AN EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN BREWERIES ENUGU)

INTRODUCTION The result of the tendency of people to consume is to increase the capacity of production in the various aspects of human need. There arose the separation of management from ownership in this production function. A further development is the growth, organizational complexity and size, thus large organizations, management is divided into production, personnel management and finance as well as marketing. Other specifications are made as organizations need for them arises. Production management is essential and basic to all organizations whether it is manufacturing or service. It should be pointed out that the survival of organization is dependent on how its production processes are managed. Barry Shord explains operations management in his book thus “any organization which transforms inputs into output is engaged in production”. Percentage of capacity utilization measure relate output measures to inputs. The brewing industry in Nigeria has passed through a stage of total importation of a foreign products to stage where some beer manufacturing companies now source their raw materials locally. BARRY SHORE: Operations Management MC Graw Hill, International Company 1985 pg.30 TABLE OF CONTENT
Title pageApproval pageDedicationAcknowledgementAbstractTable of contentList of tables
CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1Background of the study1.2Statement of the problem1.3Purpose of the study1.4Scope of the study1.5Research hypothesis1.6Significance of the study1.7Limitations of the studyReferences
CHAPTER TWOLITERATURE REVIEW2.1Definitions and concepts2.2Production planning2.3Process planning and design2.4Inventory management2.5Capacity utilization2.6Production planning and activities in Nigerian breweries plc.References.
CHAPTER THREERESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY3.1Research design3.2Area of the study3.3Population of the study3.4Sample and sampling procedure3.5Instrument for data collection3.6Validation of the instrument3.7Reliability of the instrument3.8Method of data collection 3.9Method of data analysisReferences.
CHAPTER FOUR DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS4.1Data presentation and analysis4.2Testing of hypothesis4.3Summary of resultsReferences
CHAPTER FIVECONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS5.1Discussions of results / findings5.2Conclusion5.3Implications of research findings5.4Recommendations5.5Suggestions for further research.BibliographyAppendices.