Identifying the Factors for Warehouse Efficiency: A Case Study of Apparel Company in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Ishanika AM
dc.contributor.author Dharmawansa AD
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-21T06:11:42Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-21T06:11:42Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.identifier.citation Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on Applied Science, Business & Industrial Research – 2019 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2279-1558
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.wyb.ac.lk/handle/1/3519
dc.description.abstract Sri Lankan apparel manufacturers are reputed worldwide for manufacturing quality garments. Apparel industry has been contributed more than fifty percent of export to the Sri Lankan economy. Therefore it is necessary to have efficient warehouses in those firms to reduce unnecessary costs. Determination of factors that affect the efficiency in warehouse is significant in any production industry. Warehouse activities are now becoming the midpoint of apparel manufacturing and it is important to ensure the effective storing, handling, receiving the goods efficiently in the manufacturing firms. Main objective of this research is to identify the factors for warehouse efficiency in apparel industry. Both primary and secondary data were used for this research. The selected factors for this study are on time delivery, employee attendance, number of transactions and write off quantity. Further, to verify the results which are obtained from multiple regression analysis using secondary data, a Likert scale type questionnaire was distributed to managerial level employees who has a good knowledge in warehouse processes. According to the findings of this research, on time delivery, employee attendance and of transaction have an impact on warehouse efficiency and write off quantity has no impact on warehouse efficiency. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Employee attendance, en_US
dc.subject Number of transactions en_US
dc.subject On time delivery en_US
dc.subject Warehouse efficiency en_US
dc.subject Write off quantity en_US
dc.title Identifying the Factors for Warehouse Efficiency: A Case Study of Apparel Company in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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