| dc.description.abstract | The study examined effect of Inventory Management Inventory practices on Operational Performance a case of Java House Uganda. The study specifically examined the effect of vendor managed inventory, first expired first out and just in time on the operational performance of Java House. The study adopted the Transactional cost analysis and Lean Theory to conceptualize the variables as used in the study. In the study, a cross sectional survey research design was adopted; simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 90 employees of Java House from a population of 102 respondents. Out of the 90 questionnaires administered, only 70 questionnaires were filled and returned constituting a response rate of 78%. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were used to collect data from Java House employees with the help of questionnaires and interview guides respectively. In the study, analysis was done at different levels first with descriptive statistics, followed by correlation and later regression analysis. The findings of the study revealed that vendor managed inventory was the strongest predictor of operational performance (Beta= 0.547, p=0.000), this was followed by first expired first out (Beta=- 0.415, p=0.001) and lastly just in time which was insignificant (Beta= -0.146 p=0.367). The study recommended that efforts should be done to implement vendor managed inventory fully put in place shelf life modelling strategy to monitor the expiry dates and use just in time strategy for all perishable inventory which is not imported from other countries.
Key words: Vendor Managed Inventory, First Expired First Out, Just in Time and Operational Performance. | en_US |
