Library Portal | UWC Portal | National ETDs | Global ETDs
    • Login
    Contact Us | About Us | FAQs | Login
    View Item 
    •   DSpace Home
    • Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
    • School of Business and Finance
    • Research Articles (School of Business and Finance)
    • View Item
    •   DSpace Home
    • Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
    • School of Business and Finance
    • Research Articles (School of Business and Finance)
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    The inventory management practices amongst manufacturing SMEs in the Cape Metropole, province of the Western Cape, South Africa

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Enow_The-inventory-management_2016.pdf (102.2Kb)
    Date
    2016
    Author
    Enow, Samuel Tabot
    Isaacs, Eslyn
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Financial management is one of the seven important managerial functions and is responsible for ensuring that institutions have adequate or access to financial resources to meet short-term and long-term resources to meet long-term obligations. Long-term resources are capital provided by the owner (s) and long-term loans, whilst short-term resources include cash on hand or in the bank, accounts receivable and inventory or commonly referred to as current assets. The investment in inventory is often 50% of the value of current assets and in many cases overlooked as a source of short-term funds. Considering the importance of inventory in any business, this study focused on inventory management practices in SMEs. Using a sample of 100 businesses, our research revealed that only (i) 19% always prepare inventory budgets; (ii) 21% always review inventory levels; (iii) 25% review the shelf-space allocated for the products; and (iv) 19% use computers in inventory management.
    URI
    http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/jam/article/view/3182
    http://hdl.handle.net/10566/3765
    Collections
    • Research Articles (School of Business and Finance)

    DSpace 6.3 | Ubuntu | Copyright © University of the Western Cape
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    DSpace 6.3 | Ubuntu | Copyright © University of the Western Cape
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV