THE IMPACT OF PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL ON PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY

INTRODUCTION Production Planning and Control are terms that though commonly used have witnessed a lot of changes both in meaning and scope in the past four years, for example, based on the extended view of production to include the tradition of all of production services both as discipline of study and as a profession can now be practiced in all organizations. As in other field of management, planning and control forms the primary function of the production management. It is for this reason that this research has decided to take a critical look into production planning and control as practical in beverage industrial sector of the Nigerian economy. This is informed by the variety of major product and beverage products in industry as exemplified by Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), Kaduna. Buffa (2002) defined production as the process by which goods and services are created. Production can be regarded as the central focus of any manufacturing concern. It is that stage where the real action takes place i.e. the transformation of raw materials (input) into finished product (output). The Planning and Control operation are necessary because in every manufacturing unit there are people, machine and materials for production. There is the need to plan all expensive resources required for production in order to make effective use of them and maximize profit for the organization.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page ----------i Declaration ---------ii Approval page ----------iii Table of Contents --------      viii CHAPTER ONE:  INTRODUCTION 1.1Background of the Study ------1 1.2Statement of Problem ------3 1.3Objectives of the Study------4 1.4Statement of Hypothesis------5 1.5Significance of the study ------5 1.6Scope of the study --------6 1.7Limitation of the Study------6 1.8Historical Background of the Case Study---7 1.9Definition of Key Terms ------9
CHAPTER TWO  LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1Concept of Production-------12 2.2Production Planning------14 2.3Production Control-------19 2.4Planning and Control -------21 2.5Relationship between Production Planning and Control 27 2.6Production Design and Process Planning---30 2.7Basic Alternative/Process Selection----31
CHAPTER THREE:  RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1Research Design-------33 3.2Research Population -------34 3.3Sample and Sampling Techniques----34 3.4Methods of Gathering Data------35 3.5Justification of Method Used-----36 3.6Method of Data Analysis------37 3.7Justification of Instrument Used-----38