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    The effect of inventory management systems on performance of supermarkets cases study: uchumi supermarket
    (Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management, 2007-06) Olong, Patrick Owich
    Many supermarkets experience over or under stocking of inventories, which increase holding and ordering costs, wastages and accidents affect their performance. It became a researcher concern to establish the effect of inventory management systems on pe1formance of such Supermarket focusing Uchumi Supermarket as a case study. The study was organized in five chapters based on research objectives and research questions as presented in Chapter 1-5 and 1-6 respectively. Chapter one entails the background to the study, background ofUchumi Supermarket, and statement of the problem, pmpose, objectives, research questions, scope, significance and definitions of key terms. Chapter two entails detailed literature about inventory management and performance as discusses by various researchers. Chapter three entailed research design that was used to obtain data, sources of data, data collection techniques and problems faced while collecting data. Chapter four analyzed, discussed, and interpreted findings from primary and secondary sources. While chapter five gave a summary of findings, conclusion, recommendations and areas for further study. Findings from both primary and secondary sources revealed that quality inventory management systems are good contributions of Uchumi Supermarkets performance since contribute 80% of the current assets. Therefore, maintenance of optimum inventory leadsto effective performance of the Supermarkets. The researcher recommended that Uchumi Supermarket should use quality invento1y management systems like Just in Time, Computerized inventory management so as to reduce risks associated with their systems of managing inventory, recruitment of qualified staffs to run such inventory and setting of other strategies of how to minimize inventory related costs.