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Sourcing For The Most Suitable Supplier For Raw Materials In Manufacturing Organizations.
[A case Study of Nigeria Bottling Company Ilorin]
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1.6 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF NIGERIAN BOTTLING COMPANY PLC, ILORIN KWARA STATE
Coca-cola bottling company first came to Nigeria in 1953, when it’s first it was located in Lagos. It was the beginning of an exciting story of the growth and development particularly during the past ten years.
Nigerian bottling company is today Nigerian’s number one bottler of soft selling more than six million (6,000,000) bottles per day, a figure which is still growing with the continuous expansion of the existing eighteen plant and with the opening of brand new plant in various part of federation.
Fanta is by far the best seller in the orange segment and Sprite, the most widely sold lemon lime drink in Nigeria. Other products bottled by Nigeria bottling company include fanta ginger ,Fanta tonic, Fanta Soda and Crest, bitter lemon.
The success of Coca-cola has brought about the development of a number of sister industries all contributing to the growth of the Nigeria economy. The Delta glass company in which supplies millions of bottle required to keep a large bottling company in operation and grown products factories in Ijebu-Ode and Kano which manufacture the metal crown to seal the bottles, the Benin plastic company which manufactures the plastic crates for distribution of the bottles.
In addition, the trucks which have a familiar sight in many part of nation delivering drinks to more than eighty thousand (80,000) supplier are also assembled in Nigeria. Nigeria bottling company is also the largest manufacturer of Carbon-dioxide used to carbonate soft drinks in the country. The Nigerian bottling company employs over (6,000) six thousand workers who are Nigeria in all fields of operation. The manufacturing process of Coca-cola is based on proper measurement of it content like sugar, water and concentrate. The same standard is maintained all over the world.
The headquarters of Nigeria bottling company is at Leventis building, lddo house, Lagos Island. The various plant sited all over the Federation have currently been divided into four different region, the west, East, South and Northern regions. Our case study is an example of the Northern region “ILORIN’.
Ilorin plant was constructed and installed in 1979 and it was commissioned by his Honorable Excellency Connell S.C. Ifere. It was the tenth establishment among the eighteen plants of the industry.
The very plant is neatly located along Old Asa- Dam Road, Ilorin. The Coca-Cola bottling company is one of the multinational companies in the country which is well known to be owned by Leventis Group of company now made up of share-holders.
1.7 ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATIONS
The administrative organization of Nigerian Bottling Company Plc is composed of the executive Chairman which is mostly appointed by the share holder, next is the executive director who is the overseer of the company, the General manager and the regional executives or managers. After this are divisional executives who come from each overall department in the Federation.
The branch plant is headed by a plant manager who is the head of the plant and other managers like factory manager, sales manager quality control manager, plant or branch accountant, the microbiologists and the personnel manager, under them are the superintendent and Supervisors officers.
A clear administrative organization is better shown on the administrative chart.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHART
Nigeria bottling Company Plc, it’s general organization chart.
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