INTRODUCTION
1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The concept of profitability can be defined as that concept which provides the management with alternative courses of action according to the various degree of profitability stating clearly in relevant cost accounting from the cost and benefits associated with individuals projects which enables management to select the most profitable.
Most of the policy decisions of manufacturing industries are generally directed towards profitability. Policy decision under this concept has a direct effect of increasing and enhancing the general profitability of the manufacturing industries concerned.
The origin of this concept can be traced back to the era of industrial revolution. Pride to this era, industries was run as a family concerned just to maintain a states quo.
Due to the increase in trade, brought about by the industrial revolution, most businesses grow from the usual family arrangement to large groups and consortia.
Resources were pulled together and handed over to other people to manage for the owners. Naturally, resources owners must expect of a profitable return from their investment.
This urgent obligation forced management to seek ways of carrying out the activities so as to make profitable return to the resource owners. Investment grow in all dimension until the first and second world war in which after it, manufacturing industries increased in large number, grew in importance and also in meeting the improved living demands of the over-developing world.
Material must have to be bought in enough quantity to avoid stack-out and at the same time check over-stocking.
Labour that is a very volatile community must be allowed to operate in a conducive environment so as to reap the benefit as hiring labour.
Generally ecological consideration must be reviewed thereafter, site is acquired, structures erected,, machines and equipment installed. Manufacturing industries moves with the changing technology, meet it’s social responsibility operate under government stipulations, pay tax and when due, meet the expectations of shareholders.
High administrative cost, cost of changing technology, price competition, scare resources, falling economy, cost of government restriction, the need for maximization of shareholders wealth, poor capital bases etc must be accommodated and adjusted in such a way that total cost of manufacturing of product will not only be less than sales revenue but give a good profit margin.
This situation of operation under many uncompromising variables gave rise to the need for policy decision on such thing as :
1.Setting an industry
2.Expansion of an existing product
3.Introduction of a new product
4.A change in product design
5. Sell or process further
6.Close down
7.The replacement of Labour by machinery.
The cost accountant supplies statements of anticipation cost and profit relation to such problems aforementioned
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page ii
Approval pageiii
Dedication iv
Acknowledgementv
Table of contentvi
Chapter one
1.0Introduction 1
1.1background of the study1
1.2Statement of problem4
1.3Purpose of the study5
1.4Significant of the study 6
1.5Scope and limitation of the study7
1.6Definition of terms8
Chapter two
2.0literature review9
2.1Definition of profitability and policy decision 9
2.2Causes that leads to poor profitability 10
2.3Importance of casting methods
on profitability of business12
2.4Solutions to the effects of profitability 13
Chapter Three
3.0 summaries of findings16
3.1Conclusion 18
3.2Recommendation19
Bibliography20