Objective of study: The objective of this study is to access the material utilization system in the manufacturing enterprise. It is also to ensure the users of (both local and foreign) of materials usage in the manufacturing enterprise are use in structurally uniform and meaningful.
Significance of study: the study, development of material utilization system in manufacturing enterprise is suited to benefit members of the enterprise, so they will be able to carryout their materials wage work effectively and efficiently.
Limitation of the study: The sample size is restricted to Asaba textile mill only, though the study went beyond the natural boarders.
Source of data: The information to be sued is the research will be drawn from primary and secondary source. Well prepared questionnaire and organized interview will serve as primary source while textbooks, Journals Newspaper already made research work will serve as secondary source. The researcher also hope to review the records and report of manufacturing enterprise and company in order to gather the necessary information.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Approval Page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Contents
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTE THREE
3.1.1 Primary data
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
Textile mill Ltd
Appendix B: Percentage waste computation of material input in the processing/finishing department
Appendix C: Specimen of questionnaire used
CHAPTER ONE
called in the then defunct Bendel state but now renamed Asaba Textile mill Ltd immediately after the splitting of the state into Edo and Delta states in 1991, was incorporation in 1965.
It was located on the eastern side of the town, Asaba, the headquarters of Delta state. It is cited close to the Lagos-Onitsha Express way for easy accessibility. The mill was created to assist in the relief of unemployment and to reduce rural migration of people to urban areas.
Amongst other objectives of the firm are the manufacturing of textile fabric (100% cotton), modernization and expansion. However, the product line of the company is Africa print with a planned production capacity of 4000 metres per day. Crey cloth which is 10,560, 000 matres per annum taking twenty –two working days in a month. Both the production capacities so far achieved are 30,000 metres per day Grey baft that is 7920,000-metre p.a. The slack in the full capacity achievement is due to insufficient supply of raw material (R/M), high labour cost, high labour turnover mostly in the spinning and weaving departments at the beginning of every year and also the demechanization of machines. The company has to cannibalize to put some machines into operation and a colossal amount is spent on the importation of German expatriates to carry out the job of machine cannibalism.
Moreso, the mill has staff strength of 840 comprising Administration, factory workers, security unit and labourers. It has a total sale of over eighty million Naira (N80m) p.a.
The raw materials used by the mill are; cotton hint, chemical and dyestuff. Some are sourced locally while some are imported. Indian expatriates own the mill.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
. The mill has chains of problems as regards the utilization of materials. A lot of problems of wastage are being suffered in the mill conspicuous amongst which are:
Solution: The roving waste should be sent back to the roving machine which turns the roving into raw cotton which should then be sent back to the below room for lapping.
Solution: To avoid pirn wastage, pirns should not have a double end as this amount to waste. Also the supervisors should constantly monitor the operators and machines should be maintained to avoid mechanical fault.
Solution: Wharping the section where beams are made should be highly controlled.
Solution: The machine should be checked and serviced to ensure that there is no mechanical fault that could cause a squeeze or a brake of the shuttle.
joining or correction Solution: Workers should be warned against the use of unnecessary
Vii Weft Float and warp float: This is gap found in back grey. It occurs when the anticrack motion in the loom is not functioning well. It also results to thick bar.
Solution: the anticrack motion should always be put in operation.
Viii Overlaps: This is a waste, which occurred during processing department.
Solution: Building a standby tank for t he storage of water and also a standby plant for power supply in the event of power failure to avoid the material becoming weak.
Solution: These should be a fabric run-out/85 crooning of a waste material first on the steam merger before the actual steaming.
Material cost or inventory cost constitute large portion of total cost. Being one of the largest elements of cost, it therefore calls for a great emphasis on its full utilization.
Every channel should be employed and exploited in ensuring for the maximum utilization of materials particularly in the areas of quality, quantity, prices and other attendant cost.
The effective utilization of materials has been on ebbs hence the clamour for appropriate objective measures for tier maximum utilization. Abnormal wastage of material could cause a stock out and the effect. Excessive set-up cost, high ordering cost and processing cost. Therefore, the utilization of material for wealth maximization in any establishment calls for a great concern.
However, to control the cost and enhance the effective utilization of material the following points are deemed relevant:-
1.4 HYPOTHESIS
Quite distinct from the view and the operation standard of the past the following reasons have been hypothesized as the cause of the under-utilization of raw material.
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The motivating factors behind this study of material utilization is to identify ways by which materials is being wasted and also to spell out possible solutions for improvement.
On this ground, the author has tried in his research work to fish out factors that could enhance the material utilization in a company. The following amongst others are the benefits that occur to any user of this project work especially the manufacturing sectors, which may implementation, the recommendation as contained.
In carrying out this project work many factors lend to choked the authors progress among these factors are:
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