Abstract:
Inventory management is vital in every organization; a proper management of inventory ensures
smooth running of business operations thereby instigation of better organization performance.
This study therefore focuses on effects of various inventory management models on the
organizational performance of various supermarkets in Embu town. This study seeks to establish
types of inventory management systems used in the supermarkets, to find
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the relationship
between inventory management and sales and finally to enumerate the effects of inventory
managemen! automation on the performance of Embu town supermarkets, The population of the
study will comprise of 150 respondents. The study will use self-administered questionnaire
instnunent in collecting primary data. Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used to
analyze data. All questionnaires will be adequately checked for data verification after the field
work. Descriptive statistical measures such as frequencies, mean, percentages, standard
deviation, mode and median will be used.
