ROLE OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON

PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN

KENYA – A CASE OF NEW KENYA COOPERATIVE
CREAMERIES

Supply Chain Management

Regression Analysis
Inventory Cost Reduction
Supplier Demands
Lead Time

Literature Model Result Conclutions

review

 Cost reduction helps  cost reduction is

in preparing necessary for
employees towards implementation of
managing the inventory
inventory ideology management for
and also in achieving performance of
profitability objective manufacturing firms
of KCC.  holding stocks and
 Inventory ordering costs may
Management increase the perform
Systems facilitates improved
resource integration anticipation of future
and decision making developments in
through cross manufacturing firms
functional teams that in Kenya will
improve efficiency improve their
and effectiveness. performance and new
 Cost Reduction
 inter organizational technologies are
 Inventory promising to save
Management  ANOVA systems and supplier
 Multiple relationships costs and thus
Systems improving the
Regressions competencies also
 Lead Time performance of the
affect the
 Supplier Demand New KCCance of an
performance of an
organization to a organization
larger extent  Inventory
 time strategy affects Management System
the profitability of is a competitive tool
organization to a in the organization
very large extent; and for realizing its
that also they corporate
strongly agreed that competitive strategy
creation of value  information sharing
affect the and a channels
profitability of the relationship affect
New KCC the performance of
the manufacturing
firms and enhances
productivity