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Gelashvili, Elene, and Pia Huxel. "Use of Lean and Agile Commercial Supply Chain Practices in Humanitarian Supply Chains." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-98109.
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In humanitarian aid organisations, due to increasing pressure from donors, there is an urge to professionalise and optimise the way supply chains are managed. In the commercial companies there is strong evidence that focusing more on supply chain management can improve efficiency and lead to major cost savings which makes it very interesting for humanitarian aid organisations to adopt practices from the commercial world. The concepts of agility and leanness are said to prepare organisations to respond quickly to fluctuating customer demand (agility) and to increase efficiency through waste elimination and process optimisation (leanness), two properties which are required by humanitarian and commercial organisations likewise. In the commercial context agility and leanness are often combined as a le-agile strategy which is also applicable for humanitarian supply chains where the distinct humanitarian supply chain stages – preparedness, response, and reconstruction – follow different objectives and operate in different environments. Based on existing literature, this thesis identifies and examines the combination of lean and agile strategies with the different humanitarian supply chain stages. The combination possibility for a le-agile strategy is based on the base-surge demand approach from commercial literature. Moreover, agile and lean supply chain characteristics as well as practices how to achieve these characteristics are identified and illustrated in a theoretical framework. The empirical, qualitative research using a single-case study strategy further explores the supply chain practices of the Georgia Red Cross Society (GRCS) during the armed conflict in 2008. These lean and agile practices were studied by looking at preparedness, response and recovery stages related to the event, as well as the new preparedness phase, emerged after the armed conflict. The key findings indicate that lean practices are performed by the case organisation in the preparedness stage and to some lower extent in the reconstruction stage. Agile practices were evidenced in the response stage of the armed conflict. Overall, the findings support the theoretical propositions made prior to the empirical research. However, in the case of the studied organisation, the findings indicate that not all lean practices, identified from the commercial supply chain literature, were applied in the preparedness and reconstruction stages likewise. Nevertheless, in general there was a tendency for using lean practices in both stages of humanitarian supply chain. Another finding indicates that lean and agile practices are strongly linked and support each other. This was clearly reflected in an interconnection between preparedness and response stages, whereas implementation of efficient lean practices during the preparedness stage supported a quick and agile reaction to the armed conflict in the response stage. Additionally, it was found out that the reconstruction and preparedness stages of the GRCS humanitarian supply chain are connected through an iterative process of continuous learning and improvements. This thesis contributes to existing literature by providing empirical proof for the existence of lean and agile strategies in the preparedness, response, and reconstruction stages of the case organisation’s humanitarian supply chain. These results also support the possibility to use the commercial base and surge demand model for combining lean and agile strategies with the different humanitarian supply chain stages, which represents an under-investigated field in existing humanitarian supply chain literature.
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Eyong, Michael. "CREATING A COMPETITIVE SUPPLY CHAIN: : EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF LEAN & AGILE SUPPLY CHAIN." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-7472.
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Market globalization and steep competition are increasing the need for more efficient and effective strategies in meeting evolving market demands. Adopting a more integrated approach to supply chain relationship management has been increasingly viewed as a way of meeting changing customer needs. This thesis work explores lean and agility frameworks as tools for achieving supply chain integration. Different aspects of the concepts of lean and agility and their applications in the supply chain are presented based on theoretical literature. Thus, this thesis seeks to point out the impact that the concepts of lean and agility can have on the supply chain as a whole. Four companies have been investigated in connection to the level of awareness, perception, and practical application of these tools in their supply chain. To this end, information was collected in a survey questionnaire from these four companies and supported by an interview. The results show that lean and agility are important tools to achieve supply chain integration, but respondents are yet to fully achieve the transition to lean/agile enterprise. It could be said that lean/agile supply chain is still more in theory than in practice. The level of awareness to market changes is high but there seem to be no specific way in achieving integration in the supply as there is wide variation in the way one company achieves it with respect to another. Generally, respondents are implementing lean/agile principles in cooperation and collaboration with suppliers and customers, demand pull system, and using combination of strategies. However, it is clear that adequate market information is required when trying to fit lean/agile principles into supply chain strategy. Furthermore, all respondent recognise the need for change to satisfy customer need, but the respond to change vary from one company to another. Also, there is a gradual shift from traditional focus solely on cost and profit to customer relation relationship management and customer satisfaction. Consequently, companies are organizing themselves around the customer who pulls goods and value from the producer of the goods.
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Asbjørnslett, Bjørn Egil. "Project supply chain management : From agile to lean." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Productions and Quality Engineering, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-339.
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More than forty years has passed since the start of the North Sea oil and gas developments. On the managerial side of the projects there have been large cost overruns, project planning and control measures developed to avoid these, initiatives to improve the industry’s competitiveness in the North Sea, as well as measures to improve the supply chains contribution in the projects. We have seen a focus first and foremost on the CAPEX side of the projects, which still is the public measure of a ‘project’s’ success as seen in medias coverage. However, the operation side of the project has been given extended focus, especially through life-cycle cost measures, and life cycle value measures trying to balance out the CAPEX, OPEX and income sides of the project to obtain the most commercial value enhancement from each project. At the same time there has been an increasing focus on the core business among the project demand and supply chain actors in this industry as in most other industries.
Our belief is that this necessitates an enhanced focus on the project demand and supply chains of the industry, both for the projects development and operations phases. A question is whether the project demand and supply chain developments are approached appropriately according to the characteristics of the industry’s project context?
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Naughton, S. H. "Developing an agile supply chain model for SMEs." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2016. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3006560/.
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Rising worldwide competition is making it increasingly difficult for SME organisations to compete in the marketplace as traditional means of manufacture, and modes of delivery are being changed through technological advancements. In line with these factors, organisations are ever more capable of producing goods that are more bespoke and personalised than in the past and within the price ranges and affordability levels of demanding markets. Whilst large organisations have the power to enforce supply chain compliance in order to meet these changes, it is not always the case for SMEs. The agile supply chain philosophy moves away from traditional methods under which large organisations enforce supply chain compliance, and embraces the concept of supply chain agility that allows the supply chain as a whole to move forward as one and share the benefits as a developed and cohesive unit. Such a philosophy should be to the advantage of all organisations, but ought to be of particular interest to SMEs as its use could assist in improving their competitiveness. This thesis is primarily concerned with the development of agile supply chains within SME organisations. The research sets out to develop the means through which SMEs can develop their agile supply chains so as to make them more efficient and competitive both now and in the future. The research is set upon existing theories and models, particularly following the works of Sharifi et al. (2006), Ismail and Sharifi (2006), Ismail et al., (2006) and Ismail et al., (2011) so as to contribute further to their concepts theoretically and to also present the practical means by which such frameworks can be utilised in industry. The research provides a link between manager perceptions and underlying factors that affect their organisations and how they relate to the markets served. This has been achieved through the development of a model through which SMEs can analyse their present operating position, consider new product features, potential supply chain partners and the means through which to develop their agile supply chains as a complete unit. Using case study methodology, some extensive fieldwork has been undertaken to examine the ideas and extend our understanding of the approaches to build and sustain agile networks for organisations introducing products into markets. The study has assisted in reforming and developing the initial models into practical tools. Further to this, the research offers a series of developmental roadmaps that can be followed by SMEs to assist in the progress of developing agility into their supply chains. The outcomes from the research provide a contribution to academic theory and practice and build upon previous research, taking it forward with practical tools that organisations can utilise. The findings provide evidence for the benefits that can be derived from the developed models such that their application could be realistically considered within a practical setting.
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Purvis, Laura. "Agile supply chain management in the UK fashion sector." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2010. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3839.
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Abstract More demanding customers and the globalisation of both markets and production have led to companies nowadays facing a highly volatile and uncertain environment. In this environment, the ability to react to environmental uncertainty is key for competitiveness. Long lead times and high levels of stock have higher and higher risks associated with and, as a result, producing just-in-time to customer specifications has become the key to succeeding in the market place. Efficient supply chains often become uncompetitive because they don't adapt to changes in the structures of markets. In this context, the area of agile supply chain management has gained increasing attention over the past few decades. It focuses on increasing the speed and flexibility of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers. If extensive research has been previously conducted on various aspects of agility, the majority of previous studies focus on consumer acceptance of the strategy and not on operational issues. Building on this weakness, this thesis aims to construct a framework of agile supply chain management practices and, through two case studies, investigate the interactions between its components. The UK fashion sector was chosen as the focus of this research, due to its high levels of demand volatility. It also presents a set of challenges, as the high levels of globalization that characterises the sector and the complexity of the supply networks operated by fashion retailers, have previously been identified as barriers to responsiveness. The thesis' main findings are threefold. First, due to the fact that traditional supply chains are either too complex and cost-laden to distribute low-cost products effectively or too asset-intensive and inflexible to quickly harness and deploy innovation, companies need to build ‘fit-for-purpose' supply chain networks. This involves configuring supply networks in a tailored fashion to deliver innovation and responsiveness for premium brands and high efficiency for mass value products. Second, through high levels of process integration companies should accelerate the innovation process so that new products and promotions can be introduced into stores more cheaply and quickly. They should also reinvent the value chain by reconfiguring operations to radically cut costs and proactively meet customer demands. Third, to enable high levels of agility in a global sourcing context through rapid supply systems reconfiguration, new supply chain structures and actors, such as trade agents / intermediaries, need to be involved.
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Iskanius, P. (Päivi). "An agile supply chain for a project-oriented steel product network." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2006. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514281489.
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Agility – namely, the ability of a supply chain to rapidly respond to changes in market and customer demands – is regarded as the bearer of competitive advantage in today's business world. The need for agility has traditionally been associated with supply chains in high technology industry products. However, traditional industries also face similar challenges in terms of speed, flexibility, increased product diversity and customization. This study contributes to the discussion on agility in supply chain management (SCM) and provides a novel focus on the development of an agile supply chain in a traditional industry.
