...NATURE OF RAW MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PROBLEM IN THE NIGERIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR There are critical problems associated with raw material management in manufacturing organizations in Nigeria today. These are rarely given adequate attentions due to inability of people involved to trace the problems to raw material management. This writer had in an empirical study traced the following problems to inefficiency in raw material/inventory management in Nigeria: 1. The inefficient use of production time, labour and other resources due to delays or incessant short down and interruptions during production have become inherent part of operations in many manufacturing organization in Nigeria. This often led to inability to meet customers’ order and eventual loss of market shares. Low capacity utilization and loss of revenue as consequence of these problems led to closure of many manufacturing firms in the country. 2. The poor liquidity position of many manufacturing concerns in Nigeria is a matter of concern to many shareholders and stakeholders alike. To hold too much stock than necessary will lead to capital lock-up in inventory of raw materials. The materials held idle in stores have values attached to them; and the likelihood is that the organization will never regain the money in them if they become obsolete and useless. 3. In many manufacturing concerns in Nigeria, there is inadequate provision of good quality manpower in stock maintenance and material management. This...
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...Everybody has probably heard before “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food” quoted by the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates. So then it should be no surprise that food can be a powerful tool in maintaining our health and preventing disease. Eating a raw food diet is a healthy way to live your life but how much impact does it have on reversing a disease such as diabetes? In watching the documentary Simply Raw: Reversing diabetes in thirty days Cousens states, “Raw food is best. When you cook food you lose 50% protein, 70-80% vitamins and minerals and close to 100% vital nutrients” (Perlmutter). According to Webster’s dictionary raw food is defined as a diet consists that of unprocessed raw vegan foods that has not been heated above115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius). There are many benefits to a raw food diet such as weight loss, more energy, clear skin, improved digestion and improved overall health but, does a raw food diet truly reverse a disease such as diabetes? We can all agree that there are many benefits in eating a raw food diet but can we go as far to say that a raw food diet can actually “reverse” diabetes. Diabetes has no cure and the age of consumer- citizens that are being diagnosed with diabetes is getting younger and younger (Perlmutter). According to Medical news diabetes can be described as “a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar), either because insulin production is inadequate, or...
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...generally feels that Russia’s main (and some may say only) contribution to global trade is in raw materials (Lally, 2012). I am curious to learn more about raw materials and what makes Russia such a heavy player in this arena. EXPLANATION OF THE KEY TERM Raw materials are “inventory items that are used in the manufacturer’s conversion process to produce components, subassemblies, or finished products” (Satterlee, 2009). These inventory items are “unfinished goods” such as “a steelmaker uses iron ore and other metals in producing steel” (Raw material, 2006). When determining whether to conduct business in a particular region, the availability and relative proximity to raw materials should be a determining factor in the decision making process. While it can be beneficial for emerging businesses when the cost of raw materials is low in a particular region, it can become financially problematic when the vast majority of a nation’s economic system is wrapped up in the production and cost of raw materials. MAJOR ARTICLE SUMMARY This article is a general overview of the Russian economy as of December 2008 that reflects on the causes for a “slowdown” the preceding October. Even though there was a “slowdown” in the economy, growth was still taking place as evidenced in the GDP. For October of that year, GDP growth was 5.9% relative to the 7.7% seen in January-September. The price of oil and raw materials fell during that period which accounted for a greater decline in exports. Retail...
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...If there is one characteristic about Doc from the Wine to Water novel that appeals to me, it is his sensitivity to human needs. The fact that Doc became a humanitarian out of his own inspiration allows me to see what a truly compassionate human being he is. I recognize the will to help others in myself as well as in the author of the novel. Of course, his work led him all the way to Darfur and his mission was to provide clean water for those who needed it most, but to an extent, I have also always felt the urge to help others. Coming from a Hispanic family and being able to go back to my parents’ country of origin has allowed me to view poverty in its most raw form. Growing up, I have always been aware that I am “lucky” and “blessed” as my parents say, to live in the United States and that I have never had to suffer through starvation or dehydration as many have. Since I had the opportunity of visiting my family in the Dominican Republic from a very early age, I was also able to create consciousness of the real problems faced by my fellow Dominicans. My mom had always taught me that donating was a great way to help others. And I could always recall my dad telling me stories about how if a beggar came to my grandmother’s door asking for clothes she would always give up the best she had because not only did she feel sympathy for these poor souls, she also felt that they needed to be respected. I agree with my grandmother because when one donates something it should be of high quality...
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...manufacturing company. This company uses raw materials, such as carbon powder, iron, ash, and resin. It wants to develop an inventory management system that will have the following features: The system should store the current inventory levels for different raw materials in a file. If carbon powder is less than 500 lbs, then the system will check if orders are still pending on the shop floor. If pending orders are for more than 5,000 brake pads, then someone should order 2,000 lbs of carbon powder; otherwise, someone should order for 1,000 lbs of carbon powder. Similarly, perform the same check for other raw materials iron, ash, and resin. The list of all the raw-material vendors is available with Shemrock Inc. The system should read and store the vendor information and then, depending upon the raw material that is to be ordered, print out the purchase order for that raw material. The purchase order will contain the details of the raw material such as the name, quantity, total cost, and vendor address. Create a flowchart and pseudocode using control breaks that enable the user to print invoices for any raw material that is selected. submit a document containing the flowchart and the pseudocode Explain how you implemented the system and describe the logic steps of the system. follow the link given below to view Solution http://goo.gl/P1vAM Shemrock Inc. is a brake pad manufacturing company. This company uses raw materials, such as carbon powder, iron...
