Description
INTRODUCTION
In any organization no matter how big or small, the management must make out time and provision for the storage and supplies of materials in the organization. Storage comprises of the management storehouse, stockyards the operation of handling and storage equipment, and the safe custody of protection of stock in the store.
All stocks, stored in the store must be received and stored property for future use when required storage of materials help in the steady supply of materials to the user department. Without supply of adequate materials, there will be no storage of materials and no activity will take place within the organization. Storage and supply of materials help an organization in achieving its objectives within the organization.
There are many types of storage method used in every store and within an organization. This helps to preserve the materials for presents and future use. Some of these methods are associated with handling, the task of handling and that of storage must be taken together. In a small firm, the stores functions may be operated a single office, run by one store keeper, but in large firm or organization, it is necessary to apportion the various duties to separate sections, example includes;
a. Identification or vocabulary section
b. Standardization of storehouse and stockyard
c. Stock control records an account stocks section
This division of store function brings about efficiency in the storage in the store, support steady flow of stores to the user department users the proper identification and classification of store materials.
Thus, a brief historical background of this establishment is therefore necessary at this point the Ebonyi state agricultural development programme (ESADP) was establishment in 1996. This was done because Ebonyi state was created by bringing part of Abia and Enugu indigene together.
The Ebonyi state ADP has 15 local government areas with two agricultural zones namely the Afikpo zone and the Abakaliki zone presently there are three zonal officers with nineteen blocks. The zonal officers includes; the Ebonyi North, Ebonyi central and South zonal officers.
Ebonyi lies within the decision forest belt of Nigeria. It has annual rainfall and temperature of about 14mm and 30.50c respectively the land is highly fertile and so favors cultivation of wide range of crops particularly tubers and cereals.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Certification page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Table of content
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 General over view of the study
1.2 Statement of the study
1.3 Objective of the study
1.4 Significance of the study
1.5 Research question
1.6 Hypothesis
1.7 Scope of the study
1.8 Limitation of the study
1.9 Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature review
2.1 Definition of storage and supply of materials
2.1.1. The need for storage and supply of materials
2.1.2 The role of storage and supply of materials in the organization
2.2 Organizational structure of store department
2.3 inter-departmental relationship stores and other departments
2.4 storage procedures
2.4.1 Stores identification
2.4.2 Method of issuing materials
2.4.3 Method of handling materials
2.5 supplies procedures
2.5.1 Time of issuing
2.5.2 Method of dispatching to the used department
2.6 Preservation and protection of stores
2.7 Stores security
2.8 Disposal of surplus, obsolete and obsolescence materials
2.9 General inventory systems
2.9.1 The periodic stocktaking
2.9.2 Continuous stocktaking
2.9.3 Blind stocktaking
2.9.4 Stock checking
CHAPTER THREE
Research methodology
3.0 Introduction
3.1 The research design
3.2 questionnaire design
3.4 sources of data
3.4.1 Secondary data
3.4.2 Primary data
3.5 Data collections techniques
3.5.1 The survey
3.5.2 Observational techniques
3.6 Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Data presentation and analysis of findings
4.1 data presentation
4.2 analysis of presentation of data
4.3 test of hypothesis
4.4 discussions of major findings
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Summary
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 Recommendation
Bibliography
Appendix
Questionnaire