The object of this study is the development of an agile supply chain in a steel product network in the Raahe area in Northern Finland. The case network is undergoing a shift towards project-oriented business, where quick responses are the priority and agility is recognised as the facilitating factor. Using a constructive approach, an agile supply chain for a steel product network, SteelNet system, is developed. SteelNet system functions through the Internet and agent software technology. In identifying the new challenges raised by advanced information and communication technologies (ICT) in the development of an agile supply chain, the study presents some valuable ICT options for SCM. Following a review of the current understanding of agility in SCM literature, the study identifies the key elements of agile supply chains and proposes a four-dimensional agile supply chain framework by which to assess levels of agility. Using the framework, the study describes how the key elements appear in the case network. The study assesses the change process, and the necessary improvement steps, towards agility.
It is concluded that agile supply chains have a major role also in traditional industry, and comprehensive implementation of ICT throughout the chain is of utmost importance in the development of an agile supply chain. Further insights to the discussion on agility are provided, and these and the conclusions extend a drawbridge to other companies and business networks in traditional industry to consider the clear advantages to developing their own agile supply chains.
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Cruz, Pedro Emanuel Botelho Espadinha da. "Lean, agile, resilient and green supply chain management interoperability assessment methodology." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7845.
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Dissertação para obtenção de grau de Mestre em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (MEGI)Supply Chain Management has become a tactic asset for the current global competition situation. Innovative strategies such as Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green emerged as a response, requiring high levels of cooperation and of great complexity. However, the strategic alignment of operations with partners in supply chains is affected by lack of interoperability. The present work provides a framework to enhance SC competitiveness and performance by assessing interoperable SCM Practices applied in automotive industry. Through a pragmatic interoperability approach, this methodology describes in detail the form of application using analytical hierarchical process (AHP) and Fuzzy sets as support decision making models, ensuring a systematic approach to the analysis of interoperability with appropriate criteria for assessment of situations that require high levels of collaboration between partners. Through a case study in a Portuguese automaker, it was possible to test the methodology and analyse which areas lack interoperability in the implementation of SCM practices.
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Galligan, Peter T. "An agile design methodology for portal solutions in future supply chain communities." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436251.
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Cabral, Izunildo Fernandes. "An information model for lean, agile, resilient and green supply chain management." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/6620.
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Dissertação para a obtenção de Grau de Mestre em Engenharia e Gestão IndustrialIn modern business environments, an effective Supply Chain Management (SCM) is crucial to business continuity. In this context, Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green (LARG), are advocated as the fundamental paradigm for a competitive Supply Chain (SC) as a whole. In fact, competition between supply chains (SC) has replaced the traditional competition between companies. To make a supply chain more competitive, capable of responding to the demands of customers with agility, and capable of responding effectively to unexpected disturbance, in conjugation with environmental responsibilities, and the necessity to eliminate processes that add no value, companies must implement a set of LARG SCM practices and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to measure their influence on the SC performance. However, the selection of the best LARG SCM practices and KPIs is a complex decision-making problem, involving dependencies and feedbacks. Still, any decision-making must be supported by real and transparent data. This dissertation intends to provide two integrated models to assist the information management and decision-making. The first is an information model to support a LARG SCM, allowing the exchange and storage of data/information through a single information platform. In this model three types of diagrams are developed, Business Process Diagram (BPD), Use Cases Diagram and Class Diagram to assist the information platform design. The second is a decision-making model, designated LARG Analytical Network Process (ANP) to select the best LARG SCM practices/KPI to be implemented in SCs. Both models are developed and validated within the automotive SC, namely in Volkswagen Autoeuropa.
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Hansson, Maria. "What impact has a fast fashion strategy on fashion companies´ supply chain management?" Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-16570.
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This study shows that the supply chain management of a company using the fast fashion strategy is where the company combines their traditional supply chain with the modern demand driven Quick Response and Agile supply chain. In theory so far fast fashion is described only in terms of demand driven supply chain management however according to this research the fast fashion strategy is shown to be applied by fashion companies characterized by a mix of the traditional and modern demand driven supply chain.
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Daugnoraite, Laura, and Kestutis Slaitas. "Strategy for the Reverse Supply Chain : Applicability of the Lean and the Agile Concepts." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-12373.
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The reverse part of the supply chain becomes more and more important due to the legislation, environmental concerns, higher volumes of returns, etc. As a result, companies cannot see the reverse supply chain as the additional costs only and have to think strategically. The right strategy for the reverse supply chain can help to achieve the competitive advantage. However, there are not so many researches made about strategies for the reverse supply chain yet, contrarily to the forward supply chain. Therefore, the need to adopt strategies for the reverse supply chain appears.
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the applicability of the Lean and the Agile concepts in the Reverse Supply Chain strategy, and to investigate the driving forces and challenges for the implementation of the strategy in the Reverse Supply Chain.
The inductive research approach was applied in this thesis. The qualitative study was the most suitable for the better understanding of the point of view, the attitudes, the perceptions of the interviewed participants regarding a wide range of issues related to the choice, and the implementation of the strategy for the reverse supply chain. Multiple case studies as the research strategy was chosen, thus data was collected from 13 interviews conducted at four companies: Fläkt Woods, Systemair, Swegon and Rettig ICC.
The main conclusions from the analysis of the applicability of the lean and the agile concepts in the reverse supply chain are that the design of the reverse supply chain depends on the characteristics of the returns: the size, the volume, the life cycle, the B2B or the B2C returns; as well the reasons for the returns: the guarantee service/ after warranty service. When weighting the results about the lean and the agile concepts implementation in the reverse supply chain, it appears relatively more likely that none of the companies implement either only the lean or only the agile approach. Due to various reasons, there are different material flows and they require different strategic approaches. The agility is implemented close to the customer in order to ensure speed and high responsiveness. Lean flows are implemented from the manufacturer to the supplier or the third party (recycler, etc.). Even more, the companies seek to find the optimal combination of both strategies, or as it called – leagile. Two different approaches for leagile concept’s implementation are used: preponement and de-coupling point. Driving forces for the strategy implementation are green forces, increasing the demand for improving customer service level, cost reduction, and the new retail marketing strategies. Main challenges for the strategy implementation are the lack of formal operating procedures, the lack of information sharing with the suppliers, ‘false alarm’ returns, the lack of local competence, and the lack of forecasting possibilities.
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Muh, Frederick Ngwainbi. "A FRAMEWORK SUPPORTING THE DESIGN OF A LEAN-AGILE SUPPLY CHAIN TOWARDS IMPROVING LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE." Thesis, Mälardalen University, Department of Innovation, Design and Product Development, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-672.
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In today’s turbulent environment, there is no longer any possibility of manufacturing and marketing acting independently of each other. Organization cannot longer act as an isolated and independent entity in competition with others similarly 'stand-alone' organizations.
Customers are more informed and express more concern on reduced lead time; just-in-time delivery and value-added services .They want greater responsiveness and reliability from their suppliers; whereas logistics managers want low costs so that they remain competitive as well.
Logistics, being the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost-effective flow and storage of materials and information is now looked upon as a key corporate point for simultaneously increasing shareholder and customer value.
Logistics performance is described in terms of superior customer value at less cost, and this customers value is derived from tailored services, reliability, and responsiveness whereas a cost advantage comes through capacity utilization, asset turn and synchronous supply.
Instead the need to create value delivery systems that are more responsive to fast changing markets and are much more consistent and reliable in the delivery of that value requires the agility of a supply chain design and collaboration be focused on the achievement this goal.
The underlying philosophy behind the logistics and supply chain concept is that of planning and co-ordination the materials flow from source to user as an integrated system rather than, as a series of independent activities.
The goal of this approach is to link the marketplace, the distribution network, the manufacturing process and the procurement activity in such a way that customers are serviced at high levels and yet at low cost.
The objective of this project has been to develop a framework that supports the design of a lean agile supply chain towards improving logistics performance. At the course of this process, three research questions have been formulated which stems for identifying those efficient metrics that affect logistics performance and the implementation of a lean-agile supply chain design to improve on them. Contributions to these research questions have been through literature studies as well as empirical research from a number of case studies which have ended up answering the entire thesis.
Therefore results and conclusions to this project is a framework which supports the need for a lean agile supply chain design towards improving logistics performance. It has supported the fact that a lean logistics system will provide an efficient flow of material through the supply chain by eliminating waste, minimizing stocks and costs, gives shorter lead times and work toward a JIT process, Whereas agility at the other hand, though argued by many literature studies that its ability to provide high customer service by responding quickly to different or changing circumstances is more of rhetoric with little substance and can probably excel most in a situation of fashionable or bespoke products, has equally proven beyond convincing doubts that it’s manifestation in every industrial landscape is unstoppable through its ability to give flexible manufacturing systems that can switch rapidly to fast changing market demands.
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Rust, Tom. "Dynamic Analysis of Healthcare Service Delivery: Application of Lean and Agile Concepts." Digital WPI, 2013. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/456.
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Hospitals are looking to industry for proven tools to manage increasingly complex operations and reduce costs simultaneously with improving quality of care. Currently, €˜lean€™ is the preferred system redesign paradigm, which focuses on removing process waste and variation. However, the high level of complexity and uncertainty inherent to healthcare make it incredibly challenging to remove variability and achieve the stable process rates necessary for lean redesign efforts to be effective. This research explores the use of an alternative redesign paradigm €“ €˜agile€™ €“ which was developed in manufacturing to optimize product delivery in volatile demand environments with highly variable customer requirements. €˜Agile€™ redesign focuses on increasing system responsiveness to customers through improved resource coordination and flexibility. System dynamics simulation and empirical case study are used to explore the impact of following an agile redesign approach in healthcare on service access, care quality, and cost; determine the comparative effectiveness of individual agile redesign strategies; and identify opportunities where lean methods can contribute to the creation of responsive, agile enterprises by analyzing hybrid lean-agile approaches. This dissertation contributes to the emerging literature on applying supply chain management concepts in healthcare, and opens a new path for designing healthcare systems that provide the right care, at the right time, to the right patient, at the lowest price.
