The effect of Logistics and Transport Management on customer satisfaction: A case study of SCAC, Delmas, Vienjeux (SDV) Transami (U) Ltd (Kampala) Nakawa.
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2008-02
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management Sciences .
Abstract
This study was intended to evaluate the effect of logistics and transpoti management to
customers of Scac, Delmas, Vienjeux Transami (U) Ltd and to ascertain the level of their
satisfaction with the services. The specific objectives were: to establish the effect of lead time on
customer satisfaction to establish the effect of multiple costs on customer satisfaction; to
ascetiain the effect of unreliable transit time on customer satisfaction, to establish the effect of
multiple modes of transport on customer satisfaction and finally to establish the effect of
multiple modes of transpoti on customer satisfaction
In order to collect information, the study adopted an explanatory and a descriptive design and 20
students were interviewed. The study employed questionnaires and interview guides to collect
data from respondents.
The major findings study indicated that SDV Transami (U) Ltd is more responsive to customer
orders, this has been attributed to the recognition of customer service in the company to the
extent that very department has a customer service personnel to attend to customers problems.
study revealed that to a bigger extent the company handles export cargo from Africa to different
parts of the world and import cargo largely from Europe and America to Uganda, Burundi, DRC,
and Sudan. The study also revealed that, SDV Transami (U) Ltd uses computerized system to
track the movement of their cargo. However it should be noted that using different modes of
transport causes transit delay, and increases cost but in this case the company has no option but
to focus on cost minimization given the fact that the transport their goods from and to different
parts of the world and at the end their customers bear these costs
The study recommends that there is need to: types of load and quantity or volumes are important
factors that must be taken of when planning the distribution system, establish a system of cost
transparency that is two way collaborative exchange of information aim at enhancing the
competitive advantage of the company and its customers and need to evaluate the performance of
the system employed among others.
Description
A project report submitted in Partial Fulfillment of The
Requirements for the Award of a Bachelors Degree in Supply and
Procurement Management of Kampala International University
Keywords
Logistics, Transport, Management, Customer, Kampala -Uganda