The Effect of Warehousing Practices on The Pharmaceutical Warehouse Performance: The Case of Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Service Addis Ababa
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2023-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The general objective of the study is to examine the effect of Pharmaceutical Warehousing Practice on warehouse Performance at Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service. Both a quantitative research approach and an explanatory research design were used in this study. A census sampling technique was used to gather information about warehouse performance from the entire staff who were directly involved in managing warehousing practices (officers, warehouse managers, team leaders, technical advisers, and directors). Both descriptive and inferential data analyses were produced in this study. A 94% response rate was achieved out of 100 questionnaires, with 94 valid responses. A correlation coefficient known as Pearson's product moment was calculated. The variables were found to be statistically significant, and as a result, there is a positive and strong association between storage and Warehouse performance. All factors were determined to be statistically significant, except for dispatch, and it was found that there is a positive and very strong association between order picking, receiving, and put away and the performance of the Warehouse. Following the completion of multiple linear regression analysis, the adjusted R2 coefficient of determination revealed that 80.4% of the variance in pharmaceutical warehouse performance could be accounted for by the predictor variables (receiving, put-away, storage, order picking, and dispatch), indicating that the overall model fit was significant. Additionally, with a statistical significance level of 0.01& 0.05. Order picking, put-away, receiving, and dispatch were the most important variables determining the pharmaceutical warehouse performance. The study recommended the organization enhance warehouse practices (receiving, put away, storage, order picking, and dispatch) to ensure inventory accuracy and warehouse performance of pharmaceuticals.
Keywords: Pharmaceutical, Warehousing Practices (receiving, put-away, storage, order picking, and dispatch), Warehouse performance.
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