MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF INVENTORIES (DRUGS) IN GOVERNMENT HEALTH INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Inventories occupy the most strategic position in structure of working capital of most business enterprises. It constitutes the largest component of current asset in most business enterprises. In the sphere of working capital, the efficient control and management of inventory has paired the most serious problem to the health institutions. The turnover of working capital is largely governed by the turnover of inventory, that is the rate of working capital is largely governed by the amount of inventory which is largely provided by the government. It is therefore quite natural that inventory which helps to maximize profit occupies the most significant place among current and profit assets.

The American usage of the word ‘inventory’ is synonymous with the British use of the word ‘stock’, this synonym is evident in the definitions of inventory and stock by the Oxford Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary defined inventory as follows:

1.     A list, catalogue, detailed account

2.     A lot or stock of goods, etc which are or may be made the subject of an inventory.
3.     The aggregate of goods and some specified kind of goods which a trader has on hand as provision for the possible future requirement of customers.

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