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Ogielski, Radoslaw, and Arkadiusz Lubowicki. "The Agile-Based Monitoring and Management System for Dairy Supply Chain : The User Driven Design Approach." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för tillämpad signalbehandling, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-15443.
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The paper considers how the agile concept can be included in the User Driven Design framework. This design method combines requirements and constraints of users and stakeholders. The agile concept can be treated as one of the requirements, which should be considered differently by various users and stakeholders. The design process depends on the application fields and has to be implemented accordingly to their characteristics. The case study of this research is a monitoring and management system that enables an adaptation of the conventional dairy supply chain to the agile supply chain strategy. Due to the personalised needs of every milk supplier and daily variation of the milk production, the efficient dairy supply chain requires a real-time data regarding adaptations to the changes. The system should accommodate not only changes dependent on external environmental conditions, but also unpredictable internal circumstances. The agile-based supply chain could help to maintain the high responsiveness and flexibility among the dairy plant, transportation provider and milk suppliers. An engineering solution evaluates the agile strategy. It includes hardware and software, which monitor and manage transportation as a part of the dairy supply chain. The solution is implemented and tested at a medium-sized dairy company.
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Santos, João Paulo Pereira dos. "A simulation model for lean, agile, resilient and green supply chain management: practices and interoperability assessment." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10972.
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Engenharia e Gestão IndustrialIn today’s global market, the environment of unpredictable events has imposed a competitiveness improvement that requires a greater coordination and collaboration among Supply Chain (SC) entities, i.e., an effective Supply Chain Management (SCM). In this context, Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green (LARG) strategies emerged as a response. However, interoperability issues are always presents in operations among SC entities. From the Information Technology (IT) perspective, among all the multi-decisional techniques supporting a logistics network, simulation appears as an essential tool that allow the quantitative evaluation of benefits and issues deriving from a co-operative environment. The present work provides a SC simulation model for analysing the effect of the interoperability degree of LARG practices in the SC performance, through Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) such as cost, lead time and service level. The creation of two scenarios with a different point of view about the LARG practices allowed to analyse which one contributes to the best SC performance. Since some of the inputs were assumed, it was made a sensitivity analysis to validate the output of the simulation model. Based on the creation of six types of math expressions, it was possible to establish the connection between the effect of the interoperability degree of LARG practices and the SC performance. This analysis was applied on a case study that was conducted at some entities of a Portuguese automotive SC. The software used to develop the simulation model is Arena, which is considered a user-friendly and dynamic tool. It was concluded that SCM, interoperability and simulation subjects must be applied together to help organisations to achieve overall competitiveness, focusing their strategies on a co-operative environment.
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Sheffield, David A. "A Quantitative Approach to the Identification and Prediction of Supply Chain Agility." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6415.
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As the product-release cycle in the tech industry speeds up, there is more pressure on manufacturers to bring new products to market faster than ever. This puts a great deal of pressure on the suppliers of capital equipment used to manufacture these tech products. The supply chain agility of these suppliers is increasingly important. The purpose of this study is three-fold (1) to develop a methodology that can be used by any firm for measuring and ranking the agility of suppliers and finding the root causes of supplier agility, (2) to develop the first-ever fully quantitative measure of supply chain agility, and (3) to test if the supply chain management practices that are associated with agility in the academic literature are truly correlated with supply chain agility. Using the outlined methodology in this paper, the data suggest that the customer's current system and processes adequately met the need for short-notice, expedited build times. However, many processes and communications between the suppliers and customer have a lot of room for improvement that may positively impact the supply chain agility of suppliers. Since most every firm captures this same data, such as PO create dates and supplier ship dates, any firm can and should replicate this analysis to discover their suppliers' unique drivers of supply chain agility. Each supplier's historical agility was measured and ranked using historical order performance data. This agility score is the first of its kind to measure agility without the use of qualitative factors or self-reported measures of agility. Only three of the supply chain survey questions developed from or borrowed from the academic literature were correlated with supply chain agility in this study. Survey responses regarding the frequency of communication and information sharing are two examples of variables that were not associated with supplier supply chain agility. The only survey question response that was found to be positively correlated with supply chain agility involves the agile practice of delayed product differentiation. Contrary to the literature, two questions involving supplier-customer communication and the linking of order management system were found to be negatively correlated with supply chain agility. In regards to the non-survey, historical data, the independent variables that were correlated with agility highlighted the need for improved systems and processes between the suppliers and customer. Two examples of processes and systems that need improvement are expedited build time requests and PO swaps.
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Hernández, Bazo Carlos Alberto. "Metodología de planificación de cadenas de suministro de productos de consumo masivo de alimentos envasados, aplicando los conceptos lean y agile, en el Perú." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/32853.
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En la presente tesis doctoral, se desarrolla y se valida una metodología de planificación de la red de distribución de cadenas de suministro de la industria de consumo masivo de alimentos envasados, que se ha estructurado tomando como base los conceptos lean y agile, desarrollados por diferentes autores en los últimos veinte años.
Se define, también, las ventajas y limitaciones al aplicar esta metodología y compararla con la metodología de planificación tradicional, a fin de determinar si da mayor valor al cliente de este tipo de industria.
El tema concluye con la validación de tres hipótesis, que validan la aplicabilidad de la metodología desarrollada y de los conceptos lean y agile en la industria de alimentos envasados, con ciertas limitantes establecidas en el desarrollo de la investigación.The doctoral thesis, develop and validates a distribution net planning methodology of packaged foods consumer goods supply chain, that has been structured taking as it base the lean and agile concepts, developed by differents authors in the last twenty years. Also, it defines the advantages and limitations when applying this methodology and compare it with the traditional planning methodology, to end determine if it gives main value to the client of this type of industry. The thesis concludes with the validation of three hypotheses that validate the applicability of the methodology developed and of the concepts.
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Abreu, Paulo Emil Nikolas Mourão de Melo e. "An ANP model to support decision-making in a Portuguese pharmaceutical supply chain." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10724.
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Engenharia e Gestão IndustrialIn order to cope up with a volatile and scarce environment, companies have had to adopt new ways of thinking. One of them is embracing Supply Chain Management (SCM) and considering it as a crucial asset if willing to compete in the marketplace. In the context of SCM, it is important to understand how Lean and Agile SCM paradigms are adopted as means of achieving an efficient Supply Chain (SC). Besides the mentioned paradigms, many Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and management practices come along with SCM, and it is important that SC managers identify the ones that bring the most competitive advantages. This dissertation intends to design a model based on the Analytic Network Process (ANP) in order to assist SC managers from different entities of a pharmaceutical SC in exploring efficient decisions to be made, with respect to KPIs and management practices, as means of achieving a highly competitive SC.
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Gore, A. (Amol). "Exploring the competitive advantage through ERP systems:from implementation to applications in agile networks." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2008. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514287497.
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The purpose of this thesis is to contribute empirical evidence focusing on sustainable competitive advantage through ERP systems. It identifies the shift towards strategic positioning while moving in different ERP stages and industrial environments. The work starts from the premise that advanced ERP processes are simply commodities insinuating competitive convergence. The literature considers IT and strategy but few texts deal with understanding ERP resources over time in order to become source of sustainable advantage. As companies undergo transformation or strive to develop new approaches to competition, it is particularly significant to investigate this venture.
The exploratory inquiry in this dissertation aims to develop insights by a combination of qualitative and quantitative research traditions. The dual approach seeks to integrate the best research practices for contribution to the pertinent stakeholders. The first section is the introductory part followed by publications including case studies and surveys conducted on the basis of the gaps identified between theory and practice.
The work is limited in scope and the intention is to appreciate knowledge acquired from the studies instead of drawing rigid extensive conclusions. However, the study traces that the ERP systems do provide competitive advantage, the sustainability depending on integrating to meet the business needs and building uniqueness. The implication is to capitalize on the potential of ERP, the idea being not to imitate competitors but to tailor applications to the company's overall strategy.
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Yang, D. (Dayou). "Optimisation of product change process and demand-supply chain in high tech environment." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2011. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514293559.
