 20 excludeddue to incomplete responses and refusal yielding 95.3% response rate. Among who have everbeen pregnant (279), about 114(31%) had abortions in their life, of these, unsafe abortion wasreported by 30 women (26%). Regarding the independent predictors, those who havecompleted primary education and above were about 10 times less likely in comparison withthose women whose educational status was below primary level, in comparison with thosewomen who replied abortion is legal, those who said it is allowed only in some cases wereabout 7 times more likely and those who replied not sure about its legalization were morethan 8 times more likely , compared with those women who have no live child currently;those mothers who have more than 3 children and1- 2 children were about ninety seven andtwelve times more likely to have unsafe abortion. Conclusion; Unsafe abortion is found to be high in Addis Ababa. Factors which include maternal educational status, knowledge regarding the legalization status of abortion inEthiopia, number of pregnancy and number of live children were found to be determinants ofunsafe abortion. Hence, health education regarding unwanted pregnancy, disseminatiinformation regarding the legal status of abortion as well as educating women isrecommended. Key words; unsafe abortion, prevalence, risk factors