Essays about: "improved inventory management system"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words improved inventory management system.
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1. Sustainable bread supply chains in Sweden : examining scenarios for reducing or lowering the impact of surplus bread
University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesAbstract : Food waste has significant environmental, social, and economic implications, demanding actions toward a sustainable food system. In Sweden's bread supply chain, approximately 14% of produced bread is wasted, with 9% attributed to unsold bread in stores. READ MORE
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2. Enhancing Stock Management Efficiency at Excillum AB
University essay from KTH/ProduktionsutvecklingAbstract : This thesis work aims to improve the stock management system of Excillum AB, a Stockholm-based company that specializes in high-performance X-ray sources. The current stock management system has limitations, resulting in gaps when managing the inventory. READ MORE
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3. Machine learning based inventory optimization respecting supplier order line fees
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : This thesis addresses an inventory management problem of what, when and how many products should be ordered from the supplier applying order line fees. Order line fee is a fixed fee which the company pays to the supplier per every ordered product not depending on the ordered quantity. READ MORE
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4. Streamlining the Ordering Process: A Case Study of Alfa Laval
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistikAbstract : Background One of Alfa Laval’s factories in Lund, LA, has noticed that up to 50% of all order proposals suggested by their ERP system JEEVES is considered to be irrelevant and are subsequently disregarded by the purchasers. Consequently, many purchasers disregard the parameters in JEEVES that control what proposals get suggested and instead order on “gut-feeling” and personal experience. READ MORE
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5. Causes of the bullwhip effect : A study of the bullwhip effect in the Volvo Group Service Market Logistics’ supply chain
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Logistik- och kvalitetsutvecklingAbstract : The bullwhip effect is defined as an upstream amplification of demand variability and has received interest within multinational companies for decades. As early as in the 1950’s, Forrester (1958) discussed what is today known as the bullwhip effect, which has a negative impact on the customer service, costs, and inventory investment in a supply chain (Lee et al. READ MORE