Effect of Logistics on the Performance of Table Water Manufacturing Firms in Enugu State Nigeria

The study examined the effect of logistics on the performance of table water manufacturing firms in Enugu State Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to; identify the effect of fleet management on reduced operational cost of table water manufacturing firms and determine the effect of transportation management on operation flows of table water manufacturing firms in Enugu State. The sample size of 400 respondents was drawn from population of 952 staffs of the selected indigenous table water manufacturing companies in Enugu State namely: Juhel Company; Aquafield water company, Nigerian Bottling Company, Aqua-Rapha Investment Nigeria LtD, Pepsi table water Company, Rancor water Company and Andex water company. The data analytical technique was single regression. The empirical results show that fleet management has significant effect on reduced operational cost of table water manufacturing firms in Enugu State (t-statistic; 7.238; P-value; 0.000 < Sig-value; 0.05) and transportation management has no significant effect on operation flows of table water manufacturing firms in Enugu State (t-statistic; 9.516; P-value; 0.000 < Sig-value; 0.05). The study recommended that management of table water manufacturing firms should engage in Logistic inbound and outbound operations so as to help ease their means of distribution on the good produced to where they are needed.