THE EFFECT OF PRODUCTION COST CONTROL IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY

ABSTRACT

This study is designed to appraise the effect of production cost control in a manufacturing industry/company. The effect of cost control in a manufacturing industry is varied and highly challenging. They are concerned with future planning and direct the operation and decision making and other financial plans, processing financial information falls within their areas of competence. For effective cost control, the company should practice process costing methods in it’s true meanings. This means that cost should be ascertained along the production process for adequate and effective cost control mechanism, this will go along way in reducing the production cost.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of contents

CHAPTER ONE

1. Introduction
   1. Background of the  study
   1. Statement of the problem
   1. Objectives of the study
   1. Research questions
   1. Significance of  the study
   1. Scope of the study
   1. Limitation of the  study
   1. Definition of term

CHAPTER TWO

• Literature review
  • Introduction
  • Nature of cost accounting
  • What cost control means
  • The concept of cost control and cost minimization
  • Steps involved in cost control
  • The need for cost control strategies and techniques
  • Cost control / cost minimization techniques and strategies worth study
  • The nature and classification of cost

CHAPTER THREE

• Research methodology and design
  • Introduction
  • Research design
  • Sources / methodology of data collection
  • Population and sample size
  • Sampling technique
  • Validity and reliability of measuring instrument
  • Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

• Presentation and analysis of data
  • Introduction
  • Data presentation, classification and calculation
  • Analysis of data
  • Test of hypotheses
  • Interpretation of result

CHAPTER FIVE

• Summary, conclusion and recommendations
  • Introduction
  • Summary and findings
  • Conclusion
  • Recommendations

References

Appendix

CHAPTER ONE

1.0  INTRODUCTION

       Manufacturing is the transformation of raw materials into finished goods through the use of labour and the factory facilities. It is clear from this point of view that currently the prices of raw materials are exorbitant to the extent that manufacturing industries are in a serious profit squeeze. They are struggling to maintain satisfactory earnings in a situation that increases are becoming more difficult to obtain even atleast proportional degree of cost.

       Manufacturing companies whether sole proprietorship, corporation among others must have an objective and the primary objective of these company is to maximize profits. It therefore follows that for a company or organization to make profit, it must have control over the cost of it’s production and services.  

1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

It is paramount that the feature of every organization is in the pursuit of a goal(s) and objective and this target exists in different dimension. So to maintain the level of earning or to increase earnings following this situations, companies have to take drastic measures to control, if not reduce costs do away with waste and increase productivity at al ebbs.

This research work is conducted to see in general the effect of cost in a manufacturing industry and also to verify the discriminate increase in the price of commodities produced by companies which have attracted the attention of many citizens, especially those who know the applications of the continuous rise in price (inflation) on nation’s economy in general. This rapid increase in price of manufactured goods can be attributed to the cost of production of goods and services and it is in light of this reason that the need for cost control rises.

This research work will therefore attempt to give a comprehensive account of the cost control in the field of manufacturing company with a particular emphasis on Longman furniture company Enugu.

In other words, the purpose of this study is to examine the various cost control measure being used in manufacturing company using Longman furniture company as a case study.

The consequence of these reasons is necessary because the industry/company involved in the manufacturing of many products faced with discriminate rise in price of their product which is attributed to the cost of production, when cost control is applied the product cost will be reduced.

1.2  STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

       For sometimes, major discussions have been going on in government circles, among the members of the public and within private organizations about serious cost control. Some of these problem include:  

1. The discriminate increase in the price of commodity by companies
2. Some manufacturing industries are in a serious profit squeeze, struggling to maintain satisfactory earnings.
3. The rapid increase in price of manufactured goods as a result of high cost of production of goods and services.

1.3  OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

       The sole objectives of this study

1. To examine the cost control system in operation at Longman furniture company Enugu.
2. To evaluate them as to their effectiveness or otherwise
3. To find out all the inherent deficiency
4. To make recommendation for solving identified problems and possibly improved and undated any absolute techniques lines with recent trends.
5. To find out the effect of cost control in the price of a product, growth of the firm and operating expenses.