TABLE OF CONTENT
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
CERTIFICATION
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER
ONE:
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF
THE STUDY
1.2
STATEMENT OF
PROBLEM
1.3
PURPOSE OF
STUDY
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE STUDY
1.5
SCOPE AND
PRELIMITATION
1.6
LIMITATIONS OR
CONSTRAINTS
CHAPTER
TWO
LITERATURE
REVIEW
CHAPTER
THREE
DESCRIPTION
AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING SYSTEM
3.1 FACT
FINDINGS METHOD USED
3.2
ORGANISATIONAL
STUDY
3.3
INPUT, PROCESS
AND OUTPUT ANALYSIS
3.4
PROBLEMS OF THE
EXISTING SYSTEM
3.5
JUSTIFICATION
OF THE NEW SYSTEM
3.6
INFORMATION
FLOW DIAGRAM
CHAPTER
FOUR
DESIGN OF
THE NEW SYSTEM
4.1 OUTPUT SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN
4.2
INPUT
SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN
4.3
FILE DESIGN
4.4
SYSTEM FLOW
CHAR AND REQUIREMENT
4.5
PROCEDURE CHART
CHAPTER
FIVE
5.1
IMPLEMENTATION
5.2
PROGRAM DESIGN
5.3
PROGRAM FLOW
CHART
CHAPTER
SIX
DOCUMENTATION
CHAPTER
SEVEN
7.0 RECOMMENDATION
AND CONCLUSION
7.1
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABSTRACT
The
warehouse is the interface area for production lines, market, customers and
suppliers, and the business environment in general. Goods inwards (GI),
constituting part of the warehouse activities, is the department responsible
for booking?in the incoming parts from external suppliers. After the production
process is improved, the resources in the warehouse are balanced to link the
internal/ external transfer of physical items. With a broader view of the GI
activities, and a look into its future, the actual problems may become clear,
understandable, and hence easy to solve. The aim of this paper is to study the
problem areas in GI and provide solutions to increase the performance of
warehousing operations. First, a conceptual framework has been developed to
improve the effectiveness of warehousing operations. Second, a case study has
been conducted with the help of the model to minimize the through?put time in warehousing operations. Finally, a summary of findings and
recommendations are presented.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Warehouse is where goods and commodities are kept for
further clearance. Narrowing it to
Nigeria Ports Authority, there are many warehouse where imported consignment
and goods are stored. This is cleared by
carrying the billing papers from post to post, waiting and wasting much time in
seeing who is in charge. Goods that
takes about two weeks to berth into the country takes another two weeks to get
cleared. This makes the importers and
the clearing agents to run from port to port, in search of where the goods were
kept.
The introduction of computer in warehousing will enable
importers know which and where their goods are kept, as it will always be
stipulates on the bill of laden papers.
Computer is hereby seen as a way of handling, by systematically organizing
them, recording or making notations on them, following up with the appropriate
action or the like.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLE
The processing of billing papers for clearance of goods,
with manual method has led to omission of many records that ought to be
included. This is caused by inaccuracy
of the manual billing process.
Due to the
inefficiency in manual billing process, billing papers are carried from post to
post, waiting for who is in charge, thereby delaying the goods that suppose to
be delivered.
More so,
goods are not delivered on time, due to the fact, that goods that takes about
two weeks to get into the country, still takes another two weeks to be cleared.
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of this is study is to
1.
Identify those problems caused by using manual billing
clearance
2.
Finding out the effect of this in Nigeria Ports
Authority
3.
Create computer awareness
4.
Identify prospects for solution of problems.
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This research, base on the problem and prospect of using computer
in Nigeria Ports Authority, will help to develop interest towards computer.
The
findings of this research, will also help the management to increase the income
generation of Nigeria Ports Authority and smooth running of the warehouse in
general.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE
STUDY
The researcher will identify all the problems, including
the financial constraints of the problems, encounter with the use of manual
billing clearance in warehousing.
1.6 LIMITATIONS
OF THE STUDY
Due to the financial constraints of the researcher and
lack of time, the researcher is concentrating the study in only Nigeria Ports
Authority Lagos.