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...high-fat foods, obviously not a healthy situation. I continued the tradition after leaving home until the age of thirty. I did not connect my diet with my health problems when I was young. Once I realized the connection, I became impassioned with the desire to educate myself in dietary nutrition, ultimately completing a Bachelors degree in nutrition. Possibly the goal that has taken the most perseverance and determination to accomplish in my life is going from an extremely poor diet to what is probably the most healthy diet imaginable, a 100% raw vegan diet. My wife was the catalyst for my change to a healthier diet over the years. She had been raised in a household with much better awareness of healthy eating habits, and she began my dietary evolution by gradually eliminating meat from my meals. The major milestones of my dietary journey included becoming vegetarian, dairy-free, sugar-free, re-introducing raw dairy, and then finally raw vegan. I have made it a habit to read ingredient labels and to avoid all toxic substances. I only purchase organically grown produce. There were temptations and peer pressure along the way. Coworkers warming barbecued elk, asking "Doesn't that smell good?", or "Don't you miss eating meat?" Friends made comments like "That would be way too much trouble - I like being able to get something to eat on any street corner. You're going to die of something anyway - why not enjoy yourself?". Visits to...
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...Kenny Smith April 20th, 2003 The role of men in society has been a vital. Men were subjected to the same inhumane and horrifying events that happened during the Holocaust. When one thinks of a man, you think of father, solider and other manly things. A great deal of pride comes along with being and man. Along with pride, testosterone, intensity, and all sorts of other factors key into the characteristics of men. However, the Holocaust completely stripped men of most of these characteristics. The Holocaust did not allow men to be men. Holocaust art, the “Tale of the Sprinter” by Sudeep Pagedar, and Vladek Spiegelman in the memoirs Maus by Art Spiegelman are examples of how men suffered during the Holocaust and the amount of empathy produced from the suffering of these men. Empathy is the ability to see something from somebody else's point of view and to walk a mile in their shoes if you will. Men are very prideful individuals who are very dominating members of society. The atrocity of the Holocaust has been displayed and expressed through various pieces of art and literature. Famous Holocaust painters like Felix Nussbaum have expressed this atrocity through art. Felix Nussbaum was a prisoner at Auschwitz who died there in 1944. The image to the right is one Nussbaum’s paintings that survived the Holocaust. Besides the man sitting on this wooden box, you see two other men in the rear who appear to be using the bathroom. The condition that these men were forced to live in...
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...RAW MATERIALS ASSESSMENT Characteristics are qualities or features that people have. It is important to determine your raw materials that come in different forms like talents, abilities, skills, personalities, interests, passions, desires, and preferences. Often people have trouble accepting the negative, but everyone has positive and negative traits that should be accepted and worked on. Strengths, potential strengths, faults or bad habits, interests, desires, or passions, personality, and core values are the six categories of raw materials that I will evaluate for myself. Strengths are the first category we will start on. Strengths are basically talents or abilities you have that come naturally. I conducted my self-assessment by doing the Richard Step online test and the Multiple Intelligences for Adult Literacy and Education online test. I found five top strengths. The first one is integrity which I have the ablility to keep my commitments, stay off teams that have slackers that take away all of my energy, value quality first rather than rushing and sacrificing quality, be very ethical, responsible, and say no if I see there is a lot on my plate. Secondly, curiosity is on my list. I actively take on roles that require to stay current in a fast moving field, richer learning environment keeps me energized, track learning progress and celebrate milestones, challenge myself to be an expert on a subject, love to work next to someone who will push me to learn more...
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...data a; input a b @; do rep=1 to 3; do s1=1 to 3; do s2=1 to 2; input y @@; output; end;end;end; datalines; 1 1 12 13 14 15 23 22 15 16 17 18 24 15 26 25 18 19 20 21 1 2 23 10 23 20 15 33 26 13 26 23 16 12 18 36 29 16 29 26 1 3 21 15 34 23 16 19 24 18 37 26 17 17 19 22 27 21 40 29 2 1 13 18 23 14 18 21 16 21 26 17 19 20 21 24 19 24 29 20 2 2 16 16 13 25 19 21 19 19 16 28 20 18 22 24 22 22 19 31 2 3 17 24 15 17 19 21 20 27 18 20 20 26 22 24 23 30 21 23 ; proc print; run; /* lets consider A and B are random, and of course rep, samoplings ( s1 and s2 ) all are random */ proc glm; class a b rep s1 s2; model y=a b a*b rep(a*b) s1(rep*a*b); random a b a*b rep(a*b) s1(rep*a*b); run; proc varcomp method=type1; class a b rep s1 s2; model y=a b a*b rep(a*b) s1(rep*a*b); run; output: The SAS System 10:46 Wednesday, November 16, 2011 21 Obs a b rep s1 s2 y 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 2 1 1 1 1 2 13 3 1 1 1 2 1 14 4 1 1 1 2 2 15 5 1 1 1 3 1 23 6 1 1 1 3 2 22 7 1 1 2 1 1 15 8 1 1 2...
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...What is Raw Food Diet? Raw Food Diet means getting the majority of nutrients that your body requires from eating more of easy-to-digest raw foods. It includes fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and so on. You can give your oven a day off with a Raw Food Diet. However, you don't need to go completely raw… Just slip in a good amount of fresh vegetables and fruits in your daily meal. Benefits of Raw Food Diet You can reap great health benefits out of this diet. There are several studies to shore up that this diet got the following benefits; Provides dietary fibers and thus improves digestion. Lowers inflammation – Certain fruits and vegetables are known to have anti-inflammatory properties. Provides nutrition – There are certain vitamins and minerals that get damaged when cooked in high...
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...Art in Raw Form The movie industry is for entertainment purposes. For many people, going to the movies is an escape; time to sit back and become someone else. However, once in a rare moment then a movie comes out that is not just foe entertainment and dares to address a controversial issue. “The Blind Side” and “Precious” are two movies that I was very surprised at my reaction to them. My reasons for wanting to see both movies were as different as night and day. I went to see the “Blind Side” because it is based on a true story and Sandra Bullock is the leading lady. Yet, “Precious” doesn’t have a famous leading lady, but the previews were so intense and so realistic that it pulled me in. “The Blind Side” and “Precious” are movies about over-weight, illiterate, poverty stricken African-American teenagers and their struggles to overcome adversity. Have we seen movies like these before? What makes either one of these movies so alike yet so different? Both movies were accused of stereotyping and racism. One movie can be compared to a rag to riches (The Blind Side”) story as the other a phoenix rising (‘Precious”). Unlike “The Blind Side”, “Precious” isn’t afraid of presenting a valuable message to society. Director Lee Daniels has been heavily criticized for his style and script to the extent of being called an “Uncle Tom”. This film was classified by many as a stereotype of all African-Americans. There are those who argued that this movie will only bring the African-American...
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...In the books of a Company Cost Sheet for the period ended…….. Units Produced….. Name of the product unit sold…. | |Particulars |Total cost Rs. |Unit Cost Rs.| | |Opening stock raw materials | | | |Add |Purchases of Raw Materials | | | |Add: |Expenses on Purchases of Raw Materials (octroi & duty) | | | |Less: |Closing stock of raw materials | | | |Less: |Sale of scrap or defectives of raw materials | | | |= |Cost of materials consumed | | | |Add: |Productive Labour | | | |Add: |Outstanding wages | | | |Add: |Direct Expenses( architect’s fees) | | | |= |Prime...
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...Introduction Statement of the Problem The company conducted the operation without reliable research. As the company operates for a short time, it is found out that the gathering of raw materials used in pulp and paper industry turned out to be so expensive that makes the production process unprofitable. The type of wood that was used in production has a high silica content that damages the machine. Objectives * To develop an efficient and effective way to provide cheap and reliable raw material for production process * To make the best use of available resources of the company * To make sure that the company operation will be profitable Strengths of the company 1. The company has an easy access of capital 2. The company has a wide range of area for production process 3. The company has a lot of raw material, a certain plant which they can use in production if studied further 4. The company has trained personnel that there’s no problem in the quality of production 5. The location of the factory is in the area where the major raw material abounds Weaknesses of the company 1. Lack of research on the quality and production cost of materials that will be used 2. Poor quality of raw materials used that damage machines 3. High raw materials cost which makes the production unprofitable 4. High energy cost because of the machines that will produce fiber 5. Continuous cutting of trees which is the major source in producing...
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...INTRODUCTION A PARLE PRODUCTS LTD. Today stand as a pioneer in the field of Agro product exports the company has made substantial process since its establishment. For the company’s success, Parle believes in treating customers with trust, dignity, and respect. They believe in fair business practices and in doing their part to save the environment. Currently Mr. Vijay K. Chauhan is the key person contributing towards the companies’ success. PRODUCTS:- CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY OTHER PREPARED FOODS ( BY ROASTING ) BISCUITS ACTIVE YEASTS Exporting countries:- BAHRAIN CAMEROON CANADA KOREA DEM. REP. MALTA NEPAL NEW ZEALAND SAUDI ARABIA SIERRA LEONE SOUTH AFRICA U.A.E U.S.A. YAMAN HISTORY OF PARLE-G A long time ago, when the British ruled in India, a small factory was set up in the suburbs of Mumbai City, to manufacture sweets and toffees. The year was 1929 and the market was dominated by famous international brands that were imported freely. Despite the odds and unequal competition, this company called PARLE PRODUCT, survived and succeeded by adhering to his quality and improvising from time to time. A decade later, in 1939, Parle Product began manufacturing biscuits, in addition to sweets and toffees having already established a reputation for quality, the Parle Brand name grew in strength with this diversification. PARLE GLUCOSE and PARLE MONACO were the first brand...
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