Global Journal of Management and Business Research, F: Real Estate, Event and Tourism Management, Volume 23 Issue 3

Overstocking Problems 100% 80% 60% Strongly Agree(%) Strongly Disagree(%) Agree(%) Disagree(%) RNPP DMR GWTP MUSCCFPP DCRP Here we are observing that in 2019-20 the import growth rate is lowest because at this time the coronavirus was spread out the world. The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is the largest infrastructure project in Bangladesh, being constructed with the help of Russia. This year (2022) Russia and Ukraine war also affects the supply chain as well as the availability of materials in the project because the maximum materials in this project are imported from Russia. Fig. 05: Availability of Materials Challenges From the questionnaire survey in those five projects, we found that almost all projects have challenges in the availability of materials where the project RNPP has to face most challenges for being foreign materials dependent project, Covid-19 pandemic situation, Russia -Ukraine war and unavailability of materials in Bangladesh. e) Overstocking Problems Overstocking items are those which are not yet used and probably cannot be used anymore and these items are kept for weeks, months, and even a few years without being used. In construction projects overstocking occurs when lack of efficient materials procurement process, inaccurate estimation, inaccurate forecasting, lack of proper documentation, unskilled manpower, lack of inventory control planning, lack of monitoring compliance of BOQ with goods requirement, change of project scope, proper tracking level of stock goods, and also in the case of import when the suppliers don’t agree to sell goods without a fixed lot size. Fig. 06: Overstocking Challenges Availability of Materials 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% Strongly Agree(%) Strongly Disagree(%) Agree(%) Disagree(%) RNPP DMR GWTP MUSCCFPP DCRP Inventory Management Practices and Challenges in Mega Construction Projects in Bangladesh Global Journal of Management and Business Research ( F ) XXIII Issue III Version I Year 2023 27 © 2023 Global Journals