THE IMPACT OF MATERIAL HANDLING COST REDUCTION EFFORT IN PUBLIC INSTITUTION

ABSTRACT This project work is centered on The Impact of material handling cost reduction effort in public  institutions a case study of PHCN kaduna. It begins with the first chapter that deals with the background of the study which gives brief introduction about the subject matter under study. Statement of problem which is the reason why the researcher under take the study to exploit such problem and come up with recommendation which will be beneficial to the organisation and entire society. Research question is drawn up which is in line with the objective of the research work to be open up to get variables for questionnaires to be administered. Chapter two deals with the review of previous work carried out by other authors on a similar topic. Chapter three deals with the research methodology with research design correlation studies to establish the relationship between material handling and profitability. The study have a sample size of 50 which is 20% of the population of 250 drawn from materials management related department and the sample size selected randomly and questionnaire were administered to them for their response. The findings of the study show that material handling have relationship with the profitability of the organisation. Thus it was concluded that material handling in PHCN is not properly carried out, because replenishment drive is not according to actual materials requirement. Therefore recommended that material handling unit should be established and the use of actual materials requirement should be the principle upon which material replenishment is carried out to ensure that materials are not hold in excess and also not.   TABLE OF CONTENTS Title -----------i Approval----------ii Declaration----------iii Dedication----------iv Acknowledgment---------v Abstract----------vi
CHAPTER I:  Introduction 1.1Background of the study------1 1.2Statement of the problems------2 1.3Objectives of the study-------4 1.4Significance of the study-------5 1.5Delimitation of the study------6 1.6Research questions--------7 1.7Definition of terms------7
CHAPTER II:  Literature review 2.1Concept of materials management-----9 2.2Material management system in HPCN-----12 2.3Reason for holding stock------14 2.4Cost of holding stock-------18 2.5Material handling procedure------21 2.6Purpose for material handling-----23 2.7Importance of material handling in an organisation--33 2.8Effect of Material Handling in an organisation---34 2.9Importance of material handling------38 2.10Source of information for material handling---40 2.11Effect of Material handling------42
CHAPTER III:  Research Methodology 3.1Area of study--------45 3.2Research design--------46 3.3Population and sample-------47 3.4Sample and sampling procedure-----48 3.5Instruments for data collection-----48 3.6Administration of the instrument-----49 3.7Statistical techniques used in analyzing data---50
CHAPTER IV:  Data Presentation and analysis 4.1Presentation of result-------52
CHAPTER V:  Summary, conclusion and recommendation  5.1Summary of procedure---------65 5.2Discussion of findings-------66 5.3Implication of findings-------69 5.4conclusion---------70 5.5Recommendation-------71 5.6Suggestion for further studies-----72 Bibliography--------74 Appendix