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Abstract Information and communications technology (ICT) companies face challenges in an unpredictable business environment, where demand-supply forecasting is not accurate enough. How to optimally manage product change process and demand-supply chain in this type of environment? Companies face pressures to simultaneously be efficient, responsive and innovative, i.e. to minimise costs, and shorten order delivery and product change periods. This thesis included three action research cycles within a real demand-supply chain of a significant international actor. Each action research cycle sought answers by going into one extreme of minimising costs, diminishing order delivery period, or shortening product change periods. In practice, these research cycles included the case company changing their business accordingly for each of these cases. Conducting required changes in the case company were economically significant trials. The results of this doctoral dissertation provide tips for global high tech companies. Large international companies typically have manufacturing sites in different parts of the world. According to the results, mental shift from local optimisation to a global one is required for efficient manufacturing operations. Companies have traditionally considered their strategy as a choice between minimising costs, quick delivery, and rapid product change. Also, companies have believed that one single strategy is adequate and applicable to all of their products. According to this thesis, different products may have a different strategy. This would allow companies to flexibly react to the needs of different customer groups, business environments, and different competitors. In addition, strategy can be changed relatively often, monthly, weekly, or even daily. Based on the results of this doctoral thesis, companies must harmonise their product portfolio globally, including all their sites. Once the same product version is at all sites, they can help each other from components supply viewpoint. Consequently, product changes can be taken through quickerTiivistelmä Informaatio- ja kommunikaatioalan yritykset kohtaavat haasteita toimiessaan vaikeasti ennustettavassa liiketoimintaympäristössä, jossa tilaus-toimitusennusteet ovat epätarkkoja. Miten tällaisessa ympäristössä hallitaan optimaalisesti tuotemuutosprosessi ja tilaus-toimitusketju? Yrityksillä on paineita olla samanaikaisesti tehokkaita ja innovatiivisia: miten minimoida sekä kustannuksia että lyhentää toimitus- ja tuotemuutosaikoja. Tämä väitöskirja tehtiin toimintatutkimuksena merkittävän kansainvälisen yrityksen todellisessa tilaus-toimitusketjussa. Toimintatutkimus eteni vaiheittain kokeilemalla kolmea eri ääripäätä minimoimalla 1) kustannuksia, 2) toimitusaikoja ja 3) tuotemuutosaikoja. Käytännössä nämä ääripäät sisälsivät case-yrityksen liiketoiminnan muuttamista vastaavasti sisältäen taloudellisesti merkittäviä kokeiluja. Tämän väitöskirjan tulokset tarjoavat käytännön esimerkkejä globaaleille korkeanteknologian yrityksille. Suurilla kansainvälisillä yrityksillä on tyypillisesti valmistusyksiköitä eripuolilla maailmaa. Tämän tutkimuksen tulosten mukaan yritykset tarvitsevat asennemuutoksen paikallisesta optimoinnista globaaliin, jotta tuotanto toimisi tehokkaasti. Perinteisesti yritykset ovat ymmärtäneet strategian tarkoittavan valinnan tekemistä kustannusten minimoinnin, nopeiden toimitusaikojen tai nopeiden tuotemuutosten välillä. Yritykset ovat myös uskoneet, että yksi yrityskohtainen strategia kattaa kaikki yrityksen tuotteet. Tämän väitöskirjan tulosten mukaan yrityksen eri tuotteilla voi olla erilainen strategia. Tällainen ratkaisu mahdollistaa nopean reagoinnin muutoksiin asiakasryhmien tarpeissa, liiketoimintaympäristössä ja kilpailutilanteissa. Strategiaa voidaan myös muuttaa usein, kuukausittain, viikoittain tai jopa päivittäin. Tämän väitöskirjatutkimuksen tulosten mukaan, yritysten tulisi harmonisoida tuoteportfolionsa globaalisti kattaen kaikki tuotantolaitokset. Silloin kun yrityksen kaikissa valmistusyksiköissä valmistetaan samaa tuoteversiota, yksiköt voivat auttaa toisiaan komponenttien hankinnassa. Tuotemuutokset voidaan tällöin toteuttaa nopeammin
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Rasmussen, Kristoffer. "Crafting a Resilient andRobust Supply Chain : An Empirical Case study of Volvo CE & Kapsch." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-19604.
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Globalized markets, resources and means of communication reshaped the modern world. Today global supply chains are more agile and vulnerable to any crises. There is a need to have appropriate measures and strategies to dismantle and mitigate effects of any small or major disasters in the supply chains. Today supply chains are both directly and indirectly under influence of crises. The purpose is to study how companies assess and avoids risk in their supply chains and how they mitigate risks. Two cases have been used to explore the subject. Primary face-to-face interviews have been conducted with representatives from the two companies. Further secondary documentation from the companies has been analyzed. Managers are well aware of the risks embedded in their supply chains. They have processes to forecast and handle disruptions. Redundant resources are used in various extents to prepare for unforeseen events. To ensure uninterrupted supply different techniques such as dual-sourcing is used. Even though they see themselves as prepared companies are having problems mitigating the impact of uncertain events and these disruptions can have a big negative impact on their supply chains.
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Saeed, Muhammad. "Lean thinking in the supply chain operations and its integration with customer order decoupling point and bottlenecks." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tekniska högskolan, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-76683.
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The thesis study reveals that the position of bottleneck is a significant importance in supplychain process. The modern supply chain is characterized as having diverse products due tomass customization, dynamic production technology and ever changing customer demand.Usually customized supply chain process consists of an assemble to order (ATO) or make-to-order (MTO) type of operation. By controlling the supply constraints at upstream, a smoothmaterial flow achieved at downstream. Effective management on operational constraint willresults in speed up customer delivery. A throughout evaluation of demand constraints isnecessary to gain the competitive benefits over the entire market. The study is based on a conceptual model, comprises of engineer to order (ETO), MTO, ATOand make to stock (MTS) separated by decoupling point. All these represent the particularprocess in supply chain. The important perspective of this study is that the constraints areallocated in particular part of supply chain, which will become the supply chain moreversatile. This thesis study explains the use of detail capacity and material planningtechniques in upstream, midstream and downstream of the customer order decoupling supplychain. A shifting bottleneck concept has been studied in a better way, in order to keep relativestability and reduce the complexity in production management. This thesis study tries to findout some possible factors that reduce the bottleneck shifting in supply chain. This research provides the guideline about the implementation of lean, leagile and agility incustomized supply chain. Also key factors are discussed which are necessary to achieve theseparadigms. Basically leagile is the mixture of both lean & agile strategies. Leagile is inclinedtowards sustaining the flow for mixed-model production. Its intent is to achieve theefficiencies in mass production, while producing a medium variety of products. The focus inleagile strategy is to gain effective control at shop floor planning, including capacity andmaterial planning systems.Different relevant aspects of standardization and customization are considered through theproduction processes. In addition to this rate base, hybrid and time phase material planningtechniques are sorted in different supply chain parts through multiple level of bill of material.
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Andersson, Roy. "Quality-driven logistics." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-3393.
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The overall objective of this thesis is to describe and explain how different quality management philosophies can be combined in the supply/demand chain, in order to contribute to its resilience. The analysis is both quantitative and qualitative, based on theory and literature related to TQM, Lean, Agile and Six Sigma, one literature study and three case studies that were performed in companies. The studies are related to four research questions and are presented in four papers. The first research question focuses on similarities and differences between the quality management concepts TQM, Lean and Six Sigma. The findings were that TQM, Six Sigma and Lean have many similarities, but they differ in some areas. For examples Lean addresses process flow and waste, whereas Six Sigma addresses variation and design. The conclusion is that there is a lot to gain if organisations are able to combine these three concepts, as they are complementary. Two case studies and a literature survey supported the findings. The second research question focuses on outcomes in a logistics process if using quality management. The findings were that the quality management approach leads to risks being mitigated, managed and monitored and ensures a more effective, robust and flexible process, very much in line with the Agility philosophy. Solutions for quicker response to customers have also been introduced. The findings were supported by two case studies in seven companies. The third research question focuses on how prepared the transport- and logistics-oriented companies are for the application of quality concepts and quality management philosophy. The findings were that they can be described as being TQM-oriented. The companies do not consider Lean and Six Sigma to be future trends. Focus is on the customer, while they do not focus on variations or removing waste. The findings were supported by a case study in 24 companies. The fourth research question focuses on how quality concepts can contribute to risk control and resilience in an organisation. A combined Lean/Six Sigma approach by using Six Sigma framework and the last phase, Perfection, in the Lean concept, implies that the companies’ resilience, due to their strengthened ability to handle variability, risk management and agility, was improved. The findings were supported by two case studies in seven companies.I. Andersson Roy, Henrik Eriksson and Håkan Torstensson (2006), Similarities and differences
between TQM, Six Sigma and Lean, The TQM Magazine; Vol. 18, Issue 3, pp 282-296.
This paper was also presented at the 7th International QMOD Conference, Monterrey, Mexico
2004:
Andersson Roy, Henrik Eriksson and Håkan Torstensson (2004), Similarities and differences
between TQM, Six Sigma and Lean, Conference proceeding, 7th International QMOD Conference,
Monterrey, Mexico, pp 143-158.
II. Andersson, Roy, Peter Manfredsson and Anders Näslid (2005), Application of Six Sigma to
Control Variability in Production Logistics: A Case Study, PLAN Conference Quality and
efficiency in the entire supply chain, University College of Borås, pp 21-37.
III. Andersson, R., M. Fredriksson and H. Torstensson (2005), Reducing logistic variations by
quality techniques, Conference proceedings, Vol 1, 8th International QMOD Conference,
Palermo, pp 457-464.
IV. Andersson, R. and H. Torstensson (2006), A combined quality approach to controlling supply
chain risk. Conference proceedings, Vol 1, 9th International QMOD Conference, Liverpool.
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Hernández, Bazo Carlos. "Metodología de planificación de cadenas de suministro de productos de consumo masivo de alimentos envasados, aplicando los conceptos Lean y Agile (Parte II)." Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/333204.
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El presente trabajo muestra un segundo avance de la Investigación Doctoral que desarrolla la metodología de planificación que utiliza los conceptos Lean y Agile en la industria de Consumo masivo de alimentos envasados .Este trabajo presenta los resultados logrados luego de un estudio de investigación del tipo exploratorio descriptivo, con diseño del tipo mixto que muestra; una evaluación previa cuantitativa experimental de laboratorio y una evaluación posterior cualitativa.
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Charles, Aurélie. "Improving the design and management of agile supply chains : feedback and application in the context of humanitarian aid." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010INPT0055/document.
