KAMPALA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT EFFECTS OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON THE PROFITABILITY OF SUPERMARKETS IN UGANDA CASE STUDY: EMBASSY SUPERMARKET AT NSAMBYA, K

ABSTRACT

Inventory management is a very important function in management especially for those

firms that invest heavily in inventory.

Inventory management generally looks at how best inventory (Raw materials, Work in

progress and Finished goods) can be planned, organized and controlled in an organization

so as to cut inventory cost and maximize its benefits towards the profitability and

efficiency of the business.

This is a research report of the research that was carried out on Uganda's Supermarkets

on how they handle inventory management and how it affects their profitability and

efficiency and how best it can be improved.

The report was presented in five chapters summarized as follows;

Chapter One; This chapter gave the background and introduction to the research, the

objectives of the research, the hypothesis, the scope and significance of the study.

Chapter two; this chapter establishes the existing literature from different sources about

inventory management and also shows the relationship and usefulness of this literature to

this particular study.

Chapter three; this one explains how the research was carried out giving the study

design, nature of the data collected, data collection methods, analysis and presentation of

data. It also gives the limitations and the limitations faced during the study.

Chapter four; this brings out the research findings, their interpretation and implications

in a bid to achieve the research objectives and answer the research questions.

Chapter five; this chapter gives the summary of the research the recommendations of the

researcher and the general conclusion to the research.

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