ABSTRACT

This research work has been on material management techniques in the manufacturing industry with Happy Bakery, Port Harcourt being the case. Material management is control on flow of material and information through organization and management in a particular chain of business. The research problem involved appraising the practice of material management in the country with particular emphasis on certain materials management techniques and their impact in the companies operating results. The research addressed several purpose amongst which is to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of the company's material management techniques determine the effect of such technique on stock control, production level of inventory, sales and profitability. The researcher has adopted descriptive design in this project. The essence of this design is to enable her describe logically and systematically as well as explicitly Happy Bakery inventory operations. The sample size was limited to 5 years period (2002 — 2006) of operation. In the data collection the researcher made use of primary and secondary data. The findings of the study revealed that there exist a positive relationship between inventory levels and sales revenue in the company and inventory levels and profitability in the company. Amongst the recommendation made is the fact that Happy Bakery, Port Harcourt should always update inventory levels based on the most recent market information.