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Le secteur humanitaire a fortement évolué ces dernières années. Il est poussé à plus de transparence et doit rendre des comptes aux donateurs. Dans ce contexte, notre étude vise à expliciter, mesurer et améliorer l'une des principales caractéristiques des chaines logistiques humanitaires : leur capacité à répondre rapidement et adéquatement aux changements à court terme. Cette capacité, l'agilité, est fortement influencée par la manière dont le réseau logistique est conçu et dimensionné. Notre seconde problématique consiste donc à assurer un niveau déterminé d'agilité aux chaînes logistiques humanitaires en les aidant à mieux positionner leurs ressources. L'objectif est de montrer que l'on peut obtenir ce niveau de service enmaximisant l'efficience du réseau. Nous avons donc quantifié, en terme de coûts, l'impact de plusieurs décisions stratégiques comme le niveau de service, la proximité des fournisseurs et le degré de centralisation du réseauA push for increased professionalism during disaster relief operations has been reinforced over the last decade. The uncertainties humanitarian organisations have to cope with and the vital importance of their success has incited them to develop their ability to respond quickly and adequately to short-term changes. This agility capability is becoming highly prized by the private sector. Starting from a framework of supply chain agility, this thesis analyses humanitarian methods and defines an agility maturity model aiming to measure and improve the agility capability of a supply chain. As agility often depends on the adequate balance between delivery capacity and needs, our second problemstatement aims to design a logistics network that can operate under high levels of uncertainty so that for a given level of service in terms of agility, efficiency is maximized. Our study quantifies the impact on costs of various decisions, such as network design, supply strategy or level of service
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Hernández, Bazo Carlos. "Metodología de planificación de cadenas de suministro de productos de consumo masivo de alimentos envasados, aplicando los conceptos LEAN y AGILE (Parte I)." Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/333153.
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El presente artículo muestra el avance de una tesis para Doctorado que desarrolla una metodología estructurada, no antes publicada, que toma como base los conceptos lean, agile y adaptabilidad, para la planificación de cadenas de suministro de productos de alimentos envasados, en el rubro de consumo masivo. También muestra los resultados logrados, al simular datos históricos de seis negocios de consumo masivo de alimentos envasados y comparar la metodología elaborada versus la planificación tradicional de cadenas de suministro, basada en los pronósticos de ventas.
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Williams, Wafeeq. "Investigation into the critical success factors for the implementation of a quick response supply chain strategy in the South African fashion apparel sector." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97371.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This report details the critical success factors for consideration in developing a quick response (QR) supply chain strategy for fashion apparel retailers in South Africa. Quick response is the recent supply chain management development that supports a fast fashion business model most evident within the North American and European fashion apparel market. A QR supply chain strategy differs from previous supply chain management principles as it utilises consumer data to create a demand driven network in order to co-ordinate functions through the supply chain. This differs from the standard ‘push’ model evident within the normal fashion apparel cycle and follows a more consumer-centric approach to product demand. The continued success and growth of four of the global fashion apparel, retail organisations as listed by Deloitte’s Global Powers of Retailing 2014 survey, is attributed to the ability of these retailers to respond in season to consumer demand. These leading organisations have effectively adapted and incorporated a QR strategy into their broader competitive offering. South African fashion apparel retailers have recently begun introducing the philosophy and operational strategy of QR to their overriding business strategy, however, current implementation is limited and the full advantages of QR practises in comparison to the northern hemisphere markets is not being realised. Based on the limited amount of local retail and manufacturing QR information, limited availability of sales data for statistical analysis, increasing levels of competition and slow economic growth, a clear understanding of QR is needed. Critically, phased implementation of QR in South Africa requires a clear understanding of the critical success factors (CSF) needed for upfront engagement between retailers and manufacturers. The primary research question was therefore, what are the critical success factors for QR implementation in the South African fashion apparel sector? The purpose of this research was to define a priority list of critical success factors for consideration by defining the scope of QR thinking within business and clarifying the degree and level of application in northern hemisphere markets as lessons for the local sector. Three research aspects were conducted in determining the critical success factors for South Africa. An academic literature review was used to describe the development of QR and identify those factors within the field of supply chain management. This was used to define the scope of questions and themes for interviews with local industry professionals. The results of these interviews were then compared to insights from case studies of global, fast fashion retailers in order to define the priority list of factors. The primary findings for the South African retail sector were: that effective QR implementation should be strongly aligned to the strategic positioning of retail and manufacturing cluster of organisations. Detailed consideration of the benefits for both supply chain members, as well as the level of communication and exchange of information was critical in developing the responsiveness required from the supply chain. Collaborative product design featured frequently within the research and required new processes and organisational structures to be implemented effectively. The findings of the research provide a concise, viable set of factors for retail and manufacturing engagement. These factors can be used to structure long term, sustainable quick response practises to enable greater adoption and implementation within the South African sector. This will encourage more close-to-home product development and enable retailers to better utilise local manufacturing resources while remaining competitive.
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Stenberg, Marcus, and Jesper Larsson. "Optimizing the Supply Chain Performance at Ericsson AB : A Study of Lead Time Reduction and Service Level Improvement." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Logistik- och kvalitetsutveckling, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-133357.
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Ericsson has recently experienced difficulties to meet the customer demand, which has led to lost market shares. This is mainly due to the long and unpredictable lead times within their supply chains. Therefore, Ericsson seeks to increase their ability to meet the customer demand by reducing the customer order lead time. A shorter lead time would imply a greater responsiveness and improved service level towards the customers. A directive from the company was to base the study on the supply chain for the customer Algeria Telecom Mobile. The purpose of the study is to give recommendations for improvements that reduce the total lead time in a supply chain perspective in order to improve the customer service level. To be able to fulfill the purpose, four objectives were distinguished and supported with existing frameworks for analyzing supply chains. The first step was to create a current state map, which was achieved by conducting 24 interviews with people working within the supply chain. The second step was to identify potentials for lead time reduction. This was done by categorizing the supply chain parts and the problems that were gathered during the current state mapping into meaningful groups, and thereafter prioritize the categories with the greatest potential. The third step was to generate alternative solutions by conducting a second literature review based on the potentials that was identified during the prior step. The general solutions were later modified in order to fit the current supply chain. It resulted in eight Ericsson specific solutions. The fourth step was to evaluate these solutions in combination, which led to a recommended combination of solutions that provided the greatest lead time reduction. Also the requirements for implementing these solutions were presented in this step. The recommendation for Ericsson is to rearrange their current supply chain for the studied customer and use two different supply chains; the Regional supply chain and the Alternative supply chain. The two arrangements will both be based on the implementation of a supply hub, which implies a movement of the customer order decoupling point closer to the customer. The Regional supply chain will cover the main flow and be used when the customer orders products from a product portfolio that has been agreed within the region. The Alternative supply chain will act as a complement and cover the flow of products outside the regional product portfolio. The estimated customer order lead time for the Regional supply chain is 17 days, which is a reduction of 80 % in the normal case for the studied supply chain. The lead time for the Alternative supply chain is more difficult to estimate precisely, but it will be reduced in comparison with the current situation. Moreover, the service level towards the customer will be increased for both the Regional and the Alternative supply chain. To summarize the recommendations that are forwarded to Ericsson, they are listed below:
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Nascimento, Enily Vieira do. "Sistema logístico de recepção e movimentação de cargas aéreas: o caso do Pólo Indústrial de Manaus (PIM)." Universidade Federal do Amazonas, 2011. http://tede.ufam.edu.br/handle/tede/3522.
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Previous issue date: 2011-12-13The airport infrastructure and services of customs clearance of imported cargo can be considered a competitive advantage of companies in the Industrial Pole of Manaus (PIM). Reducing the time of cargo clearance would be just one advantage. The study aims to propose a management model agile and flexible in receiving air cargo imported inputs so that it satisfactorily meets the agile supply chain, which has the ability to respond to change, diversity, the unpredictable demands of customers, and which reduces the risk of pipeline breaks for companies in the PIM. This work, which culminates with a case study not only addresses the manufacturers of high-tech and innovative products that are of high value added, but all the actors (INFRAERO, RFB, ANVISA, MAP, broker, importing companies) involved import cargo, since his arrival in TECA to the delivery of cargo to the importer. The research call attention to the importance of infrastructure and services in the fast release of imported cargo through a management model able to include in the PIM requirements of external competitiveness of supply chains, using appropriate strategies such as model uncertainty supply chain (MICS). As a result, obtained presents an alternative model identified as the Special Customs Regime of Industrial Warehouse on Computerized Control (Ricof), considered an instrument of attraction and facilitator of global business development of products considered as part of the chain of uncertainty, so that gain is observed not only the logistical and tax, knowing that in Brazil there are no special schemes and atypical, as the companies of the Industrial Pole of Manaus (PIM).
A infraestrutura aeroportuária e os serviços de desembaraço aduaneiro de cargas importadas podem ser considerados uma vantagem competitiva das empresas no Pólo Industrial de Manaus (PIM). A redução do tempo de liberação de cargas seria apenas uma das vantagens. O estudo tem como objetivo propor um modelo de gerenciamento ágil e flexível na recepção de cargas aéreas de insumos importados de modo que este atenda satisfatoriamente a Cadeia de Suprimentos Ágil, que tem a capacidade de responder as mudanças, diversidades, demandas imprevisíveis dos clientes, e que reduz os riscos de interrupções dos fornecimentos para as empresas do PIM. Este trabalho, que culmina com um estudo de caso, não somente aborda os fabricantes de produtos high-tech e inovadores, que são de alto valor agregado, mas todos os atores (INFRAERO, RFB, ANVISA, MAPA, DESPACHANTE, Empresas Importadoras) envolvidos na importação da carga, desde sua chegada no TECA até a entrega da carga para o importador. A pesquisa dá visibilidade à importância da infraestrutura e rapidez nos serviços de liberação de cargas importadas, através de um modelo de gerenciamento capaz de incluir o PIM nas exigências da competitividade externa entre as cadeias de suprimento, fazendo uso de estratégias adequadas como o modelo de incerteza da cadeia de suprimentos (MICS). Como resultado obtido é apresentado um modelo identificado como alternativa ao Regime Aduaneiro Especial de Entreposto Industrial sobre Controle Informatizado (RICOF), considerado instrumento de atração e facilitador de desenvolvimento das empresas globais de produtos considerados como integrantes da cadeia de incerteza, de modo que seja observado o ganho logístico e não apenas o tributário, sabendo que no Brasil não se inclui os regimes especiais e atípicos, como as empresas do Pólo Industrial de Manaus (PIM).
