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</p><p>Title page – – – – – – – – – i</p><p>Declaration – – – – – – – – – ii</p><p>Certification – – – – – – – – – iii</p><p>Dedication – – – – – – – – – iv</p><p>Acknowledgements – – – – – – – – v</p><p>Table of contents – – – – – – – vi</p><p>List of tables and Figures – – – – – – – ix</p><p>Abstract – – – – – – – – – <br> x</p><p><b>
Chapter ONE
: INTRODUCTION</b></p><p>1.1 Background of the Study – – – – – – 1</p><p>1.2 Statement of Problem – – – – – – 5</p><p>1.3 Objectives of the Study – – – – – – 6</p><p>1.4 Research Questions – – – – – – – 7</p><p>1.5 Research Hypotheses – – – – – – 7</p><p>1.6 Significance of the Study – – – – – – 8</p><p>1.7 Scope of the study – – – – – – – 9</p><p>1.8 Limitations of the study – – – – – 9 </p><p>1.9 Definition<br>of Terms – – – – – – 10</p><p><b>
Chapter TWO
: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE</b></p><p>2.0 Introduction – – – – – – – – 11</p><p>2.1 What is<br>Inventory? – – – – – – – 11</p><p>2.2 What are<br>the aims of inventory Management in Organization? – 16</p><p>2.3 Types of<br>Inventory Control System – – – – 17</p><p>2.3.1 The just –in<br>–time (JIT) approach – – – – 17</p><p>2.3.2 The fixed<br>order quality system – – – – 20</p><p>2.3.3 The cyclical<br>provisioning or the fixed order interval system – 22</p><p>2.3.4 The Material<br>Requirements planning (MRP) – – – 23</p><p>2.4 Importance of Inventory control in any manufacturing company 24</p><p>2.5 Kinds of costs associated with inventory – – – 25</p><p>2.6 Stock checking and stock taking – – – – – 29</p><p>2.6.1 Purpose of stocktaking – – – – – 30</p><p>2.7 Objectives of inventory control – – – – – 35</p><p>2.8 Requirement for effective inventory<br>management – – 36</p><p>2.9 Methods of controlling issue of stock – – – – 40</p><p>2.10 Problems associated with control system – – – 41</p><p>2.11 The main objectives of stores control system – – – 52</p><p><b>
Chapter THREE
: RESEARCH<br>METHODOLOGY</b></p><p>3.0 Introduction – – – – – – – – 59</p><p>3.1 Research Design – – – – – – 59</p><p>3.2 Area of the Study – – – – – – 59</p><p>3.3 Sample and sampling techniques – – – – – 59</p><p>3.4 Population of the study – – – – – 60</p><p>3.5 Method of Data Analysis – – – – – 71</p><p>3.6 Procedure for Data Collection – – – – – 71</p><p><b>CHAPTER<br>FOUR: PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA</b></p><p>4.0 Introduction – – – – – – – – 63</p><p>4.1 Presentation<br>of Data – – – – – 63</p><p>4.2 Data<br>Analysis – – – – – – – – 64</p><p>4.3 Testing of<br>Hypothesis – – – – – 66</p><p>4.4 Discussion and summary of findings – – – 70</p><p><b>
Chapter FIVE
: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS</b></p><p>5.0 Introduction – – – – – – – – 71</p><p>5.1 Summary – – – – – – – 71</p><p>5.2 Conclusion – – – – – – – – 72</p><p>5.3 Recommendations – – – – – – – 73</p><p> <b>REFERENCES</b></p><p><b> Appendix</b></p><p><b> Questionnaire</b></p><p><b>LIST OF TABLES</b></p><p>Table 2.1 – – – – – – – – – 55</p><p>Table 2.2 – – – – – – – – – 56</p><p>Table 2.3 – – – – – – – – – 56</p><p>Table 2.4 – – – – – – – – – 57</p><p>Table 2.5 – – – – – – – – – 57</p><p>Table 2.6 – – – – – – – – – 58</p><p>Table 3.1 – – – – – – – – – 61</p><p>Table 4.1 – – – – – – – – – 63</p><p>Table 4.2 – – – – – – – – – 64</p><p>Table 4.3 – – – – – – – – – 64</p><p>Table 4.4 – – – – – – – – – 65</p><p>Table 4.5 – – – – – – – – – 65</p><p>Table 4.6 – – – – – – – – – 66</p><p>Table 4.7 – – – – – – – – – 67</p><p>Table 4.8 – – – – – – – – – 68</p><p>Table 4.8 – – – – – – – – – 69</p><p><b>ABSTRACT</b></p><p>The<br>growing concern fo</p>
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