Inventory Analysis

ST AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Research Proposal On

Inventory Management in an

Organization

Case Study of the XYZ Ltd
By
Angelina F Nyansambo

THIRD YEAR BBA 2007/2008

Supervised by
XYZ

The Research Proposal Submitted to The St Augustine University of Tanzania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Bachelor of Business Administration

ABSTRACT 3

CHAPTER ONE 4

1.0 INTRODUCTION 4

1.1 Background Of The Problem 5

1.2 Statement Of The Problem 6

1.3 Objective Of The Study 7

1.4 Research Questions 8

1.5 Significance Of The Study 8

1.6 Limitation Of Study 9

1.7 Scope Of The Study 10

CHAPTER TWO 10

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 10

2.1 Introduction 10

2.2 Inventory 11

2.3 The Basis Of Inventory Control 11

2.4 Managing the Inventory 11

2.5 Functions of Inventory 13

2.6 Inventory Costs and Financial Considerations 14

2.7 Just In Time Management 15

2.8 Safety Stock and Setting the Right Stock Level 15

2.9 Demand Forecast and Inventory Models 16

2.9 Organization and Management 17

CHAPTER THREE 18

3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 18

3.1 Area of study 18

3.2 Research design 18

3.3 Research techniques 19

3.4 Sample size 19

3.5 Population size 19

3.6 Sampling Procedures 20

3.7 Data types 20

3.8 Data collection methods 21

4.0 ANNEXES 22

4.1 Schedule of activities 22

4.2 Research paper Budget 23

4.3 Bibliography 24

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study is about inventory management in an organization. The study will be assessing the effectiveness of inventory management in an organization. It will try to find out various methods of managing inventory in an organization. The case study design will be applied in this study and the study will be carried out at XYZ Ltd.

Research instrument such as questionnaire, interview, and

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