Inventory management on the profitability levels in Uganda cooperative savings and credit unions in Kampala, Uganda
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2013-05
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management
Abstract
The study investigated the research study titled "The impact of inventory management on the
profitability levels of Uganda cooperative saving and credit unions in Uganda, with a case study
of Uganda cooperative saving and credit union in Kampala district. The study was carried out at
Uganda cooperative saving and credit union which has a total population of 170 people from
which a sample size of 119 respondents was randomly selected.
The study had three specific objectives and research questions which included; establishing the
effectiveness of inventory system on the profitability levels of Uganda cooperative saving and
credit union, identifying the inventory management systems of Uganda cooperative saving and
credit union and thirdly, establishing the contribution of inventory management on profitability
of Uganda cooperative saving and credit union.
The study was quantitative as the findings were descriptively presented with tables and graphs to
gain a better understanding of the topic under study.
The findings of the study revealed the following: Majority of the members in this cooperative
union are males with 67.2% and majority are in the age bracket 31-45 with 50.4%. hence
majority are married with 50.4%. indicate that Inventory management and profitability are
significantly correlated (r =-0.355).the sig. value indicate that there is positive and slgnificant
correlation (sig. = 0.000 <0.05) leading to a conclusion that Inventory management significantly
improves profitability at 5% level of significance., Uganda cooperative saving and credit union
has a well established inventory management system which is FIFO as supported by 90% of the
respondents and 70% of the respondents are coping with the system although they are illiterate.
Inventory management is more important to the production department and store department.
Uganda cooperative saving and credit union is faced with challenges as limited storage space,
poor decision making, under/over estimation of inventory and so on. As a result of these, the
researcher gave the following recommendations:
Adoption and implementation of more inventory management Systems, good decision making by
the management and members of Uganda cooperative saving and credit union, separation of
duties regarding inventory management, seeking government intervention and supp01i.
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A research dissertation submitted to the college of economics and management sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the a ward of Bachelor’s Degree in business administration of Kampala International University
Keywords
Inventory management, Profitability levels, in Uganda cooperative savings and credit unions in Kampala, Uganda