Examine the effects of inventory management practices on operational performance in war memorial hospital and Wedam Medical Center, Ghana

John Zunuo Tang and Augustine Anane ()

International Journal of Procurement Management, 2023, vol. 18, issue 3, 340-356

Abstract: The study concentrated on the effects of inventory management practices on operational performance in War Memorial Hospital and Wedam Medical Center in Upper East Region of Ghana. The study used descriptive research design. A total of 155 respondents were sampled from both hospitals. The study found out that economic order quantity, enterprise resource planning and just in time was the inventory management systems that were widely employed in the hospitals facilities. The study concludes that, aside the significant effects of inventory management practices on operational performance in the various hospitals, there is like lack of training and proper infrastructure which when not effectively looked at could adversely prevent the hospitals from reaping the full benefits thereof. The study recommends that; management of hospitals should decentralise inventory management by having dedicated staff from each department who will be properly trained to use computerised software for managing inventory.

Keywords: inventory management; operational performance; service delivery; inventory controls; economic order quantity; enterprise resource planning; just in time; operational efficiency; effectiveness; quality. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=134194 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijpman:v:18:y:2023:i:3:p:340-356

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Procurement Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().