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The researcher faced significant time and cost constraints which limited the scope of
the study. The study limited itself to supermarkets that are concentrated within Nairobi
County; it would have been more useful if the researcher collected data in another
town outside Nairobi County in order to have some comparative findings and to draw
conclusive results.
5.6 Suggestions for Further Research
Future researchers might consider investigating the impact of IT used on inventory
management performance in large supermarkets in Kenya like Nakumatt, Naivas,
Tuskys, Uchumi and Ukwala. This is because their level of adoption and
implementation of information technology is relatively high as compared to other
categories of supermarkets in Nairobi. The findings obtained in this study might be
used to make a comparison with all the supermarkets in Kenya.
This study was limited to Nairobi County; a similar study should be conducted in
other counties across the country to establish the extent of adoption of IT in inventory
management and how it contributes to improved performance of supermarkets. This
will provide a platform to compare and identify areas of weaknesses and thus
recommend areas of improvement.
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