Assessment of Warehouse Management of Ethiopian National Defense Main Department of Logistics in Adama City
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2016-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In most developing countries like Ethiopia the practices of warehouse management are optimally
underutilized and non-organized . There is a strong agreement on the need of researching the
gaps and major challenges of warehouse management practices and recommend feasible
solutions to the gaps.
Undeniable
warehouse management is an essential element of any supply
chain management effectiveness. Thus, this study has been carried-out to assess the practice of
warehousing management of spare parts chain management of the Ethiopian national defense
main logistics department at Adama city. A mixed method of research design has been used to
realize the objective just mentioned. Both primary and secondary sources were used. In today's
global business environment, computer systems are involved in business process providing
quality products and efficient services are vital to staying competitive. Warehouse must eliminate
inefficiencies, monitor productivity, and continually improve their operational performance in
order to keep pace. The sole purpose of conducting this research is to improve the warehouse
management activities used in our present time, warehouse management data base technological
development industry and the techniques that could improve the warehouse management in the
organization. This research paper has been organized in to five chapters. The first chapter deals
with Introduction which includes, background of the study, statement of the problem, basic
research questions, objectives of the study, significance of the study, scope of the study,
limitation of the study, organization of the study, and definition of terms. The second chapter
contained related literature review which focused on theoretical framework, warehouse
management conceptual issue, types of warehouses, purpose /functions of warehouse and
characteristics of ideal warehouse. The third chapter contained research methodology with study
area descriptions, study design, data collection methods and instruments, study population
sample size and sampling technique, pilot test, method of data analysis, ethical consideration,
validity and reliability. Chapter four also included data analysis, interpretation and discussion.
The last chapter has contained summary, conclusion and recommendation the study. This study
has been assessed based on heir relevancy priority
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Logistics, Ethiopian national