Ascertain cost minimization strategies in the manufacturing companies

GENERAL  INTRODUCTION
The desire of every national producer is to minimize the resource invested to achieve a desired objective thus at any point in time he should be devising ways of minimizing the  cost of achieving the desired benefit.  This situation is equally relevant to organization of any kind whether profit oriented on nonprofit oriented and therefore make it imperative for every organization especially the profit oriented ones not to stop at controlling the use of resources to conform with established standards but should also  make spirited attempts to continuously minimize cost without impairing the quality of  their  products. The need for manufacturing companies to be conscious of the above need has been magnified by the fact that Nigeria economy is experiencing an era of astonishing rate of inflation despicable how exchange rate requiring reports of grossly low capity utilization and the inter play of some other very powerful extraneous variable which makes the business environment very inclement. These are the cries of mangers. Sectioning through the streets of industry and commerce saying Nigeria is passing through a difficult period, everything possible must be done to every one  in position to do so , to assist the economy in making a quick recovery. One way of heading these glariot calls    by mergers off companies is the adoption of cost minimization strategy aimed at improving efficiency. 
TABLE OF CONTENTTopics PagesChapter 1:Introduction1.1Background of the Problem1.2Statement of the Problem1.3Objectives of the Research1.4Research Questions1.5Statement of Hypothesis1.6Scope  of the study and Its Delimitation1.7Organization of the Report

Chapter 2:Literature Review2.1Evolution of the Nigeria Capital Market.2.2Major Participation’s in the Nigerian Capital Market2.2.1The Central Bank of Nigeria2.2.2Development Finance Institutions2.2.3Issuing Houses2.2.4Stockbroking firms2.2.5Securities and Exchange Commission2.2.6Stock Exchange2.2.7Share Registrars2.2.8Commercial Banks2.2.9Insurance companies and Pensims / Provident funds2.3Dividend2.3.1Forms of Dividend2.3.2Factors influencing Dividend Policy2.3.3Stability of Dividend2.3.4Relationship between Dividend and Share prices2.3.5Information content of Dividends2.3.6Random Walk Theory of Share Price Movements2.3.7Random Walk and an Efficient Stock Market2.3.8Varying Degrees Efficiency2.3.9Week form Tests or Weak form of Efficiency2.3.10Semi-strong form Tests and semi-strong Efficiency2.3.11Strong form Tests and Strong Form Efficiency2.3.12Implications of Efficient Market Hypothesis2.3.13Empirical Studies of Capital Market Efficiency in Nigeria2.3.14Dividend Announcement and Capital Market Efficiency.

Chapter 3:Research Methodology3.1research Design3.2Sources of Primary & Secondary Data3.3Population & Sample3.4Data Collection Techniques3.5Data Analysis Technique3.6Hypothesis Test Statistic3.7Limitation of Research Methodology

Chapter 4:Analysis and Presentation of Data.4.1Presentation of Primary Data4.2Analysis and Presentation of Data According to Research Questions4.3Analysis and Presentation of Data According to hypothesis.

Chapter 55.1Summary of Findings5.2Conclusion5.3Recommendation5.4Suggested Research Work