PURCHASING AND SUPPLY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. THE EFFECT OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE ON PRODUCTION PLANNING PROCESSES (A ...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Material management is an integrated management approach to the planning, purchasing, ware housing, stock keeping allocation and movement of needed material from point of source to user department. It can also be defined as the process of management of material which involves purchasing, storage control and transportation. Material management is a relatively new discipline...Continue Reading »

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• 2. USE OF RAW MATERIALS INSPECTION AND ITS IMPACT ON QUALITY OF PRODUCTION

  » CHAPTER I: Introduction Background of the Study The ideal situation for inspection is of course one in which no inspection is necessary. This is because the quality assurance effort cooperatively mounted by the purchaser and supplier has resulted in outstanding quality performance and reliable supporting supplier generated records. However not all organizations have reached this enviable goal, exa...Continue Reading »

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• 3. THE ROLE OF STORE AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN MANUFACTURING C...

  » CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY INTRODUCTION It has been established that a large percentage of the expenditure of the manufacturing industries is made up of purchase of materials, spare part, and component up to fifty percent of company’s budgets. The magnitude of the expenditure emphasis the importance of performing the store function in the meet effective manner possible. Furthermore,...Continue Reading »

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• 4. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF NEGOTIATION AS A VITAL TOOL TO EFFECTIVE BUYING IN A CONS...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION By no means can all purchases and suppliers matter be dealt with by correspondence and telephone. It is therefore a necessity that face to face counters sometimes take place to resolve problems and differences which id be overcome by negotiation. This research work looks at negotiation as an important tool in ensuring effective buying in a construction company. It is i...Continue Reading »

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• 5. INTERNATIONAL PROCUREMENT AND ITS JUSTIFICATION (A CASE STUDY OF GLOBAL SOAP AND...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Purchasing as a subject and as a business function has really come along way. In the past when material, component part energy etc were abundant and available at ridiculously low price, purchasing was not given proper chance to operate that is why procurement was looked upon as having unimportant function. However now that material is in short supply there is generally...Continue Reading »

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• 6. PRODUCTION PLANNING IN A MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF OKIN BISCUI...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Production planning is a management tool design to facilitate the achievement of organization objectives. Production. planning is also the function concern with planning, direction and controlling the methods to be used to produce a product and the way in which production facilities such as building, equipment e.t.c. should be laid out in the space available for produc...Continue Reading »

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• 7. THE IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE STOCK CONTROL AND SUPPLIER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ON COMPAN...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The importance of accurate stock control in an Organization cannot be over emphasized no matter how diligent the job of control (computerized or manual). Some discrepancies are bound to occur. The system is operated by people, and people sometimes make mistakes. Every inventory item should be physically counted and checked against its balance at least once a year. This ver...Continue Reading »

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• 8. IMPACTS OF EFFECTIVE SOURCING ON THE ATTAINMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES (A ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Sourcing for supplier is of paramount importance to business organization. Therefore selection of supplier or sources of supply should be handle with great care. This is so because wrong choice or bad supplier can ruin firm’s operations failure to deliver or late delivery of materials by the suppliers can ruin firms operation. Failure may lead to production stopp...Continue Reading »

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• 9. THE SUPPLIER AND BUYER RELATIONSHIP IN A MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUD...

  » CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF THE DANGOTE FLOUR MILLS PLC. Dangote flour mills plc recommenced operation in 1999, as a division of Dangote Industries Limited [DIL]. One of Nigeria’s largest and fastest growing conglomerates. Following the strategic division of DIL to unbundle its various operations. Dangote flour mills were incorporated in 2006, the restructuring was completed in January 2006 wh...Continue Reading »

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• 10. MARKETING RESEARCH AS A SURVIVAL INSTRUMENT FOR SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES (A CASE ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The world of business today is rapidly changing and only a fast growing organization and individual keeps pace with these changes. Perhaps, the complexity involved in business activities technological changes makes business executives or individual to go to bed late and wake up early. As such for survival and growth of small scale enterprises, specialist and...Continue Reading »

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• 11. MAKE OR BUY DECISION AS AN IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR PROFITABILITY IN MANUFACTURING OR...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION The decision to either make or buy material required for production processes and other purpose is very paramount most especially in manufacturing companies such as global soap and detergent industry limited . Many organizations consider it profit ability o manufacture (make) the material required in he house, if here are enough facilities to embark on such, while the ...Continue Reading »

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• 12. THE IMPACT OF TAXATION LAW ON INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF GL...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Taxes are the most important source of government revenue. A tax can be defined as a compulsory levy imposed by a public authority one in comes, consumption and production of goods and services. Taxes are levied on personal incomes (consisting of salaries, business profit interest income divided royalties etc) company profits, petroleum profit c...Continue Reading »

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• 13. A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF STORES IDENTIFICATION AND CODIFICATION PROC...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Store is being described as any space reserved and equipped for holding stocks, waiting for dispatch to customers for further processing or for further use. The word store can also be used to means inventory (materials). The responsibility of physical situation and condition of materials and issuing when required has with the store man and his department and storage fa...Continue Reading »

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• 14. IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE STOCK CONTROL IN A MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTORDUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Effective and efficient stock control is the system that will ensure the provision of the required quantity of materials of the required quality at the required time with minimum amount of capital tired up. Stock control is the means by which materials of correct quantity is made available as when required with the due required to economy in sto...Continue Reading »

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• 15. THE EFFECT OF PACKAGING IN CONSUMER BUYING DECISION

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION The word packaging is fast becoming a vital element in industries at recent time worldwide, owing to the fact that the introductions of packaging in the industrial business have contributed immensely in protecting products against damage and against degradation. Getting products into the market, in the desired state of affordable price is a nightmare for manufacturers ...Continue Reading »

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• 16. IMPACT OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT ON PRODUCTION COST OF AN ORGANIZATION.

  » CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study Total quality management is known as the primary role of management to lead an organization in its daily operations and maintains it as a viable entity into the future. Quality has become an important factor in these. Although ostensibly always. an objective of business is customer in customer terms, because a specific goal in the late 1980&rsqu...Continue Reading »

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• 17. IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR ON PURCHASING BUSINESS STRATEGIES IN AN ORGANIZAT...

  » ABSTRACT It has been argued that the success and effectiveness of an organization are not determined solely by the abilities and competencies of the employees and management alone, the environment also has found effect on company operations. Based on these facts therefore, this research work was undertaken to analyse the impact of environmental factor on purchasing business strategies in an Organi...Continue Reading »

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• 18. THE IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE STOCK CONTROL IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Stock control is an important and expensive activity, which is often placected and understated in many organizations both in the public and private sector. It is an area where modern stores management techniques could be used to advantage in reducing costs and ensuring increased profitability of an organization. In modern supply management, ...Continue Reading »

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• 19. IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY

  » ABSTRACT This project emphasize on the importance of effective distribution in a manufacturing company, a case study of Nigeria Brewery Plc, Aba plant. The distribution of goods is very important for continuous survival of any company. Nevertheless, only few firms attach considerable importance on how best their product should be made available to the market. This study examines the various ways d...Continue Reading »

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• 20. THE IMPACT OF PURCHASING RESEARCH ON PURCHASING FUNCTION

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY This is a research study on the impact of purchasing research on the purchasing function. This research problem is written to analyze critically the strategies involved in the impact of purchasing research, how it will profit the organization and the basic needs to adopt the purchasing research for the profitability of an organization. Purchasin...Continue Reading »

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