APPLICATION OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING TO PRODUCTION SCHEDULING IN FUNTUA TEXTILE COMPANY LIMITED
APPLICATION OF LINEAR PROGRAMMING TO PRODUCTION SCHEDULING IN FUNTUA TEXTILE COMPANY LIMITED
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1988-11
Authors
DANFULOTI, KADO
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Abstract
This work was primarily undertaken to find
out the applicability of linear programming technique
to production scheduling in Nigerian
manufacturing industry.
The work is divided into five chapters.
Chapter one dealt with introducing the subject of
complexity in decision making due to the geometrical
development in Organisational activities. It also
introduced the discipline 'Operations Research'
and of its tools - linear programming. The Chapter
further highlighted the objectives,, of methodology
of research and some perceived limitations of
the study.
The second chapter dealt with an intensive
review of related literature on its application
to production scheduling and at the end came up
with a hypothesis that guided and gave direction
to the study.
Chapter three was dedicated to presentation
of the data collected and the choice of an appropriate
linear programming model to analysed the
data .
The last two chapters dealt with the analysis
of the data, discussion of the results thereto and
suggestions thereupon.
Description
A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (M. B. A.)
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA
NOVEMBER, 1988.
Keywords
APPLICATION,, LINEAR,, PROGRAMMING,, PRODUCTION,, SCHEDULING,, FUNTUA,, TEXTILE,, COMPANY,, LIMITED.