Assessment of fleet management practices in bottled water companies and its implication for operational performance: case of Aqua Addis bottled water company - Asku Plc
| dc.contributor.advisor | Temesgen, Busha (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ambaye, Tsige | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-22T07:33:23Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:00:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-22T07:33:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:00:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Fleet management concerns with the management of a company’s vehicles which includes the purchase, maintenance, inventory, disposal and work scheduling with the main objective of to achieve efficiency and productivity for the organization. The main purpose of this study was to assess the effect of fleet management practices on operational performance of Asku Plc, the ‘aqua addis’ bottled Water Company. This study attempts to see the impact of maintenance and repair, vehicles fuel management, vehicles tracking system and driver management and training on the operational performance of the company. The study has incorporated both primary and secondary source of data. The primary data was collected using questionnaire. Secondary data was collected from journal articles, internet website, annual report and magazines. Out of 117 total populations and 67 samples size 54 valid responses were collected. Descriptive data analysis method through the use of Statistical packages for social science (SPSS) version 20.0 software was used to analyze the data. Inferential statistics such as ordered logit model were employed in order to answers the basic questions. The study incorporates four independent variables in which all of them were measured on a 5-point Likert-Scale. Apparently, mean was used as a measure of central tendency. The results indicate that, operational performance of Asku Plc is strong by improving the fleet management practices. The study also found that all variables except drivers’ management and training have significant effect on operational performance of the business company. Fuel management and vehicle tracking system has positive impact on operational performance whereas vehicles maintenance and repair has a negative impact. Finally, the results on the conclusion entails us that the four research questions developed in this study were considerably rated all above average mean by the employees which actually indicates the organization fleet management practices are in a good manner. And also, the study recommends proper maintenance and repair, fuel management, vehicle tracking and drivers management practices in order to bring effective operational performance | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/20226 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fleet management. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Maintenance and Repair, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Vehicles tracking, | en_US |
| dc.subject | fuel management, | en_US |
| dc.subject | Operational performance, | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of fleet management practices in bottled water companies and its implication for operational performance: case of Aqua Addis bottled water company - Asku Plc | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |