Factors Affecting the Management of Warehouse Inventory through the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) System in Superstore Businesses in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area

The aim of this study is to investigate factors effecting of using the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) system for warehouse management in super store industry in Bangkok. The sample group was warehouse managers or general manager of 54 super stores around Bangkok. The data were collected using a questionnaire as the research instrument which was conducted based on warehouse management framework. The questionnaire consisted of 3 parts. The data were analyzed by a statistical package to find frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The result revealed that the 3 most effecting factors on using the VMI system for warehouse management in super store industry in Bangkok included cost, speed, and labor.