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Warehouse management practices and business performance of small-scale grapes processing firms: evidence from Tanzania

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  • Debora Chelestino Kisinga
  • Alban Dismas Mchopa
  • Leonada Raphael Mwagike

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This paper examines the relationship between warehouse management practices including material handling, storage, inventory, and packaging and the business performance of small-scale grapes processing firms in Dodoma Region, Tanzania. A resource-based view theory guided the study based on the key variables. Data were collected using a survey questionnaire administered to 202 small-scale grapes processing firm owners. The study uses a cross-sectional survey design. Data were then subjected to descriptive and structural equation modelling. The findings indicated a significant positive relationship between the firm’s business performance and the management of material handling (β = 0.112, p = 0.009), storage (β = 0.249, p

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  • Debora Chelestino Kisinga & Alban Dismas Mchopa & Leonada Raphael Mwagike, 2024. "Warehouse management practices and business performance of small-scale grapes processing firms: evidence from Tanzania," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 2427215-242, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oabmxx:v:11:y:2024:i:1:p:2427215
    DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2024.2427215
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