ABSTRACT This study was conducted in Meru District, Arusha region. Specifically, the study assessed production performance of VCs; identified market chains and market opportunities; analyzed gross market margins and profit margins at different stages in the market chains. Data were collected from 90 farmers, 78 traders and 33 consumers, who were purposively sampled. Production performance of VCs was computed through descriptive statistics and cross tabulations. Results that indicated the mean...
Moving goods from their point of origin towards their final destination represents forward logistics while reverse logistics is the movement of products or materials in the opposite direction. Against this background, this paper examined and analyzed the various reasons for products return from the point of consumption to the point of sale, various sources of buyers/ service provider conflicts and the acceptable return policies of service providers by buyers in the e-commerce environment. The...
Abstract The research study was focused on evaluating the effectiveness of logistics system on company performance. The key objectives of the study were to identify the effects of availability of transportation on sales volume, to determine the effects of order processing on service quality and to establish the effects of packaging on brand image. Literature from different authors on the logistics system, components of logistics system (packaging, order processing and transportation) was re...
ABSTRACT The research study is about inbound logistics on company performance. The researcher aimed at determining the influence of Logistics Information management on the lead time, assessment on the effects of inventory management policies on reducing stock-outs, influence of transport system should be used on product delivery and inventory costs that are incurred and affects profitability of the company. The research was carried out at Browncast steel merchant company a member of steel me...
ABSTRACT In the early years, the use of humans and paper work in tracking distribution of goods was a norm but there was a gap in the chain process. The manual method or intervention is labour intensive, costly, and error prone and cannot ensure the inventory remains up-to-date due to oversight and internal shrinkage. Hence the need to replace human workers with technology in certain key areas to ensure productivity and profit. This project negates the manual method and highlights the proce...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to investigate the Relationship between Internal Auditing and Financial Management of three private electricity supply companies selected purposively and 122 employees in those companies selected by systematic method of sampling. This study was based on four objectives that were; 1) To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of gender, age, marital status, educational level, position in the company, number of years in the company and employment s...
Abstract: Sheep production is an integral part of the subsistence crop-livestock systems of Ethiopian highlands and plays crucial role in economic development and poverty reduction. In Ethiopia, there is a general increase in demand for sheep and goat meat both in the domestic and export markets. However, the supply of small ruminant markets is not well strategized as production is not market-oriented. Moreover, there is no livestock market information system that informs farmers about which...
ABSTRACT Empirical studies shows that distribution logistics impact tremendously on performance of an entire organization as it links the organization to the customers. Kibos sugar company report in 2016 revealed that there was a performance drop from 56% in 2014 to 47% in 2015 and this was attributed to distribution logistics. Therefore this study established factors affecting performance of distribution logistics among production firms in Kenya: a case of Kibos Sugar Company limited and all...
ABSTRACT Various methods throughout history have been used to identify objects. It was not until the Second World War that Radio Frequency use in identifying items was embraced. In 2008 European foresters (Germany and Finland) Korten and Kaul researched on the prospects of RFID in forest industry. Countries like Malaysia, Sweden and Canada have used RFID in their forest supply chain management. This study aims to explore how RFID can be used in Tanzania log tracking and monitoring system, ca...
ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at finding the causes as well as recommending possible solution to the organization and management problems of rural work supply of ANSWC Nnewi. Five research questions are formulated and tested with percentages and averages. Bases on the result some major findings were made as follows. 1.The majority of the responding households are the heads of their respective house holds of their respective households and title education or primary school level...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the causes of delayed lead time and their effects on productivity in organization. A Case study of Hawse McGeorge was examined and the results taken to represent other organizations. The specific objective of his study was to scrutinize how delayed lead times cause and to what extends it affects productivity at Hawse Me George Iaborex limited and some strategies that will bring improvement to the problem in the organization. The study identified factors that con...
ABSTRACT Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of human amoebiasis. It is one of the most common parasitic infections worldwide, third only to malaria and schistosomiasis. Amoebiasis infects approximately 50 million people causing 40,000 to100,000 deaths per annum. In Africa, infection varies in different countries depending on their social economic factors. Clinical manifestation of amoebiasis is due to existence of two morphologically identical species but have different biochemical...
ABSTRACT The research has studied the relationship between the environmental effects and the disposal of the substandard assets by the public utilities. Tanzania as a developing country face a problem of environmental effects due to mismanagement of substandard assets, procured by the public utilities. In most developing countries, like Tanzania, clear cut policies and procedure, rules and regulations, coordination in procurement activities, presence of corruptions and top management interfe...
Abstract Waste plastic disposal and excessive use of fossil fuels have caused environmentconcerns in the world. Both plastics and petroleum derived fuels are hydrocarbons thatcontain the elements of carbon and hydrogen. The difference between them is that plasticmolecules have longer carbon chains than those in LPG, petrol, and diesel fuels. Therefore, itis possible to convert waste plastic into fuels.The main objectives of this study were to understand and optimize the processes of plasticpy...
ABSTRACT Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) was a computer application package that automated processes in a business institution to make them easy to use, and also played a critical role in finance functions, human resource functions, supply chain management functions, administration management, ICT functions and project planning functions. There had been wide usage of ERP system in developed countries, while unindustrialized countries were slow in implementing ERP systems. Problems arisin...