PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL AS TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY IN A MANUFACTURRING FIRM (A CASE STUDY OF COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OWERRI)

ABSTRACT This study was to examine how production planning and control, as a tool for achieving organizational efficiency in a manufacturing firm, could contribute to the effects of poor adopted in job completion and to examine rules adopted in job-loading by using Coca-Cola Bottling Company Owerri. The survey and descriptive method. The population of the study comprises (250) two hundred and fifty, which was used to extract the sample size of (154) one hundred and fifty-four using the sample random techniques. A total of 130 questionnaires was retrieved from respondents which served as the basis for data analysis. The result of the study indicated that (i) poor scheduling in the organization has great effect on the organizational resources; (ii) the analysis of variance by the production department during production process helps the firm to discover the areas of short coming in the production process; and (iii) the profitability efficiency of minimization cost will be improved based on the production department, so as to meet customer's satisfaction and profit maximization. Based on the above findings, the following recommendations are made: (a) for the workers go enhance effectiveness and efficiency; there should be improve in performance; (c) they should ensure that all avoidable deviations are corrected so as to meet the objectives of production in the organization; and (d) they should ensure that adequate care through supervision takes place, especially during manufacturing process.