PRODUCTION PLANNING IN A MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION (A CASE STUDY OF OKIN BISCUIT LIMITED OFFA, KWARA STATE)

ABSTRACT

This project work focuses on production planning in a manufacturing organization.  It will explore the manner in which production are planned in an organization towards achieving effective production.  What is production planning? Production planning is the function concerned with the process of converting raw materials into finished product, and the way in which the production facilities such as building, equipment etc should be laid out in the space available for production.  The work is divided into five (5) chapters.  Chapter one will start with the introduction of the study, the purpose of the study, statement, significance, objective, scope and limitation of the study, the definition of terms.  Chapter two entails the literature review of production planning and brief History of Okin Biscuit Limited, Offa Chapter three comprises of research methodology, the data necessary for the project was collected through personal interview and questionnaire.  Chapter four comprises of presentation of data, analysis of data and hypothesis testing and chapter five which is the last chapter comprises of the summary, recommendation and conclusion.

TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE PAGE i

CERTIFICATION ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

ABSTRACT vii

TABLE OF CONTENT viii

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 2

1.3 Purpose of the Study 3

1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study 5

1.5 Definition of key Terms 8

CHAPTER TWO

2.1 Brief History Of Okin Biscuit Limited Offa, Kwara State 11

2.2 Literature Review 14

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 Research Methodology 47

3.1 Research Design 47

3.2 Research Question 48

3.3 Data Gathering Procedure 48

3.4 Procedure For Data Analysis 49

3.5 Research Population and Sample 49

3.6 Formulation of Hypothesis 52

CHAPTER FOUR

4.1 Presentation and Analysis of Data 54

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 Summary 67

5.1 Conclusion 68

5.2 Recommendations 69

REFERENCES 72

APPENDIX 73

QUESTIONNAIRE 74