Background: Logistics operations are integral to manufacturing systems, particularly in the transportation processes that occur not only between facilities and stakeholders but also between warehouses and workstations within a facility. The design of functional areas and allocating goods to...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of material management on the survival of block molding firms in a selected Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. This study collected data from 100 block molding enterprises from a population of 229 registered businesses in the block...

Purchasing for health, which includes what, how, and from whom services are purchased, was one of the policy levers available to countries as part of their health systems' response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ideally, the purchasing function should align with the broader health financing...

Background: Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is critical in Supply Chain Management (SCM), facilitating effective inventory management and meeting production demands in the manufacturing sector. Despite the potential benefits of automating the MRP tasks to meet the demand for expedited and...

Materials handling is essentially related with production and manufacturing flow. Thus, it has direct impact on transit time, resource usage, and service levels. The logistics industry is identified to be a competitive environment, connected to the globalization phenomena, requires from...