TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE II
APPROVAL III
DEDICATIONIV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT V
TABLE OF CONTENTS VI
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS/TABLES
CHAPTER ONE:
1.1INTRODUCTION 1
1.2THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1
1.3THE NEED FOR THE STUDY 3
1.4THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 5
1.5RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 5
1.6THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY 6
1.7RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 6
1.8LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 7
1.9ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY 8
1.10OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS 9
CHAPTER TWO:
2.0INVENTORY CONTROL AND INVENTORY VALUATION12
2.1NATURE OF INVENTORY12
2.2INVENTORY CONTROL 16
2.3ACQUISITION AND ISSUE OF MATERIALS 40
2.4BASIC INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEMS 43
2.5FACTORS THAT AFFECT INVENTORY CONTROL
SYSTEMS 49
2.6INVENTORY CONTROL METHODS 49
2.7INVENTORY VALUATION SYSTEMS
2.8INVENTORY VALUATION METHODS 53
2.9FACTORS AFFECTING INVENTORY VALUATION DECISIONS57
2.10THE CONCEPT OF VIABILITY 60
CHAPTER THREE
3.1SELECTION OF DATA62
3.2COLLECTION OF DATA 64
3.3TOOLS OF DATA ANALYSIS 66
3.4RELIABILITY OF DATA 67
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION ANALYSIS
4.1DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS68
4.2HYPOTHESIS TESTING 86
CHAPTER FIVE:
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1SUMMARY 100
5.2CONCLUSION 101
5.3RECOMMENDATION 102
BIBLIOGRAPHY107
APPENDICES109
