DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTER BASED WAREHOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEM
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Warehouse
is where goods and commodities are kept for further clearance. Narrowing it to Nigeria Ports Authority,
there are many warehouses
where imported consignment and goods are stored. This is cleared by carrying the billing
papers from post to post, waiting and wasting much time in seeing who is in
charge. Goods that takes about two weeks
to berth into the country takes another two weeks to get cleared. This makes the importers and the clearing
agents to run from port to port, in search of where the goods were kept.
The introduction of computer in warehousing will enable
importers know which and where their goods are kept, as it will always be
stipulates on the bill of laden papers.
Computer is hereby seen as a way of handling, by systematically organizing
them, recording or making notations on them, following up with the appropriate
action or the like.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLE
The processing of billing papers for clearance of goods,
with manual method has led to omission of many records that ought to be
included. This is caused by inaccuracy
of the manual billing process.
Due to the
inefficiency in manual billing process, billing papers are carried from post to
post, waiting for who is in charge, thereby delaying the goods that suppose to
be delivered.
More so,
goods are not delivered on time, due to the fact, that goods that takes about
two weeks to get into the country, still takes another two weeks to be cleared.
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of this is study is to
1.
Identify those problems caused by using manual billing
clearance
2.
Finding out the effect of this in Nigeria Ports
Authority
3.
Create computer awareness
4.
Identify prospects for solution of problems.
1.4
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This research, base on the problem and prospect of using computer
in Nigeria Ports Authority, will help to develop interest towards computer.
The
findings of this research, will also help the management to increase the income
generation of Nigeria Ports Authority and smooth running of the warehouse
in general.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE
STUDY
The researcher will identify all the problems, including
the financial constraints of the problems, encounter with the use of manual
billing clearance in warehousing.
1.6 LIMITATIONS
OF THE STUDY
Due to the financial constraints of the researcher and
lack of time, the researcher is concentrating the study in only Nigeria Ports
Authority Lagos.
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