EFFECTS OF MATERIAL HANDLING ON ORGANISATIONAL PROFITABILITY: A CASE STUDY OF BIDCO OIL AFRICA LTD THIKA.

Abstract

Material handling plays an important role in efficiency. The main objective is to investigate effects of material handling guided by following objective; reduced losses, time saving, reduced handling cost and reduced labour in relative to organizational profitability. The study had material handling concept i.e JIT theory and EOQ theory. The study adopted stratified random sampling technique to collect data of whole organization. The targeted population was 30 respondents in the organization. Primary data was collected from sample population using open and close questionnaires. Based on these findings it can be concluded material handling has a positive impact to organization profitability. The findings suggested reduced loss, time saving, reduced handling cost and reduced labour cost are significant areas management should give a great attention to.