The Stores Division reportedly found it very difficult to control inventories as well as
executing roles and responsibilities allocated in the section. The aims of this study were to
identify factors affecting the success of inventory control and to assess strategies used by the
Stores Division of the eThekwini Municipality in Durban to control inventory stocks. In order
to arrive at the deep structure underpinning inventory control, three theoretical frameworks
were used, ie, stock diffusion theory, application control theory and inventory control in …