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Purchasing Role In The Achievement Of An Organizational Objective
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The chief raw material; sugar chemical, crown cork and concentrates.
The
company started operation in 1982 with a single production line,
producing only fanta orange and later an added six (6) different
products being the current number of products. The company sales
coverage in Imo-State comprises, Owerri, orlu, Okigwe, Mgidi, Mbano and
of course all part of Imo-State, like Umueneke ngor (Ngor Okpula Local
Government Area) the products are sold though the two groups of
distributors, group one are those appointed direct from Lagos and they
are referred to as first class while the second group are appointed by
the plant branch manager, is second class distributors. Under normal
conditions and all things equal, the plant producer and average of 27
Thousand crates of minerals per day and work on two shifts.
Administrative
The
company is made of five sections namely the production, the works
section, the personnel section, the accounts section and the
finished/sales section, which is headed by a plant manager is the
administrative officer.
Production
The production
division/section which is under the production manager plant the
production process and controls the inventory analysis.
Works
The works sections what is under the spare parts manager performs the following functions:
i. Plan the aspect of the company.
ii. Laborator and quality control
iii. Industrial safety and auxiliary departments.
Finance Section,
The
account manager is not the job of the affairs and the reports to the
plant manager and addition performs the following functions;
i. Plans the financial aspect of the organization
ii. Plans and control budgets
The Sales Finished Products
i. Plans the marketing and selling products.
ii. Logistics planning
iii. Sales forecast
The
aim of this division is for efficient and effective operation. Though
in some organization this does not obtain “thus†the purpose of
operating a storehouse for these materials is distinctly different from
that for savable goods.
The Stores,
The stores management lovers the following activities
1. Holding, controlling and issuing the following activities.
2. Control of all stores houses. Materials handling functions.
3. Quality control activities
4. Cervical administration of stores operation.
Plant Manager
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The
high inflationary trends records in Nigeria in recent times are never a
thing of joy to companies, couple with the critical rain materials
storages, component, parts etc; and no complete autonomy given to
purchasing role department to exercise full control over its functions.
In
some organizations purchasing role department lacks competent trained
professionals that can effectively handled that task of buying what is
required in the most economic manner with a view to increasing profit,
knowing that any wise overall purchasing contributes to achievement like
in many other profession continues staff training has been of immense
importance for growth of effective purchasing, as a dynamic area of
management discipline, requires well informed professionals that can
keep abreast with the changing business environment in order to achieve
success for the organization. It has become clear that organization must
have an efficient and effective purchasing and supply function if they
are to compete successfully with both domestic and international firms.
The problem of this research is to analyzed the various areas of
contribution of purchasing towards profit and growth of an achieving
organization.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Purchasing being a department that is responsible for procurement of all materials need in the organization and also making sure that all the materials procured are delivered on time to user departments in order to avoid stoppage of production.In this research work, the contribution and roles of purchasing in the achievement of an organization are highlighted. Purchasing functions are not only to identify the organization needs, source for suppliers, select suppliers, place order, relieve goods, ... Continue reading---
