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    The effects of materials management on turnaround time of construction projects
    (KNUST, 2019-11) Keating, William Jeff
    Material management is important in promoting the survival of organisations particularly those in the construction industry. Organisations involved in the delivery of construction projects (especially on contracts basis) are often limited by clients with respect to the time for the delivery of such projects. The study asserted that, effective material management could serve as a recipe for meeting the time constraints often imposed by clients. From this background the study investigated the effects of material management practices on the turnaround time of construction projects in the Consar Construction Limited (CCL). The study adopted the quantitative approach in which the survey design was used as the framework for the conducting the study. Consequently, questionnaires (with close-ended questions) were used to solicit for responses from 41 employees of the CCL sampled using the Yumane Sample Size formulae. After a through analyses of the data collected, it was identified that, the most implemented material management practices were the assigning of roles and responsibilities, forecasting and budgeting, and an established policy for acquisition, grouping and disposal of material inventory. The study further found out that, the implementation of material management practices plays a crucial role in promoting the quality and reliability of construction inventory, promote emergency supply of inventory and reduces the access lead time to inventory acquisition. Notwithstanding the observed effect of material management, the CCL was challenged by the lack of training of material management employees and the bureaucratic processes in procuring inventory. The study recommends that, the implementation of regular training programmes for staff and the use electronic record systems would streamline the management of materials in the CCL.