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Chibani, Akram. "Optimisation dynamique des chaînes logistiques agiles : application au cas d'approvisionnement en ligne." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015CLF22633/document.
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Les nouvelles technologies de l’information deviennent un moyen incontournable pour réaliser des transactions instantanées dont tirent profit certaines chaînes logistiques. De ce fait, de nouveaux moyens liés aux opérations d’approvisionnement se développent. Leur émergence est directement liée à l’environnement volatile où évoluent désormais de plus en plus de chaînes logistiques. Les opérations d’approvisionnement du type «e-Procurement» sont des exemples de ces nouvelles pratiques où les chaînes logistiques sont qualifiées d’agiles. L’objectif de cette thèse est d’aborder des problématiques d’approvisionnement où un décideur est confronté au problème de choix de fournisseurs ainsi que la quantité de produits commandée durant le temps. Ces systèmes évoluent dans un environnement changeant caractérisé par des variations asynchrones et répétitives des prix d’achat et de commande ainsi que des capacités des fournisseurs et où l’évolution de ces données est inconnue. L’exemple des systèmes d’achat sur Internet ainsi que les systèmes d’enchères inversées en ligne s’inscrivent parfaitement dans la problématique traitée ici. Dans ce cadre, les approches classiques d’optimisation peuvent s’avérer inadaptées pour ce problème. Les travaux récents sur l’optimisation dynamique peuvent répondre à ce type de questionnement mais n’ont pour l’instant pas été étudiées dans le contexte des chaînes logistiques. Nous proposons, dans cette thèse, une approche basée sur des algorithmes génétiques dynamiques que nous avons illustrée avec trois cas d’application dans le cadre de l’approvisionnement en ligneIn a context of increased competition between enterprises, supply chains are struggling to respond to an increasingly volatile and complex environment. With technological advances, current practices to build efficient supply chains have changed. Indeed, the enthusiasms of companies with the use of internet have lead researchers to find adequate methods to cope with the dynamic nature of logistics networks. The purpose of this thesis is to address a dynamic procurement issue under asynchronous and repetitive variations over time. The supply chain considered is composed of two levels (buyer-suppliers) operating in highly agile environment. The questions facing the buyer is how many units of product should be purchased and from which supplier in response to variation in term of price and capacity. Because of this highly changing environment characterized by frequents changes in a short time, most of the classical optimization approaches seems inadequate to address these problems. Recently, dynamic optimization has been used successfully to deal with such problems. However, we have no knowledge of its application in a supply chain context. We propose a dynamic genetic approach which is applied to an e-procurement context in aim to optimize the procurement process during time
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Aubourg, Gautier. "La démarche Smart City comme nouveau cadre d'intégration des méthodes issues du génie industriel dans les chaînes logistiques de la fonction publique." Phd thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2017. http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/19623/1/AUBOURG_Gautier.pdf.
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Le secteur public est un domaine en perpétuelle mutation, de par la pression économique actuelle mais aussi du fait des progrès technologiques constants. C'est en particulier le cas des collectivités territoriales, dans lesquelles les agents du secteur public sont soumis à de fortes pressions, notamment par la nécessité d'assurer un service de qualité aux usagers tout en minimisant les coûts engagés, mais également du fait de devoir développer de nouvelles compétences pour répondre à des exigences en évolution. Les projets actuels, impliquant de multiples technologies et le besoin de travailler en synergie avec les acteurs territoriaux, sont devenus primordiaux pour la gestion des chaînes logistiques du secteur public. Le domaine du génie industriel a développé diverses méthodes pouvant répondre à ces nouveaux besoins. Ces méthodes englobent différentes théories et pratiques allant du progrès permanent à la gestion de la chaîne logistique jusqu’à la gestion de la relation client. Ces pratiques visent avant tout à améliorer la coordination et l'intégration de toutes les activités nécessaires à l'élaboration d’un produit ou un service. L’apparition de nouvelles démarches, telles que la Smart City, légitime la mise en pratique de méthodes industrielles pour la gestion de services répondant à l’intérêt général d’un territoire. Dès lors, l'objectif de ce travail a été de transposer aux collectivités territoriales des méthodes issues du génie industriel, en s’appuyant sur la démarche de la Smart City, afin de permettre une synergie entre les partenaires, tout en augmentant la productivité de l’organisation dans la fourniture de services publics plus performants.
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Baker, Peter. "The Role, Design and Operation of Distribution Centres in Agile Supply Chains." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3022.
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The aim of this research is to explore the role of distribution centres (DCs) in agile
supply chains, together with how they should be designed, operated and their
performances measured within this context. The research is based, first of all, on a
survey to ascertain the current situation, and then a series of case studies of
international supply chains, DC designs, DC operations, and warehouse automation
projects. The techniques used include questionnaires, semi-structured interviews,
quantitative measures where appropriate and qualitative measures based on 5-point
Likert scales. A number of constructs are used, particularly from supply chain agility
and manufacturing agility literature, and these are refined and extended to form the
basis for the research.
The findings indicate that a prime role of distribution centres, particularly in terms of
inventory-holding, is consistent with the decoupling point concept. Further roles for
distribution centres in agile supply chains include cross-docking, postponement
activities, and returns.
The research identifies five types of agility, namely volume, time, unit quantity,
presentation and information. The responses to these different types can then be
categorised according to the combination of levels (i.e. supply chain, business unit,
distribution network, and distribution centre), by the type of resource used (i.e. land /
building, equipment, staff, and process / systems), and by how these are deployed (i.e.
extra capacity, additional resources when needed, and flexible resources). Agility
measurement can be undertaken using the categories of range, mobility and
uniformity.
With markets becoming more volatile, agility can offer a key source of competitive
advantage. However, warehouses are by their nature long-term fixed assets and
therefore difficult to incorporate into an agile strategy. The series of frameworks
developed during this research begins to address this important area and thus forms a
basis for further research as well as providing some initial frameworks to assist
practitioners.
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Wang, Xin. "The effect of visibility in the integration of lean and agile for supply chains." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/64223/.
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Over the last two decades, supply chain researchers have sought to find appropriate ways of achieving lean and agile “LeAgile” supply chains. However, the differences in the priorities of the lean and agile paradigms multiply the challenges in lean and agile combinations. The most discussed approaches in the literature are the decoupling point and the late customisation (postponement) strategies. Supply chain visibility as a solution is less frequently discussed though the ‘Smarter Supply Chain of the Future’ report states that ‘70% of supply chain leaders view Supply Chain Visibility as their number one challenge ... the need to ‘see’ and act on the right information’ (IBM, 2010). Technologies such as EDI and RFID have been implemented to improve visibility, have not gained general acceptance. Newer, low cost ‘Cloud’ solutions may be able to address the need better. Previous research has suggested that increasing information visibility improves supply chain performance, though the relationship between the degree of visibility and resulting performance does not appear to have been addressed. Therefore, a role playing simulation methodology was devised to evaluate the effect of supply chain visibility on improved LeAgile supply chain performance. Role playing simulations better emulate the human control actions in supply chains, but can also suffer/benefit from traits such as learning. A low cost Web and Cloud based system was devised to enable visibility and communication in the simulation. Different information sharing configurations (visibility levels) were evaluated for a typical four-echelon supply chain. The results show a correlation in improved supply chain LeAgility with the degree of visibility of demand and/or operational information, but this was not a linear relationship. A degree of ‘digital’ waste eroded performance with increasing levels of visibility. Comparison simulations were then conducted to compare the supply chain visibility strategy with ‘decoupling point’ and ‘postponement’ strategies for the same four-echelon supply chain. The results suggest that after adopting the supply chain visibility approach, the overall performance of the simulation supply chain increased by 26.3% and 26.4% compared to the decoupling point and postponement approach scenarios. Further simulation experiments with different supply chain configurations are required to test the wider applicability of the results.
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Dauda, Mohammed. "Diffusion of agile supply chains attributes : a study of the UK upstream oil and gas industry cluster." Thesis, University of Hull, 2008. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:1739.
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This study examines agile supply chain capabilities in oil and gas clusters, in the light of cluster and industrial district theory. The aim is to provide evidence of their potential impact on competitiveness and business performance within the UK upstream oil and gas cluster. Agility is the ability of organisations to operate and prosper in market conditions characterised by dynamism and constantly changing customer tastes. Clusters and industrial districts refer to the geographic concentration of firms in an industry that enables the firms to benefit from competition and cooperation as well as enhanced productivity within the cluster. A review of past theoretical and empirical studies on supply chain management, agility and clusters identifies four dimensions of agility: customer enrichment, cooperating to compete, mastering change and uncertainty, and leveraging the impact of people and information. The cluster theory points to the competitive advantage of being in geographic proximity to the members of a supply chain, including enhanced productivity, easy access to enriched and high quality factors of production, reduction of transaction and transportation costs as well as increased innovativeness. These all contribute to improving the competitive capability of a firm as well as having impact on the business performance of organisations. A survey of 880 firms in the UK upstream oil and gas cluster was conducted to determine the specific impact of cluster location attributes on the agility of supply chains. Six case studies involving the three tiers of the supply chain and supporting organisation were carried out. Structural equation modelling revealed strong impact of clusters on competitive objectives but weak impact on business performance. Results from the survey show that cluster agility has strong impact on both competitive objectives and business performance. The case study revealed that agility is a strategic tool adopted by the smaller organisations within the supply chain to mitigate the scale of large organisations. Equally, SMEs consider that being in UK oil and gas cluster enhances their responsiveness.
