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The Effect Of Material Management Technique On Production Planning Processes
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1.8 HISTORICAL BACKGROUNOF UNITED NIGERIA TEXTILE PLC (UNT PLC), KADUNA.
The
United Nigeria Textiles PLC, formally called the United Nigeria
Textiles Limited (UNTL) is located in Kakuri Industrial Area of Kaduna
South Local Government area of Kaduna State.
Mr. Cha-Chi-Ming, a
Chinese founded it on May 7th, 1964, with some Nigerians and commenced
operations in early 1965. The company started operating as a finishing
plant, importing policy on backward integration in June 1976, the
company immediately acquired and installed its first spinning and
weaving facilities to produce its own Grey Baft from locally grown
cotton.
For its determination to expand its operation the company
acquired controlling interest in Zamfara Textiles Industry Limited
(ZTIL) in 1976, by this, there is a steady supply of Grey Baft for its
highly efficient finishing plant in Kaduna. UNT. PLC is the only factory
capable of producing highly sophisticated wax prints in the country and
indeed the whole of West Africa.
In 1976, fresh idea of another
factor was conceived, so in 1977 its incorporated Funtua Textiles
Limited (FTL) to produce materials different from the conventional
products of Kidnap factory and Gusau factory, the Funtua Textiles United
produces high quality bedspreads, pillow cases and cotton/polyester
fabrics in various designs and colours.
In 1980, the company bought
Norspin in Kaduna from its former owners UAC. The name Norspin was
changed and its is now a subsidiary company registered as unitex Limited
and an associate company named Supertex limited. Unitex Limited is a
spinning plant producing yam for the sole consumption of UNT Plc, while
Supertex limited is a finishing plant producing wax prints for export to
ECOWAS countries and USA with the support and encouragement from
business-like partners such as Northern Nigeria Development Company
(NNDC), Nigeria Industrial Development Bank (NIDB), New Nigeria
Investment Limited (NNIL), Kaduna State Government and the Federal
Ministry of Industry. In view of technological advancement UNT. Plc have
embarked on basic technological review of its machines and equipment
through computerization, restructuring and modernization of its various
components units, improved transportation system. It was scientific
approaches to solving environmental problems. It is the first mill in
Nigeria to acquire and install its own effluent treatment plant for
minimizing health hazard and preventing land water pollution.
UNT plc
is the largest employers of labour among textiles industries in the
country and the largest in terms of production capacity. It has a total
workforce of 15,000. The total install capacity is for ninety six
million meters (96m) finished materials. Currently the company is
expanding its factory building to accommodate additional processing
machines for its blocked real wax prints and finishing department. The
expansion of the finishing department will enable the company to engage
in bleaching, dying and finishing of synthetic cotton blend textiles.
The
aims and objectives of the company are to undertake the production and
marketing of textiles commodity. Thus, it is involved by weaving, dying
and printing of textile materials which has helped Nigeria in providing
employment as well as having locally made textiles materials without
difficulties and at cheaper prices compared to imported ones.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The aims and objectives of this work is to examine “The Effect of Materials Management Techniques on Production Planning Process with reference to United Nigeria Textile Plc (UNT Plc), Kaduna... Materials management is open to so many problems in industrial sector in Nigeria, especially when theory and practice are compared. Among the problems facing materials management in Nigeria, which is also peculiar to the company which the project is based on are: Multiplication of materials managem ... Continue reading---
