1.0 Introduction
For the survival of any organization, be it public or private the efficiency is the most vital factor.
Therefore means the coordination and maximum contribution from each basic function of the organization such as creation, finance, personnel, conversion and distribution, especially the purchasing, function towards the success of the entire organization.
However, efficient performance of the purchasing function is important to the smooth operation of may organization and as a result the role of purchasing is latent and conspicuous.
It is a basic responsibility of purchasing function to obtain material of services, to ensure that the flow of production is not interrupted. As has been described “purchasing and organization “and also, “competent purchasing is one of the basic requirements for a company to cult cost and thereby increase profits.
When one contemplates that for every sale there must be a buyer and than other side of coin is buying, one begins to realize the significance and the function had been especially in the public sector stripped.
The reason for this stems sometime aroma the wrong interpretation given to the art of purchasing plays an unquantifiable role in field of management activity and contributes highly to profitability.
The words Geoff Lancaster, in the journals 1984 edition of purchasing should acknowledge it latent role as being much broader in its traditionally recognized role of merely being, requisitioning facility.
1.1 Background of the Study
Nigeria Bottling Company Plc,
Nigeria bottling company plc was originated as a soda function beverage in 1886 selling for five least. Early growth was impressive, but it was only when a strong bottling system that coca-cola become the world Famous Brand It Is Today.
1884 – A modest start for a bold idea. Since the emergence of this organization, it has snifter to the market and consumers different types of soda fountain beverages.
The number of soda fountain beverages sent to our market by this bottling company plc, in doubt has made tremendous impact on the reduction of the micro economic variables problems in this country through generating to our economy, creation of job opportunities etc the management of Nigeria bottling company plc is a public liability company.
1.2 Statement of Problem
Business conditions during the recent past placed much strain and pressure on the purchasing management function and roles. Critical materials shortages, worldwide inflation and arbitrary action of government seriously interfered with the orderly operation of business.
Materialism is the source of out present day Nigeria society and people who are responsible for purchasing function in Nigeria bottling company plc Aba, and other good (public) companies however, purchasing management and its allied subject are the newest course read full-time in some higher institution of higher learning, and more than seventy percent of firms in Nigeria are yet to embrace this in its most meaningful and realistic dimensions.
Much corporate management has been made painfully aware of the shortcomings of the operation of their firms' materials management function. Indeed, it is among the best of the specialized business functions, to be centralized and given the responsibility and authority for making profit progress in this area of business management is thus just beginning. The development of purchasing role and function in the (public sector) Nigeria bottling company plc Aba has been badly affected by the “buying syndrome”.
1.3 Objective of the Study
This study is carried out with the following objective
- To examine the various, role of contribution of purchasing and supply management profitable of an organization available and evaluate their application.
- To make critical study of problem in the services offered by the firm and suggest solutions to these problem.
- To formulate the role of purchasing strategies that would be.
1.4 Significance of the Study
This research project in all its tendencies aim at correcting many professional lapses and undue encroachment by unqualified personals in both private and public sectors. It is intended that the research will keep both the government and industrialists, in setting up their industrial to realize that without efficient purchasing officier the envisaged profit will remain that no previous study was been carried out on purchasing activities in the public sector, but this will in particular reshape the financial profitability of Nigeria.
1.5 Research Question
Does purchasing department have adequate number of customers?
From the research sampling carried out among customers numbering (250) on hundred and eighty customers agreed, (180) (50) disagreed and 20 undecided.
Statement: From the above sample, 725 of the customers agreed that purchasing department have adequate number of customers, 20% of the customers disagreed with 8% them remained undecided.
Research Question 2
Do you fin out reason why customer waster much time in the company? From research sampling carried out among customers agreed that much time is wasted that not more than enough time is spent in the company, white 5 of refused to comment. Therefore the percentage of respondent are calculate below.
Table Calculation Available in the Material Calculation
The percentage of customer that wasted much time in the company is.
220 X 100 = 88%
250 1
88% of the customers wasted their time when transacting business with the company due to non-challant and indifferent attitude of the staff, 10% of the customers spend not more than enough time in the company.
Research Question 3
How was introduction of modern technology such as computer welcome into the system by the staff -250 staff were interviewed on the afford mentioned question, 200 of them welcome it with optimism, 30 among them welcome it with mixed feelings for pear of loosing their jobs to computer while 20 among them rejected the introduction and refused to change.
1.6 Scope of the Study
The study of the role contribution of purchasing of supply management profitability of an organization of an organization cover a very complex areas. But in the case of our study it is narrowed to soda fountain beverages production.
1.7 Limitation of the Study
In carried this research, the research was cooperated with a number of limitations. Due to finance and time constraints, the research was unable to examine all the variable in purchasing in all the leading. Public and private companies, limitation his study to a few public enterprise themselves incomplete.
1.8 Definition of Terms
Purchasing:
Is the process involving planning, and strategy designed to obtain value for money spent.
Vendor:
This focuses on the knowledge of selling and buying the person that supplies goods to the buyer is the vendor.
Negotiation:
Negotiation is a conference between one party or person with another party or person with a view to arriving at a consensus.
Material Handling:
This is the process by which materials are being moved, handed and stored with in and around an establishment with the use of hand or mechanical equipment.
Organization:
An organization is a group of people who from a business with the aim of making profit or achieving an objective.
Store House:
A storehouse is a building designing to keep materials until when there are needed by the uses
Storekeeper:
Is a person who keep or operation the systematic procedure of recording transaction in the storehouse so that materials held in store will be safeguarded.
Storekeeping:
Storekeeping is a systematic procedure of recording transaction in the store, so that at any given time, the stock record we show the actual stock position of each material held within the store organization.
