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 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 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...
Water is an integral part of many industrial processes and increasing demand for water for industrial uses will result from increasing economic activity.The water resources upon which industrial growth depends are under increasing stress and almost no economy will be spared the negative consequences of unsustainable use of this scarce resource. This study was designed to assess how industries and commercial enterprises in Athi River Town are managing water as a resource. It reviewed the exist...
ABSTRACT This research was motivated to appraise the evaluation of distribution channel in the logistics management of petroleum product using Oando plc as the case study. There was a problem of the tendency of distribution of those petroleum products to the Northern & Southern which effect to a scarcity of the product in other areas of the country. On the contrary to the problems of this research work, an objective came to be as to ascertain whether there is an effective and efficient d...
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...
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 The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between logistics control systems and service efficiency in mukwano group of companies. The study was to assess the effect of Vehicle tracking system on service efficiency in Mukwano group of companies and to examine the effect fleet management system and service efficiency in Mukwano group of companies. The study was conducted based on a descriptive research design were the data collected was through questionnaires, the data w...
ABSTRACTThis study examined logistics control as being the independent variable and organizationalpe1:formance as the dependent variable. The study also looked at the effect of organizationalculture and fimds as the intervening variable on the relationship between logistics control andorganizational pe1:formance. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the impact ofordering process on organizational pe1:for111ance, to find out the impact of warehousing onorganizational pe1:forman...
Warehousing refers to the activities involving storage of goods on a large-scale in a systematic and orderly manner and making them available conveniently when needed. In other words, warehousing means holding or preserving goods in huge quantities from the time of their purchase or production till their actual use or sale. Warehousing is one of the important auxiliaries to trade. It creates time utility by bridging the time gap between production and consumption of goods. The effective and e...
Objective: To investigate potential barriers to the utilisation of the ART approach in a South African public oral health service. Method: 7 barriers were identified: patient load/work load, operator opinion, patient opinion, service management, material supply, clinical ART skill, chair-side assistance. Operators were asked to answer a questionnaire one year after completing the ART training. Responses ranged from 1 = no barrier to 5 = highest barrier. Treatment data per operator were co...
ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at finding the courses of the organization and management problems of rural water supply programme in Nigeria, with a case study of Enugu State Water Corporation Enugu. To guide this study thirteen (13) research questions were formulated and tested with percentages. Based on the findings, some major findings include that the Enugu State Water Corporation have adequate materials for implementing their works and services. Consequently, it is found that ...
ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at finding the courses of the organization and management problems of rural water supply programme in Nigeria, with a case study of Anambra State Water Corporation Awka. To guide this study thirteen (13) research questions were formulated and tested with percentages. Based on the findings, some major findings include that the Anambra State Water Corporation have adequate materials for implementing their works and services. Consequently, it is found th...
ABSTRACT “The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of macroeconomic variables on gold prices in Ghana”. The study used “made use of monthly data” sourced from “Bank of Ghana, Ghana statistical service and” World Bank website. The time series estimation techniques were adopted in order to examine the effect of macroeconomic variables on gold prices The study shows that Exchange rate significantly “affect Gold prices in the long run. Crude oil prices, Inflation and Inte...
ABSTRACT This research work is aimed at finding the courses of the organization and management problems of rural water supply programme in Nigeria, with a case study of Enugu State Water Corporation Enugu. To guide this study thirteen (13) research questions were formulated and tested with percentages. Based on the findings, some major findings include that the Enugu State Water Corporation have adequate materials for implementing their works and services. Consequently, it is found that o...