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Effect Of Materials Management On Resource Utilization In Organization
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1.8 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY
Seven
–up Bottling Company Plc is one of Nigeria’s leading carbonated soft
drink (CSD) manufacturers was founded by Miâ€. Mohammed El-Khalil, a
Lebanese, in the year 1959. The Company commenced operation on October
1, 1960, which coincided with Nigeria’s Independence day, with just one
plant in Ijora-Lagos (now the administrative head office). Records
showed that on that same day, a total of 14 cases of seven-up flavour
were produced.
The company was quoted in the Nigerian Stock Exchange
and went public in 1984. Through hard work and determination, the
company has been able to expand its plants and distribution networks to
all parts of the country, its greatest period of growth actually started
in the early 80’s with the opening of Ibadan plant (1980), Ikeia plant
in 1981, Kano plant in 1985 and Aba plan in 1989. The acquisition of
John Holt soft drinks brought Kaduna plant to limelight in late 1989.
The company later opened Benin plant in 1996, Ilorin plant in 2000 and
Enugu plant in 2002.
The company’s vision statement is “To be the most admired and innovative company in Nigeria by the year 2012â€.
The mission statement is “To refresh and inspire a youthful lifestyleâ€.
The
Company produces 7-up, Pepsi, Mirinda orange, mirinda soda, mirinda
lemon, mirinda fruity, mirinda tonic and teem lemonade. As at today, the
company has its head quarter in Beirut and operational based in three
African countries namely, Nigeria, Tanzania and Ghana.
The activities of the Kaduna plant is headed by the General manager and coordinated under five major sections namely:
1.
Operations Department: This can be seen as the largest unit in the
organization. Headed by the factory manager, it encompasses three
departments: Quality control, production and engineering.
2.
Administrative Department: This department handles all administrative
matters. It encompasses the following departments; accounts, Human
resources, computer (Management Information system or MIS).
3.
Marketing Department: This department is charged with the
responsibilities of managing sales, distribution, merchandising and
product warehousing. It also handles marketing issues of both the plant
and its depots. It encompasses the following departments: marketing,
sales, and depots.
4. Fleet Department: This handles the repairs of
plant. Sales, distribution and merchandising vehicles. It is headed by
the transport engineers and also handles the transport department.
5.
Inventory Department: This department handles the aspect of plant
material inventory. It encompasses the stores and warehouse departments
and is headed by the inventory manager.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project (research) work is titled “Effect of Materials Management on resource utilization in Organizationâ€. The researcher carried on investigation to determine the impact of effect of materials management on resource utilization in organization as it affect organization’s productivity and output in the field of resource control and management. The researcher went further to talk about the side effect of lack of adequate materials and resources used in industrial or m ... Continue reading---
