CONTINUOUS REPLENISHMENT AND STOCK CONTROLLING ON SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE OF RETAIL CHAIN STORES IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
Hussein Mohamed Mohamud - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Dr. Peter Mwangi, PhD - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
ABSTRACT
Supply chain performance is the main focus in the execution of inventory management practices in retail chain stores. With the fluctuations in the supply chain performance of retail chains, there is a need to conduct a study linking inventory management practices to the supply chain performance of the retail chains. The objectives are to examine influence of continuous replenishment on supply chain performance of supermarkets in Nairobi City County and to establish extent stock controlling influence supply chain performance of supermarkets in Nairobi City County. The research adopted descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study were 106 supermarkets operating in Nairobi. The study was a survey hence adopts a census where all the selected supermarkets will be studied. The primary data for this study was collected using the questionnaire. The collected data was examined and checked for completeness and comprehensibility. The data was then be summarized, coded and tabulated. The study adopted descriptive analysis technique to analyze quantitative data. Data presentation was done by the use of charts and percentages and frequency tables for ease of understanding and interpretations. Descriptive statistics such as means, standard deviation and frequency distribution was used in analyzing data descriptively. Inferential statistics, correlation analysis and regression analysis. Correlation analysis was used to establish whether there exists a significant relationship between inventory management practice on supply chain performance in retail chain stores in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The finding revealed that established that continuous replenishment contribute significantly and positively to supply chain performance in supermarkets in Nairobi City County Results revealed that stock controlling had a significant and negative influence on supply chain performance in supermarkets in Nairobi City County The study concluded that continuous replenishment contribute significantly and positively to supply chain performance in supermarkets in Nairobi City County. The study concluded that stock controlling had a significant and negative influence on supply chain performance in supermarkets in Nairobi City County.