Essays about: "improving inventory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 60 essays containing the words improving inventory.

  1. 16. Making material handling more efficient : reduction of non-value-adding activities at a wood products company

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Karin Gyllengahm; [2020]
    Keywords : ABC analysis; agility; business modelling; inventory; inventory layout; lean; material handling; operations management; order picking; value stream map; VSM; ABC analys; affärsmodellering; flexibilitet; lager; lagerstruktur; materialhantering; operativ ledningsteori; orderplockning; värdeflödesanalys;

    Abstract : The forest industry is one of the most important businesses in Sweden, accounting for 9-12 percent of the Swedish industry's total occupation, export, turnover, and added value. Although the investments made by the Swedish forest sector reached a new record during 2017, the industry stills struggle with low profitability. READ MORE

  3. 17. Analysis and improvement of material handling in a highly customized multi-variant product-based production system

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/JTH, Produktionsutveckling

    Author : Arjun Balasubramaniam; Naga Lakshmana Naidu Navuluri; [2020]
    Keywords : “Highly-customized multi-variant production system”; “Lean logistics”; “Warehouse management system”; “Organizational culture”; “Production Management”;

    Abstract : Twenty first century manufacturing is characterized by customer specific products. Customers expect greater differentiation in the products that companies offer to them, thus changing the whole landscape of production. Greater the variety of products being offered to customers, greater is the complexity of shop floor operations. READ MORE

  4. 18. Improving Materials Supply Processes to Assembly Lines Through Toyota Production System and Lean Manufacturing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för teknisk ekonomi och logistik

    Author : Patrik Östlund; [2020]
    Keywords : Lean manufacturing; Toyota production system; Operations management; Flow efficiency; Continuous improvements; Setup time reduction; Kanban system; Constructive research approach; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Purpose – TePe Munhygienprodukter AB (TePe) is moving the production facility designated their toothbrushes as part of their expansion phase. Not only do they face challenges due to a two-floor production, but also do they face efficiency and safety challenges in their materials flow. READ MORE

  5. 19. Improving Planning Stability : A case study of Planning at AstraZeneca

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Sahil Ahmed; Olof Schippert; [2020]
    Keywords : Production Planning; Master Production Scheduling; Material Requirement Planning; Stability;

    Abstract : To provide high service level, an organisation must maintain flexibility in production planning. This allows them to react to changes in demand and supply information. Changes in production plan decreases planning stability. Low stability has knock on effect on supply of material. READ MORE

  6. 20. Improving sales forecast accuracy for restaurants

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Rickard Adolfsson; Eric Andersson; [2019]
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    Abstract : Data mining and machine learning techniques are becoming more popular in helping companies with decision-making, due to these processes’ ability to automatically search through very large amounts of data and discover patterns that can be hard to see with human eyes. Onslip is one of the companies looking to achieve more value from its data. READ MORE