Abstract

The need for ensuring effective stock management is now than ever a concern for many organizations given the high level of competition. In addition, holding too much or too little stock has its associated costs. Therefore there was need for efficient stock management in which integrated supply chain play apart. This research sought to investigate the effect of integrated supply chain management on the stock management, taking a case of Dubai Port World. This was guided by four specific objectives, namely, to establish the relationship between upstream chain integration and stock management levels in Dubai Port World; to investigate the relationship between inbound chain integration and stock management levels in Dubai Port World.