COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PRODUCT SALES.

(A CASE STUDY OF FLOUR MILLS, NIGERIA and HONEYWELLS FLOUR MILLS)

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A PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE/STATISTICS

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF B.Sc IN COMPUTER

SCIENCE/STATISTICS

AUGUST, 2013

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that this research work “Comparative study of Product Sales” was totally done by me. The authors where properly referenced in the areas where I needed assistance.

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APPROVAL PAGE

This project was supervised and approved by the Department of Statistics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of B.Sc Degree in Computer Science and Statistics.

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Mr. E.I Mba Date

Project Supervisor.

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Head of Department. Date

DEDICATION

We dedicate this research work to God Almighty.

AKNOWLEDGEMENT

I want to appreciate the effort of my Project Supervisor Mr. Mba E.I, for all his support, encouragement, time and pain to see me through this research work. Sir, God bless you. I will also like to appreciate the effort of my Lecturer and friend, the late Mr. S.N Udeh, the good virtues you laid cannot be easily wiped-out. My great gratitude goes to all my Lecturers; Dr. F.I Ugwuowo, Mr. S.C Echezona, Mr. G. Okereke, Mr. O. Oguike, Dr. B.G Akuchu e.t.c you people have really sown in my life and God will richly bless you.

I’m also thankful to my friends, Relations and my Colleagues at School, it’s been a wonderful time and God bless you all.

ABSTRACT

The research aims at comparing the market performance of two big production firms. The data collected shows the sales of the products Macaroni, Spaghetti, Noodles and Flour in the companies from January to December in the years 2011 Analysis showed that Flour Mills Nigeria is really dominating the market in the sales of both macaroni and spaghetti as the difference in their means in both cases was really high. But the same cannot be said of the sales performance of both noodles and flour as the graph showed that although Flour Mills slightly did better than Honeywells but not overwhlemly. Hence, there’s a great competition in the sales performance of this products

The products of Flour Mills Nigeria considered in this research have an unequal sales performance with both Noodles and Flour dominating the sales of the company. This also the case in Honeywells Flour Mills. Adequate recommendations were also made.