Primary and Secondary Data

Primary data is data that you collect yourself using such methods as: direct observation – lets you focus on details of importance to you; lets you see a system in real rather than theoretical use (other faults are unlikely or Read More …

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Materials budgeting and accounting

The adequate help of cost and stores accounting by way of providing up to-date, reliable and required data to the materials control department enables it to base it forecasts on the data so supplied. The cost and stores accounting are Read More …

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MATERIALS BUDGETING

A budget is a co-ordinated financial estimate of the income and expenditure of an organization related to a specified future period. It may be defined as “Budget is a plan of action quantified in money terms for some future period” Read More …

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SOME GUIDELINES FOR MATERIALS PLANNING

Though for every organization guidelines cannot be provided in a limited treatise like the present one but some of the general guidelines can be given which can be kept into mind and effectively used by a materials planner for effective Read More …

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TECHINIQUES OF MATERIALS PLANNING

The under mentioned two techniques are usually used for materials planning: 1. Bill of Materials Technique, and 2. Past consumption Analysis Technique. Bill of Materials Technique A bill of materials indicates the name, part, and usage of each component and Read More …

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Purchasing and Materials planning

Main job of purchasing personnel is to get materials when needed and pay for them as little as possible considering quality, quantity and other requirements and prices trends. It is the efficiency of the purchasing personnel which makes the real Read More …

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