Assessment of Warehouse Management Practices and Its Challenges: the Case of Dashen Brewery SC
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2023-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The study focused on assessing the warehouse management practices of Dashen Brewery
Share Company. The study's goal was to assess Dashen brewery Share Company's
warehouse management practices and difficulties. In addition to the general goal, the
study also aimed to accomplish some specific goals, such as reviewing Dashen brewery
Share Company's warehouse management practices, major obstacles or bottlenecks, the
technology used to manage the daily activities of the warehouse, and the level of
warehouse performance and capacity. To collect the relevant data, the researcher used
both input and promotional warehouses in Addis Ababa and Debre Birhan sites. The
researcher adopted descriptive research design.71 employees from warehouse, finance,
logistics, procurement and quality control departments were included in the study. The
pertinent information acquired from primary as well as secondary sources. Generally,
some findings indicate that Dashen Brewery SC's warehouse management practices are
modest in terms of space utilization, warehouse standardization, technology use, and
other safety measures. It has also discovered that the major challenges affecting the
company's warehouse management practice, including a small labor force as compared
to the work load, internal management problems, a lack of trainings, redundant processe
and insufficient budget to standardize warehouse features.. Finally, based on the gaps
identified, the company should streamline its warehousing operations by improving
warehouse standardization, staff knowledge of warehousing operations, improving
security and safety measures, and exploring the possibility of digitalizing warehousing
operations
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Warehouse, Technology