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Equipment Evaluation Process: A Successful Method
By Okubote, A. O.
Department Of Computer Technology
School of Technology

Procuring / purchasing very costly equipment for organizations' use; especially, branded computer systems through competitive bids from vendors require a tested evaluative methods. If not properly handled, it can result in both financial, time and information loss to the organization. This paper examines the use of these four-phase approach for performing the equipment evaluation process.

1. Technical and Cost Separation

2. The Technical Evaluation

3. The Cost Evaluation

4. Constructing and Applying an Award Formula

Information Technology in Nation Building: The Gender Issue
By A.O. Itegboje
Director, Management Information Systems
Abstract from: Journal of Women in Technical Education

"Train a mother and you train a nation", says a popular adage, but there is discrimination when it comes to development of women thereby robbing the nation of women contribution t nation building. The discrimination against girls and women are found in every continent of the world, for the share scale of its population as men are open to lots of hazards resulting in early deaths. It is however believed that women make about 55% of any nation's population. Women need to be at par with men in all ramifications and for that to be should not involve any discrimination. Information Technology tends to be a solution to this gender issue for everyone (both men and women) can contribute his/her own quota to nation building. Information Technology has drastically changed the way the world operates, more than any other technology. In Nigeria, what has been affected by this technology? What impact will this technology have n the girl child in her development and the woman in her management f her home? This paper attempts to provide answers to these questions as well as bring to the focus, remedies.

Petroleum Depot Operations and Fuel Distribution Strategies in Lagos State
By Olaseni, A. M. MNITP, RTP
Department of Environmental Studies

This work focuses on the problems besetting petroleum depot operations and their implication on fuel distribution strategies in Lagos. These are manifested in perennial fuel shortage, fuel adulteration with its attendant effect on vehicle performance, inadequate surveillance of fuel in transit and poor information management systems. The methodology employed involves the use of windshield inspection to locate the retail outlets, administration of questionnaire on the marketers, depot chiefs and the tanker operators. The data obtained were analyzed using time series to determine the nature of consumption , an employment of point pattern technique and graphical means to determine the pattern of distribution, and the use of queue model to determine service and the product moment correlation co-efficient to find the relationship between locating retail outlets and frequency of petroleum allocation. The results revealed teat shortages occur either due to no fuel being pumped to the depots or deliveries that are not done just in time, especially to retail outlets that are dispersed. Also, over 90% of the retail outlets could pick up consignments from any of the three depots except the independent marketers, which negates the strategy to concentrate on identified spheres to enhance optimum distribution. The traffic intensity as derived from the queue model, is 1.17 and 1.85 for Satellite and Mosimi Depots respectively. In addition, the amount of fuel demanded is higher than the amount distributed. Suffice it to say that there is a significant relationship between amount received and pumped out. Allocation is done on monthly basis and transportation is treated on F.O.B. basis.

Comparative Analysis of Toilet and Native Soaps
By Mrs. Oyeola, O.T.
Department of Computer Science
School Of Technology

The quality of soap produced within the country has some discontinued criticism from both the local and foreign markets, claiming the low level of the composition of the soaps. Two classes of finished soap products were analyzed to assess and compare the quality as laid down by standard organizations. The soaps are, those produced in the industries i.e. Lux, Imperial Lather and Venus, also the native soap i.e. soda and black soaps. The parameters analyzed that are responsible for good quality soap are total fatty matter, chloride content, total free alkali, pH and moisture content. The result showed that the native soaps had some deviations from the standard values. Soda soap has the highest free alkali of 0.12%, chlorine content of 0.15%, moisture content 23.70% while black soap had the lowest fatty matter of 70.88% and pH of 9.70. Those from the industries maintained the standard.

Effective Contract Administration
By Mafimidiwo. B.A.
B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. (Const. Mgt), A.N.I.Q.S.,
Department of Quantity Surveying

The importance of prompt completion of construction projects cannot be over-stressed. It not only allows for more buildings to be completed and put into use (thereby alleviating the problems of acute shortage of accommodation for the teeming population) but also reduces the menaces of project abandonment with the success of building projects. The rights and duties of the parties involved in construction are summarized, as well as progress, site meeting and other related matters. The idea is to remind each party of his/her responsibility towards the successful completion of building projects. It is the author's view that, if adequate measures and controls are ensured during the construction period, building construction would be successfully achieved as planned.