IMPACT OF CONTAINERIZATION ON TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION
ABSTRACT
This project is made up of five chapters which contain different information about the project. In chapter one, the researcher introduced and explain the background of the study, how it covers the case study of PZ Aba, Abia State. The researcher reviews the statement of the problem, of the organization, objective of the study, significance of the study. The hypothesis was tested to prove the Ho and Hi.
Chapter two shows the literature review; here what the topic is all about was explained. The definition of the term (containerization) it’s important, types of container as a packaging strategy.
In chapter three, what research methodology is all about was shown. How population was determined to give the sample size. Sources of data collected, the researcher make use of both primary and secondary data to get information for his work.
Chapter four is the data presentation and analysis of findings. The data presentation was collected from the impact of containerization on transport and distribution. A case study of PZ Plc Aba. In the analysis of the result, percentage was used while chi-square technique is adopted in testing the hypothesis and it was tested at 5% level of significance. The following hypotheses were tested.
Ho: Containerization of a product attracts a buyer.
Hi: Containerization of a product does not attract a buyer.
The last but not the least is chapter five of the work, which shows the introduction, summary, recommendation and conclusion followed by bibliography and a well constituted letter to the organization and the questionnaire.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The process of containerization has been surged over the last several decades, but Nigeria ports and their supporting container distribution networks have struggled to increase capacity to match this expansion. PZ was first founded as a trading post called West African Merchants. In Sierra Leone by two partners, George Peterson from England and George Zochonics, from Greece, Peterson and Zochonics started out by shipping palm oil and other produce, such as palm kernels, cocoa, groundnut, and seed cotton as well as animals hides and skins to United Kingdom and bringing back goods from England such as cloths from Manchester. In 1884 Peterson and Zochonics incorporated the company as Paterson Zochonic (PZ). PZ was established in Nigeria by the year 1899 at Lagos later extended to other branches in the states. The company currently manufactures and distribute over 30 brands of products across its global network, such products like soaps and other personal care item, including shampoo, baby powder, detergents and cleaners, olive oil, packaging material, ever pharmaceuticals etc. PZ has maximum number of workers in various branches located especially Aba branch that has qualified staff that facilitates the organizational growth; they also have very good number of vehicle for easy distribution and conveying of the raw material for production. They also have good machine for steady production.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Containerization is very essential and useful in the selling of industrial goods; hence it is often referred to as the nearest company’s salesman. There are existing problems associated with containerization on transports and distribution of industrial goods and services. Expanding system wide container capacity is extremely difficult. For one container flows involve a series of linked capacity factors derive by different stakeholders such as ports railroads, truck carriers and steamship lines. While on the surface the problem appears to be a direct application of goldratt’s theory of constraints (Goldratt 1997) and (ox 2004) there are complicating factors. Container flows may be identified as the drum (i.e. primary, pace setting) constraints, but their handling involves as series of linked factors controlled by the stakeholders. The further compounding the problems are unpredictable changes in security requirement terrorist activities, military deployment (Thomchick 1993) labour strikes and inclement weath.
