Examining Factors Affecting Inventory Management Practice at Wollega University Main Campus

Muluwerk Wuletaw

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Examining Factors Affecting Inventory Management Practice at Wollega University Main Campus

Muluwerk Wuletaw

Published in Science Development (Volume 3, Issue 2)

Received: 5 May 2022 Accepted: 16 June 2022 Published: 30 June 2022

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Background: Researchers studied about inventory management practice and other related concepts, but it’s rare to find researchers work on the factors affecting inventory management practice in the case of universities, especially in Ethiopia. The researcher is interested in fulfilling the gap and aimed to show the advantage of having professional staff advanced inventory documentation/record, effective procurement practice, and well-organized storage facility. In case of Wollega University main campus. The main objective of this study was examining the factors affecting inventory management practice at Wollega University. Objective: researcher intended to examine the most crucial factors according to literatures that affect inventory management those are staff proficiency, facility management, procurement practice and documentation. Methods: to meet the objectives a sample of 324 employees were selected from each strata randomly out of 1731 total population. Explanatory research design was used, the study was both qualitative and quantitative (mixed approach) data was collected by mainly questionnaires to analyze data SPSS of computer software was used and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study finding shows the university is not given sufficient emphasis for staff proficiency the study was measuring the relationship between staff proficiency and inventory management there is strong positive relationship showing a unit improvement in staff proficiency will make inventory management practice better. Conclusion: the procurement practice is inefficient to handle the inventory management function. There is also moderate positive relationship between the effects of procurement practice and inventory management practice. Result shows procurement practice has the next most significant effect. Facility management also has a significant positive influence on inventory management practice.

Published in	Science Development (Volume 3, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.scidev.20220302.13
Page(s)	66-79
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Inventory Management Practice, Procurement Practice, Facility

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Department of Management, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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