Assessment Of Pharmaceuticals Warehousing Practice: The Case Of Pharmaceuticals Fund And Supply Agency, Central Level, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Temesgen, Busha (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alene, Habtamu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-21T08:30:48Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T14:00:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-21T08:30:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T14:00:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-05-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this research was to assess the existing pharmaceuticals warehousing practices of Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency(PFSA). The researcher preferred to use a descriptive research type, which helps to use both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. The target population was 51 employees from warehousing and distribution unit of the case company. Questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Then, the collected data were analyzed quantitatively so that percentages, frequencies, mean, and standard deviation were used, and the analyzed data were presented in tables. The results of the study revealed that respondents rated the company’s overall warehousing practices below moderate except the packing and shipping activity which is little bit better practiced. There are also so many various challenges in performing warehousing activities: lack of designated receiving area, shortage of material handling equipment, insufficient storage space and long searching time of customer order are the most common once. Despite the limitations of warehouse space, PFSA should categorize storage spaces into different zones so that the pharmaceuticaAddis Ababa University ls of different characteristics will be transferred to their specific locations and stored with in the zone which will significantly decrease the long searching time of items for customer orders | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/17017 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pharmaceutical Warehousing Practice | en_US |
| dc.subject | Warehousing activity | en_US |
| dc.subject | warehouse space | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment Of Pharmaceuticals Warehousing Practice: The Case Of Pharmaceuticals Fund And Supply Agency, Central Level, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |