A Dissertation submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Masters of Science in Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Msc.PSCM) of Mzumbe University
This dissertation was about to analyze the determinants towards inventory control
performance in public hospitals in Tanzania. The specific objectives were to examine
medical stock storage systems for hospitals and their influence on inventory control
performance, to assess the effect of staff competence on inventory control
performance, and to establish the suppliers’ influence on performance of inventory
control. The study was conducted in selected public hospitals located in Dar es Salaam
region. From the population of 198 a sample of 99 respondents was obtained. The
methods of data collection were questionnaire and interviews the selection techniques
of the respondents were purposive sampling and simple random sampling. This study
involved mixed strategies which were qualitative and quantitative analysis. From the
study, it was observed that the engagement of medical stock storage system which
influence inventory control performance were storage location, size of warehouse,
warehouse layout. Due to analysis, the researcher found that medical storage systems
have significantly influence on inventory control performance. However, the analysis
showed that training for incoming employees and development for existing employees
are important to any organization. The suppliers which brought about influence on
inventory control were capability, and delivery influence. The analysis showed
suppliers have insignificantly influence on inventory control performance. The
recommendations are management should make sure that they have competent staff
and develop them who are in-house so as to help in the running of the system. The
public hospital and other organization should take an action to improve
communication and information system to assist in monitoring of inventory especially
between vendors and public hospitals. Also, Organizations should allow their
employees to attend training provided by PSPTB so as to improves their staff
professionalism and hence obtain value for money.