ABSTRACT
Inventory management is an important factor to be considered in the calculation of profits by a firm. The desire lo find out the inventory management technique that will best fit a particular firm and the relationship that exist between inventory management method adopted and the profitability of firms ignited this study. The main objective of the study was to investigate and evaluate method on the profitability, identify the valuation methods used and examined the impact of each method on the profitability of small scale business. Both the description and analytical method, involving both primary and secondary data were used in this study, (Forty questionnaire administered to selected small scale business. Out of which thirty-five (35) were dully completed and returned. Their responses were collated, analysed, interpreted and used in testing the validity of the hypotheses formulated through the use of correlation coefficient statistical lest. The Lest rejected all the null hypotheses indicating th'.1.t inventory management impact on the profitability of small scale business and the significant difference between the various methods of inventory management on the income and profit of smali scale business. The study recommends· consistency in inventory management technique adopted by firms, the adoption or inventory management technique based on the firm's line of business and unique .. situation and the adoption of the weighted average method of inventory management in valuing inventory by firms.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 I \;1ckgro1111d of the Study 3
1.2 .Siatcmcnt or the Problem 5
I.] Object ivc of the Study 7
I .4 Research Questions 8
1.5 I lypothcscs or the Study 9
1.6 Signi Ii cant of the Study l 1
1.7 Scope and Limitation of the Study 12
18 Organization of the Study 13
Cl I APTER T\VO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE · 14
2.0 I ntruduct ion 14
2.1 J nvcntory Management and its Implications on Business finance 16
2.2 Motives 'for r lolcling Inventory 20
2.3 System of Inventory 21
2.4 Valuation or Inventory Management 23
2.5. Methods or Inventory Management 2
2.5.1 l-irst-in-Eirst-Out (FIFO) 25
2.5.2 J .ast-iu-First-Out (LIFO) 27
2.5.3 Weighted /\ vcrugc Method 30
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 INTRODUCTION 33
3.1.2 I nstrumcntution 33
3.1.3 Validity or the Instrument used
3.1 Research Design
J.2 Sources or I )ata
3.4 Population and Sample Size
J.5 Questionnaire Design and Distribution
3.6 Method of Data Analysis 36
3.7 Decision Rule 37
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
4.1 Data Presentation 3
4.2 Analysis of Data. 39
4.3 Test of Hypotheses 47
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIOJ\'. AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.0 Introduction 55
5.1 Summary of Findings
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendations 58
REFERENCES 60
APPENDIX 1 65
ENEH, M (2020). THE IMPACT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED FIRM IN UYO, AKWA IBO~_ STATE). Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 22, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-impact-of-inventory-management-on-the-performance-of-small-scale-business-enterprises-a-case-study-of-selected-firm-in-uyo-akwa-ibo-state
MOUAU/08/11683, ENEH. "THE IMPACT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED FIRM IN UYO, AKWA IBO~_ STATE)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 02 Apr. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-impact-of-inventory-management-on-the-performance-of-small-scale-business-enterprises-a-case-study-of-selected-firm-in-uyo-akwa-ibo-state. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
MOUAU/08/11683, ENEH. "THE IMPACT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED FIRM IN UYO, AKWA IBO~_ STATE)". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 02 Apr. 2020. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-impact-of-inventory-management-on-the-performance-of-small-scale-business-enterprises-a-case-study-of-selected-firm-in-uyo-akwa-ibo-state >.
MOUAU/08/11683, ENEH. "THE IMPACT OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED FIRM IN UYO, AKWA IBO~_ STATE)" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 22 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/the-impact-of-inventory-management-on-the-performance-of-small-scale-business-enterprises-a-case-study-of-selected-firm-in-uyo-akwa-ibo-state