The Extent of Logistics Outsourcing Practices among Manufacturing Companies in Southwestern Nigeria

Abstract

The study evaluated the extent of logistics outsourcing practices among manufacturing companies in Southwestern Nigeria. This was with a view to providing information on the logistics outsourcing operations of the selected manufacturing companies in Southwestern Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Primary data on variables such as haulage, storage, facility/asset management and operational performance were obtained through the administration of questionnaires 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 of southwestern Nigeria. A sample size of two hundred and sixty (260) employees of manufacturing companies in Southwestern Nigeria was selected for the study using Taro Yamane’s formula. Data obtained for the study were analysed using tables, percentages, and regression analysis. Results from the study showed that logistics outsourcing practices such as transportation management (????̅ = 4.00), storage management (????̅ = 4.11), and facility/asset management (????̅ = 4.39) were averagely high among manufacturing firms in Southwestern Nigeria. The study concluded that logistics outsourcing is highly in use among manufacturing companies in Southwestern.