QUALITY CONTROL AS A MEANS OF ENHANCING PRODUCTIVITY IN A PRODUCTION COMPANY (A CASE STUDY OF LIFE FLOUR MILLS NIGERIA LIMITED)

ABSTRACT

The pervasive influx of low quality product into the market has triggered the turning point for all production companies. Production companies that work towards excellence now inculcate quality in their operations. Given that consumers would always patronize products of companies that guarantee high quality; this research is directed towards determining quality control as a means in Production Company, and how to attain high quality products. This project is divided into five chapters. Chapter one, the introduction gives a descriptive of the effect of quality control, low substandard product, on the market, over the years. Chapter two is the literature review which gives a vivid review of some of the works and writes up of quality control and productivity. Chapter three is the research methodology. It shows the methodology and procedures adopted in collecting data for his work. the primary data used were collected from the cadres of worker in the quality control department of Life Flour Mills Nigeria Ltd. Chapter Four, the data analysis and hypothesis testing. The level of significance used is 0.05 Hypothesis were tested using the chi-square (X2) techniques in order to establish facts relevant to the research. Lastly, chapter five contains the summary of findings, conclusion, implications of findings and recommendations.