The Efficiency of Temperature-Controlled Inventory Management: A Case Study of Convenience Store in Salaya Sub-District, Nakhon Pathom Province

Sanit  Tammasiri; Nuttapoom  Hamneat; Thiti  Jirawatcharagorn

doi:10.60027/iarj.2025.285151

Authors

Sanit Tammasiri Faculty of Business Administration, Bangkokthonburi University, Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6704-2203
Nuttapoom Hamneat Faculty of Business Administration, Bangkokthonburi University, Thailand https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6888-968X
Thiti Jirawatcharagorn Faculty of Business Administration, Bangkokthonburi University, Thailand https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7419-6234

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.60027/iarj.2025.285151

Keywords:

Factors affecting inventory management, Inventory management efficiency, Temperature-controlled inventory, Replenishment system, Convenience stores

Abstract

Background and Aims: Current logistics management is an important goal that entrepreneurs can use as a source of competitive advantage. Both at the business level and national level. This is because of globalization that has resulted in more intense business competition. And greater trade liberalization As a result, the business sector must upgrade its ability to conduct business in every possible way. The purposes of this research were 1) to investigate the efficiency of temperature-controlled inventory management by studying personal factors, namely work experience, number of employees, position, and monthly average income. And study to investigate the factors of the inventory management system that affect the efficiency of temperature-controlled inventory management in convenience stores.

Methodology: The questionnaire was used as a research instrument, it was collected from 15 samples. and collected the direct interviews with managers and employees who administer the inventory control. The statistics that were used were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistics that were used to test the hypothesis were One-Way ANOVA.

Results: The result of this study showed that among the sample of 15 convenience store staff, it was found that most of the staff had 1-5 years of work experience, with employees between 11-20 people in general positions, and an average personal monthly income of 10,001-20,000 baht. The hypothesis testing results revealed that the significance of the variables, work experience, position, and average monthly income was greater than the 0.05 level of significance. This indicated that despite differences in work experience, position, and average monthly income, there was no difference in the efficiency of temperature-controlled inventory management for the convenience store in Salaya, Nakhon Pathom. The results of the regression coefficient test revealed that there is only one independent variable had a significant impact on the efficiency of temperature-controlled inventory management of convenience stores. It was the replenishment system. The forecast coefficient was 40.8%. The remaining 59.2% is another factor apart from those mentioned above. For the replenishment system, according to the research results, entrepreneurs should pay great attention to product replenishment and always keep up with the needs of customers to be able to have enough customer service inventory.

Conclusion: Work experience, position, and average monthly income do not affect the efficiency of temperature-controlled inventory management of convenience stores in the Salaya Subdistrict. The product replenishment system has an important effect on this efficiency at 40.8 percent. Product replenishment is a factor that entrepreneurs should give importance to to have sufficient inventory and meet customer demand in time.

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