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Saini, M. "A framework for transferring and sharing tacit knowledge in construction supply chains within lean and agile processes." Thesis, University of Salford, 2015. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/36013/.
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Fragmentation in the UK construction sector is hindering knowledge production which leads to low levels of productivity. For decades, several unproductive initiatives have been deployed in an effort to increase partnering and collaboration between construction supply chains. Despite these efforts recent studies highlight that the UK construction sector needs to consider the process-based view seriously with the application of knowledge communication and specifically the transferring and sharing of Tacit Knowledge within the supply chain, if performance improvements are to be achieved. In this study, a three-stage framework for transferring and sharing Tacit Knowledge within Construction Supply Chains is developed to bring collaboration and partnering, and to improve efficiency in Construction Supply Chains and in the application of Lean and Agile. Relevant and associated literature about knowledge management, supply-chain management and Lean and Agile thinking within construction supply chains is investigated in different dimensions. The study highlights some unique and fresh findings in terms of transferring and sharing of Tacit Knowledge. In addition, a novel research processes’ model “Knowledge Driven Research Methodology” is developed and applied to define a worthy research methodology for this study. To validate the factors extracted from the literature review and the conceptual framework, a systematic research methodology is adopted to collect quantitative data through a survey questionnaire. Moreover, data is analysed with frequency, the Kruskal-Wallis H test and correlation analysis and with interpretive analysis, to highlight the taxonomic relations among the findings based on the propulsive coefficients, and to identify and establish the rank of the foremost and following factors. Through the results from the data analysis, the conceptual framework is modified and then further validated through the expert interviews. The study concludes with a validated framework and establishes the fact that, if the transferring and sharing of tacit knowledge is initiated within construction processes, it will bring collaboration and partnering and increase efficiency among construction supply chains. The most estimable part of this study is that it brings forward several tiny and major contributions to the existing knowledge for Literature, academia, policy makers and practitioners.
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Riwes, Mina (Mina Diaa). "The "+Add" Model : a proposed strategic framework to create agile high performance aerospace and defense product support supply chains." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81105.
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Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references.
The U.S. Aerospace and Defense industry is a vital organ for national security and humanitarian disaster response as well as an economic powerhouse creating jobs and driving exports. News headlines often stop at the sale of complex, hi-tech and expensive defense systems short of capturing the critical aftersales support. However, it is the aftersales support that enables the mission to be accomplished. Without a well-functioning product support supply chain, even the most advanced fleet of fighter jets is rendered useless. This paper looks in-depth at such support supply chains within top industry companies. The investigation spans the current and desired states, and gaps the difference. It also establishes a visionary roadmap to get to the desired state and ensure optimum performance. The research proposes the "+Add Model", an easy to understand 5-level framework to achieve Global Optimization. The +Add Model acronyms stand for Aggregate Dynamic Derivatives, which are key elements in the framework. Aggregate refers to enabling a one integrated supply chain approach at the prime-integrator to benefit from economies of scale elements such as risk pooling and large discount buys. Dynamic refers to enabling a continuously improving supply chain through feedback loops making the supply chain agile. Derivatives refer to the realization that the supply chain is full of hidden derivatives (or levers). As in calculus, the derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes. The +Add model identifies those main supply chain derivative functions and inputs, and then aims to fine-tune them to drive performance. By adopting the +Add Model a prime-integrator is able to improve demand forecast accuracy (Level-1), system planning lead times (Level-2) and increase collaboration with the supplier (Level-3). In turn, levels 1 through 3 enable significantly reduced supplier lead times (Level-4). Finally, as various programs apply the +Add Model approach, Aggregation (Level-5) provides additional benefits such as increased forecast accuracy, discount buys, and lower safety stock inventory through centralization. The +Add Model has a significant impact to the button line, analysis reveals substantial improvements to earnings, economic profit and cash flow while maximizing performance and reducing risk.
by Mina Riwes.
M.Eng.in Logistics
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Phetla, Selepe. "Building lean and agile supply chains for food fast moving consumer goods manufacturers and food retailers in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52293.
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Supply chain is one of the important pillars driving business competitiveness, and its performance is critical for the success of the organisation. This research aimed to investigate the applicability of the sand cone model with regard to improving supply chain performance to being more lean (efficient) and agile (effective), within South African food fast moving consumer goods manufacturers (FMCGs) and food retailers. The sand cone model says one must implement and embed agile initiatives first before implementing lean initiatives to create high performing supply chains.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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Lebrun, Philippe. "Comment les "intelligences articulées" peuvent-elles améliorer la gestion des savoir-faire? : une application au supply chain management." Caen, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015CAEN0508.
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Cette recherche s'intéresse aux problématiques de création et d'amélioration de processus pour la gestion des savoir-faire. En réponse, nous avançons le concept d' "intelligences articulées" qui se fonde sur quatre principes dominants. Le premier d'entre eux repose sur une adaptation des « méthodes agiles», le deuxième décline en partie les concepts de la « recherche intervention », le troisième utilise des techniques informatiques en transposant celles de la "business intelligence" et le quatrième prend en considération l'acceptabilité des acteurs face aux changements. La « démarche » proposée est alors perceptible comme un double vecteur de management et de support à la conduite du changement. Dans cette étude, la dimension managériale est abordée de manière pragmatique, et positionne la diffusion de l'information comme élément central. En effet, en renforçant la communication et la transparence par l'utilisation d'outils de simulation et de pilotage, nous cherchons à valoriser la performance des managers. Les éléments présentés sont appliqués au cas du « Supply Chair Management » dans le secteur industriel. Pour la conduite de nos travaux, nous prenons appui sur les principes de la « recherche intervention » qui se révèlent appropriés au développement de ce type de projet. Le déroulement de la recherche s'organise selon le cheminement suivant, tout d'abord la présentation du cadre conceptuel qui est à l'origine de la démarche. Puis nous abordons la description du terrain d'expérimentation avec le développement de deux études de cas. La première concerne la conception d'un outil d'allocation de ressources humaines. Celui-ci permet d'affecter les personnels dans le cadre de la polyactivité. La seconde s'attache à la refonte d'une organisation logistique dans un atelier de fabrication industriel avec la mise en oeuvre d'un "Milkrun" pour la gestion des flux physiques du site de production. A l'issue de la présentation de ces cas, nous proposons une discussion et avec une formalisation des concepts autour des thèmes étudiés. La recherche recommande alors les éléments de mise en oeuvre de la « démarche » pour la gestion de projets d'amélioration qui valorise la dimension collaborative et l'émergence des savoir-faireThis research looks at the problems of creation and process improvement for the management of know-how. In response, we are advancing the concept of "hinged intelligences" which is based on four dominant principles. The first of these is based on an adaptation of "agile methods1", the second part declines the concepts of the "intervention research", the third uses computer techniques in transposing those "business intelligence" and the fourth takes into account the acceptability of the players face the changes. The proposed "approach" is so noticeable as a double vector management and support in the conduct of change. In this study, the managerial dimension is addressed in a pragmatic way, and positioned the dissemination of information as a central element. Indeed, by strengthening communication and transparency through the use of pilotage and simulatiod tools, we seek to enhance the performance of managers. These elements are applied to the case of the "Supply Chain Management" in the industrial sector. For the conduct of our work, we are building on the principles of the "intervention research" which prove appropriate to the development of this type of project. Conduct research is organized according to the following path, first presentation of the conceptual framework which is at the origin of the approach. Then we discuss the description of the land of experimentation with the development of two case studies. The first concerns the design of a human resource allocation tool. This allows to assign staff in the context of the actual. The second focuses on the redesign of a logistics organization in a workshop industrial with the implementation of a "Milkrun2" for the management of physical flows of the production site. At the end of the presentation of these cases, we propose a discussion with a formalization of the concepts around the themes studied. The research then recommends the elements of implementation of the "approach" for the management of improvement projects that values collaborative dimension and the emergence of the know-how
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郭蕙瑜. "An agile distribution model for enhancing supply chain resilinece." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13007429096539333703.
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碩士國立交通大學
交通運輸研究所
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Today’s supply chain is getting more complex and vulnerable as disasters, either artificial or natural, may occur anytime around the world with significant consequences. It calls for a need of resilience ability while encountering emergency. This study introduces agility concept and quantified resilience index into distribution and develops an agile distribution model for the purpose of enhancing a resilient distribution supply chain. Several scenario analyses are conducted to examine the responsive measures of the proposed model. The results of the numerical experiment show that while facing a sudden supply disruption, transshipment is adopted as a quick response for mitigating the impact. Additionally, the adaptive distribution pattern would be more time tendency than cost under circumstances of higher impact severity and tighter time constraint. It implies companies should find a balance solution (time & cost) under various conditions. The study also suggests that seeking for a proper resilience level can build redundancy efficiently. All results display that the developed model is valid and viable as an analytical tool for emergency response planning.
