The Effect of Warehousing Management on Warehouse Performance at Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Ghana
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https://doi.org/10.54536/ajebi.v4i2.5439Keywords:
Relationship, Warehouse, Warehousing Management, Warehousing PerformanceAbstract
The research examines the influence of warehousing management on the performance of Tema Oil Refinery, concentrating on essential activities: receipt, put-away, storage, order-picking, and shipping. Data was gathered via questionnaires, interviews, and secondary sources, and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with IBM SPSS. The investigation identified several challenges, including insufficient loading and unloading space, inadequate storage facilities, disorganization, and increased expenses. 100 sample sizes were collected for the investigation. Regression research indicated that all five warehouse operations significantly affect performance. The study advocates for enhancing management via automation, broadening operational domains, and systematizing materials to increase efficiency and mitigate theft and redundancy. Additionally, the business should improve warehouse performance by putting in place an automated system to get rid of unnecessary steps from receiving to shipping, setting up separate locations for each warehousing task, and giving each item a code to stop theft and duplication. Also, the company should improve the warehouse’s performance by using an automated system to cut out unnecessary steps from receiving to shipping, setting up extra areas for each warehousing task, and giving each item in the warehouse a code to cut down on theft and duplication.
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