INTRODUCTION
Doug Wallace, a Materials Management subject expert with Life Cycle Engineering [L.C.E] Consultancy Company Charleston, South Carolina; in a paper presentation titled “Maintenance and Reliability Inventory Management” gave an apt and practical illustration that underscores the need for inspection. He said, have you heard of the guys that burned up a brand new piece of rotating equipment because it was installed with no oil in it? That little oversight cost $80,000 for a replacement. When properly lubricated, it would have cost less than $100”. Again, he said, “How about the guys that cut a section out of their raw materials feeder line and then find out the replacement piece was just a little bit too short to fit into the gap? That little mistake cost thousands of dollars in unplanned repairs and potentially hundreds of thousands in lost production”.
This brings to mind the two renowned cases in Nigeria of Indomie Instant Noodles Poisoning Crisis of 2004 and Pfizer Poisoning Crisis, Kano 1996. What these organizations suffered in terms of cost, production revenue loss and image can only be imagined.
Table of Contents
Title
Approval
Declaration-
Acknowledgement
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE:
Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problems
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1.4 Significance of the Study
1.5 Scope of the Study
1.6 Research Questions
1.7 Definition of Terms
CHAPTER TWO:
Literature Review
2.1 Specification and Standardization
2.2 Objectives of Specification and Standardization
2.3 Approaches to developing a Balanced Specification
2.4 Inspection
2.5 Types of Inspections
2.6 Defect Preventive Approach
2.7 Effects of Materials Inspection on the Quality of Products
CHAPTER THREE:
Research Methodology
3.1 Area of the Study
3.2 Research Design
3.3 Population of the Study
3.4 Sample and Sampling Procedure
3.5 Instrument for Data Collection
3.6 Administration of the Instrument
3.7 Techniques for Analyzing Data
CHAPTER FOUR:
Data Presentation and Analysis
4.1 Presentation of Results
CHAPTER FIVE:
Summary, Discussions, Conclusion and Recommendations
5.1 Summary of Procedures
5.2 Discussion of Findings
5.3 Implications of Findings
5.4 Conclusions
5.5 Recommendations
5.6 Suggestions for Further Study
Bibliography
Appendix
