The Influence of Goods Receipt and Sorting and Loading and Delivery to Client Practices on Inventory Management Performance in Humanitarian Organizations; A Case Study of Afghan Red Crescent Society Medical Supply Chain

Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to establish the influence of good receipt and sorting, loading and delivery to client practices on inventory management performance in Afghan Red Crescent Society Medical Supply Chain.Methodology: This study adopted descriptive survey design. The target population of the study was 45 end user clinics and 916 experts and procurement professionals existing in the email database of the researcher at the time of study. The sample size of the study was 96 respondents who were divided into strata's of 41 end user clinics and 55 procurement experts. This study used both primary and secondary data collected using questionnaires and secondary data collection guide. Secondary data wascollected for all variables from 10 end user clinics. Data analysis was done using SPSS generating both descriptive and inferential statistics like Pearson's bivariate correlation and regression analysis. Descriptive statistics included; frequencies, mean and standard deviation. Data analysis output was presented using tables and cartographies like pie charts and line graphs.Results: Research findings showed that skewness statistics was 1.224 which indicates that the variable was skewed to the right which implies that the goods receipt and sorting process lead time had massive outliers. Regression results also indicated that the relationship between goods receipt and sorting lead time and overall lead time was positive and significant. Further, the skewness statistics for loading and delivery was 2.581 which indicate that the variable was skewed to the right which implies that the loading and delivery to client lead time had outliers. Regression results revealed that loading and delivery to client practices was statistically significant in explaining overall lead time.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: It is recommended to the management of ARCS to embrace strategies that can lead to reduction of lead time such as vendor managed inventory which enables the customer's partnership channel to be more efficient due to better planning coordination, reduced needs for inventories with increased sales by focusing on selling what end-customer wants.