The overall objective of the study was to find out the impact of inventory management and perfonnance of private organizations in Uganda while considering Coca Cola plant- Namanve.
The study was guided by three objectives; to find out the techniques of inventory management used at Coca- Cola Namanve branch, to establish the relationship between inventory management and performance of Coca- Cola Company Namanve branch and to find out the challenges faced by Coca- Cola Company Namanve branch in managing the inventories. Data was collected using a questionnaire and interview guide, and during data collection purposive sampling method was used. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were used to analyze data as a sample size of 50 respondents was used. The study concluded that the common materials handling techniques used at Coca- Cola Company Namanve branch include; integrated system (System Application and products) responsible for management info1mation system, inventory requirement points, and over stock brands for the fast moving products, recoding, issue of inventories from the store that were previously purchased to the production department and arrangement of some company inventories according to the order of their importance. Also that, proper material handling technique plays an impo1iant function on the performance of private organizations like Coca Cola Company Namanve branch and that the kind of relationship between inventory
management techniques and performance of private organizations in Uganda is positive. Lastly, that the challenges faced by Coca- Cola Company Namanve branch in the process of managing inventories include; loss in inventories, un-predete1mined products demand, opportunity costs, administration costs, theft and labor turnover, load shedding among other challenges faced by the company.
