TITLE:
Empirical study of Logistics Outsourcing practices and Firm Productivity of selected Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Sherifat Omolola Adesunkanmi, Saka Adesina Nurain
KEYWORDS:
Logistics Outsourcing, Firm, Productivity
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.10 No.6,
November
21,
2022
ABSTRACT: The study
determined the effect of efficiency of logistics outsourcing on productivity
of the selected manufacturing companies in Southwestern, Nigeria. These were with a view to providing information on
the effect of logistics outsourcing on productivity of the selected
manufacturing companies in Southwestern, Nigeria. The study adopted a
descriptive survey design. Primary data on variables such as haulage, storage
and facilities were obtained through the administration of questionnaire to
respondents. The population of the study comprised six hundred and twenty (620)
senior managers, middle level officers and supervisors who were employees of
the selected food manufacturing companies in Lagos, Oyo and Ogun states
Southwestern, Nigeria. Sample size of two hundred and sixty (260) employees of
manufacturing companies in South western, Nigeria was selected for the study
using Taro Yamane’s formula. Data obtained for the study were analysed using
tables, percentages and regression analysis. Result from the study showed that
logistics outsourcing (t = 31.977, p