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satisfy customer demand – that is, actual demand in the market for
risk is crucial. If you are going to sell products, you need to have
questions:
a. Age
b. Gender
c. Civil status
d. Education attainment
Santiago City?
company?
the company.
Drugstore Management . This study would provide the
to their customers.
in the area where they are able to provide the product demands of
with better product delivery and service availability when they need
it.
demands of them.
reference material for future researches that are of the same topic of
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purchasing plan to ensure that items are available when they are
needed — but that neither too much nor too little is purchased —
and keeping track of existing inventory and its use. Two common
forecasts.
cannot acquire the mahogany it needs from its source, however, the
retailer runs the risk of not being able to fill the customers' special
orders. For both the manufacturer and retailer, being out of stock
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faster and more accurate. Due to that fact, the automated scheme
has become essential to small and big companies for they are
businesses still prefer sticking with the system that is not integrated
taking out the products from the inventory for sales or usage and
and record the stock by hand using pen and paper. It is where
promotion of the
Lewis (2002) stated that the reason for using computers vary
Basic support many useful tools that will help the user more
productivity.
printer, and a bar code scanner, along with the computer loaded with
may have a feature which prints order tickets directly in the kitchen,
and fire drills are caused by the lack of control and knowledge of
concise, real time analysis of products and markets that help them
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in Kenya.
from one firm); furthermore, the research was not carried out in
results of the study are not applicable in Nairobi since the study was
of the research study. The results of the study showed that with the
reduced, and has currently become one and the same with good
being negative.
2011).
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and design of the sales monitoring system which will monitor the
somewhat related to our study but our system focuses more on the
book stated that, to improve their efficiency and reduce their cost of
operation. Reports are more timely and accurate. Computers have
and recall data to the format a user wishes to use which the
affordable.
Methodology
practices that prevail; belief, point of view or attitudes that are held;
processes that are going on; affects that are being felt or trends that
phenomena.
and sales of products that drugstores within the city of Santiago with
Sampling Technique
of Santiago.
2. The researchers personally distributed the questionnaires to
questionnaire.
Statistical tools
P=_______________ * 100
Where:
P = Percentage
f = Frequency
5 4.51-5.0 Always
4 3.51-4.5 Often
3 2.51-3.5 Sometimes
2 1.51-2.5 Rarely
1 1.00-1.5 Never
∑fx
X = ------------------
Where:
X = Mean
determine the inventory management practices and its effect on the service
table shows that majority of the respondents are female, with age bracket
following behind.
Table 2. Inventory Management Practices
Inventory Management Practices f %
Scientific Inventory Model 4 25
ABC Inventory Model 2 12.5
Thumb Rule model 2 12.5
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 5 31.25
Economic Batch Quantity (EBQ) 5 31.25
Vendor managed inventory 4 25
Demand Forecast Inventory 5 31.25
Automatic Replenishment 8 50
Just-In Time (JIT) inventory 7 43.75
the matter of stock replenishment being done continuously got the highest
lowest mean is the inventory management decisions by the firm are based
4. What are the effects of the inventory management practices on the service
DISCUSSION
Summary of Findings
The findings of the study shows that majority of the personnel working in
the inventory of drugstores in Santiago city are female, in the age bracket of 20
to 29 years old, are single, having Bachelor’s Degree and have worked between
3 to 4 years in the company. Implying that most of the respondents are educated
enough to be able to handle the inventory and management of the products that
the drugstores are selling, it also means that most of them have enough
experience in handling the stocks of a drugstore that they are able to understand
practice used wherein when the inventory count of a product is diminishing the
stocks are automatically ordered to maintain the availability of the product and
the respondents are well aware of following protocols set forth by the company in
economic value and importance to its clientele. The inventory operation is also
companies clearly does not depend on their product suppliers regarding on the
poor service delivery to their clients thus the need for an efficient inventory
importance to the drugstore because it would ensure that lead time in the
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personnel.
have in their store and the economic value that it will give the company
after sales.
they are ordering the in-demand products and storage of slow moving
product does not give additional overhead costs that could lead to lower