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Liu, Xiang-Nian, and 劉相年. "Electronics Enterprises Agile Supply Chain Building and Best Practice." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07096229999789456347.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
臺大-復旦EMBA境外專班
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The electronic industry is one of the important pillar industries of China now. However electronic industry fierce competition led the whole electronic industry to stay in the era of meager profit. Especially in the China, customer requirements are more critical, more sensitive to the price, and more timely for delivery. All the requirements caused electronic industry to face great pressure. With the development of computer and network technology, the Internet is like a raging fire in various Internet application platform, in the electronic industry to bring unlimited business opportunities at the same time, it also brings more challenges. The electronic enterprises in the era of networks are facing intense competition, the market demand is complicated and changeable, the product renewal is getting faster, the enterprise is necessary to agile thinking applied to supply chain management, in order to improve the rapid response capability of the changes of external environment and user needs change. This paper in-depth analysis of the characteristics of the electronics enterprises combining with the electronics industry .Through the supply chain strategy matching , combining with the characteristics of agile supply chain and facing a high supply and demand uncertainty in electronic industry, we got that electronic enterprises is suitable for the agile supply chain strategy. On this basis, this paper explained the definition and characteristics of agile supply chain, analyzed the basis of construction of electronic enterprises, the principle of constructing agile supply chain and the method of constructing agile supply chain for electronic enterprises. Furthermore the paper further analysis the optimization of agile supply chain operation for electronic enterprises and risk management .At the end, this paper re-explained the enterprise agile supply chain construction, optimization and risk management taking Philips lighting as an example. This paper is divided into seven chapters. The first chapter is the Abstract. Starting from the current status of China electronic industry, imports of electronic data, the first chapter elaborates that. In the second chapter, the paper gives a detailed analysis of the characteristics for the electronics industry. Combining with the electronic enterprises supply chain strategy matching and characteristics of agile supply chain, the paper reach the conclusion that electronic industry should adopt agile supply chain. On this basis, this thesis gives the definition and characteristics of agile supply chain. The third chapter in-depth analyzes the foundation of constructing agile supply chain for electronic enterprises, the principle and method of constructing agile supply chain for electronic enterprises .In the fourth chapter, on the basis of the third chapter the paper explains the execution and optimization of agile supply chain for electronic enterprises. Partner selection optimization, product module design and products optimization and the supply chain operation index optimization are the main methods to improve the operation of agile supply chain for electronic industry. In this chapter the paper also mentioned the mass customization, the delay strategy and knowledge management are main methods also to improve the agile supply chain. The fifth chapter analyzes the risk management of agile supply chain. This chapter explains the definition, identification, measurement , control and management of risk for agile supply chain. In the sixth chapter, the paper analysis agile supply chain construction, best practices and risk management through the Philips lighting case.
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Wallace, James, A. Tsoularis, and Rana Tassabehji. "Stochastic automata and supply chain agility in the time-limited supply industry." 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3941.
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NoThis paper presents a stochastic automaton approach to stock ordering for retailers of time-limited goods, in the modern supply chain network. The rationale applied is that by ordering in small quantities frequently, overstocking will be reduced, capital liquidity improved and wastage limited. A consequence for the complete supply chain is that such an approach could substantially minimise the reactive bullwhip effect, leading to more efficient utilisation, production and agility throughout the chain. Such agility and flexibility can only be achieved by full integration of stock inventory monitoring technologies (such as RFID) with enterprise integration systems (such as ERP) connected to suppliers, mediated by the internet. We undertake a comparative simulation study of stock ordering using a stochastic automaton and a naive traditional approach. This shows that stochastic ordering, prompted by a stochastic automaton, exhibits characteristic properties that are a prerequisite for reducing the bullwhip effect, thus enabling agile inventory management.
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Amini, Bahareh. "A situated decision support system for agile supply chain management." Thesis, 2008. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/976302/1/MR63220.pdf.
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Today's volatile business environment imposes a high level of uncertainly in decision making activities in supply chain management. Although high level of coordination and integration between organizations is necessary to achieve efficiency in supply chain, this level of integration might have adverse effects on organization's agility. Agility is the capability to adapt to unpredicted market changes and new customer requirements. This necessitate the development of effective decision support tools in the area of the supply chain that can provide a higher level of integration with business environment and help organizations to cope with unpredictable changes in order to conduct their business activities with more agility. This work proposes a model and architecture for a situated decision support system for supply chain management and develops a prototype system in order to examine the feasibility of the model. The results of the empirical tests are presented and discussed. This study will be of interest to both academics in the field of supply chain and IS managers who want to make their supply chain more flexible and agile.
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TSENG, LI-CHUAN, and 曾麗娟. "Incorporating Corporate Social Responsibility in Lean production and Agile Supply Chian - A Case Study of adidas Global Supply Chain." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97909304655801812571.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
工業管理系
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The competition has essentially become chain vs. chain in today＇s market and the winning criteria have evolved from cost and quality into flexibility and time. Businesses are abandoning vertical integration practices, to develop own core competency and developing collaborations among outbound and inbound supply chain partners to increase flexibility and velocity of operations. Agile supply chain provides a great opportunity to meet customer demands in the rapid changing fashion market. It＇s regarded as an important operation module from views of global enterprises. However, some researchers harbored suspensions its benefits whether to have misgiving workshop operations with high stresses and obviously increasingly accident ratios in recent years. The deemed important business module transgresses invisibly principle of corporate social responsibility (CSR), and damaged the synergy of competition advantages. It is less emphasized previously to approach synergies of agile supply chain by integrating both lean production and CSR in the management system. Although it is most widely emphasized by many brands recently to deliberate the integration, the troublesome is not neglect. In this study, the approach to integrate the lean and agile supply chain emphasizing CSR is discussed. A case to show the implementing process and results of the well-known sports brand, adidas, are summarized. It could be used as an example for other business.
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Lin, Hsin-Yuan, and 林新原. "Applying Agile Software Development Methodology to Construct Operating Room Supply Chain System." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/vexg67.
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碩士淡江大學
資訊工程學系碩士班
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The Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) program is a mandatory as well as a single-payer social insurance system, founded on the principle that everybody should have equal access to health care services. For Taiwan government, the pro-gram has been operating in deficit all the way since. To ensure the system''s financial sustainability and soundness, the NHI Administration demands the cost on medical equipment to be lower each year; however, the material suppliers refuse to decrease the price. In other words, the healthcare organizations are sandwiched between the government and material suppliers. Hence, healthcare organizations need to manage their medical equipment effectively. Operating rooms have the highest demand for medical equipment among the departments in a hospital and have great influence on the hospital financial perfor-mance. Therefore, issues such as effectively managing the usage flow of medical equipment in operating rooms, decreasing the ordinary wear and tear and storage of medical equipment, strengthening the business relationship between hospitals and suppliers, and reducing the medical staff''s workload are crucial for hospitals. This research use agile software development methodologies to build an oper-ating room supply chain management system, which integrates the business opera-tion model used in vendor managed inventory for hospitals. With the application of electronic data interchange model, the system can decrease the time for medical staffs spend on non-medical practices, contact suppliers effectively, and have correct communication between medical staffs. To conclude, the research can help with the supply chain management in hos-pitals, make effective medical equipment management, and reduce the operation burden. Also, all the data produced can be regarded as the basic data of the Big Data research on clinical medicine.
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SUNG, SSU-YU, and 宋思育. "Agile Supply Chain of Affordable Luxury: The Case of Custom Made Suits." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37f3u7.
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碩士東吳大學
企業管理學系
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In recent years, consumers in the fashion industry have been craving fashionable goods at a speed that in the past was inconceivable. While the number of middle-class citizens increases worldwide, so does the demand for these highly sought after products. This presents a significant challenge for companies in the fashion industry: how does a company quickly meet this demand while keeping costs low? By reviewing literature, and conducting an in-depth interview with a custom made suit company, we hoped to better understand how agile supply chain is used in a mass customization model. By mapping out business model canvases for three fashion companies and reviewing their value chains, we discovered that each company adopted their own variation of an agile supply chain. We looked at similarities and differences and observed how their use of an agile supply chain helped them get their products to the customers quickly while maintaining an acceptable level of quality.
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Chia-HueiChiu and 邱家輝. "Pricing and agile service decisions in a closed-loop competing supply chain." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7eswe8.
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碩士國立成功大學
工業與資訊管理學系
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In recent years, we have witnessed the start-up of fast fashion industry which collect, recycle and sell remanufactured fashion products. Therefore, the agility supply chain system is an important issue for the manufacturing industry. In the light of this, retailers must provide the faster service making the supply chain more flexible, quick and effective response. This thesis considers a three-stage closed-loop supply chain consisting of a manufacturer, a remanufacturer, a distributor, a third party and a retailer. Based on different chain competing forms of chain members, three decision models viz. manufacturer-led, retailer-led and centralized scenarios are established to explore the chain members’ optimal strategies on price and service level. By using the backwards induction and game theory, the corresponding analytical optimal solutions are obtained. Finally, we carry out the sensitivity analysis of some key parameters through numerical studies for examining their influences on the pricing and service decisions and chain members’ maximum profits. On the basis of comparison and analysis, some managerial insights are derived.
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Lin, I.-Ching, and 林宜青. "To be Lean or to be Agile? The Choice of Supply Chain Strategy." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23619501629235855258.
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碩士國立中山大學
企業管理學系研究所
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The changing role of manufacturing has ushered in an increasing number of initiatives aimed at improving operations. Specifically, various themes in operations have evolved over time, from forecasting and planning in the 1950s and 1960s through productivity and quality in the 1970s and 1980s respectively, to adaptability and responsiveness in the 1990s. Even though the emergence of agile paradigm had spurred a large stream of research by scholars, yet most of the research had been at the manufacturing level. Very few researches have gone beyond the manufacturing level to the larger supply chain level. And there are even fewer researches discussing about the combination of lean thinking and agile thinking in supply chain level. Based on the above statement, the purpose of this study is as follows: 1. To identify the definition and characteristics of “Lean” and “Agile”. 2. To explore the relationship of the two kinds of thinking. 3. To prove the practicability of the findings. This research is organized as follows. Chapter 2 clearly describes the origin, definition and characteristics of lean thinking and agile thinking, and comparison of the two kind of thinking. Chapter 3 introduces the major combination factors of these- material decoupling point, information decoupling point, and postponement. Followed by introduction of three practical ways to combine the lean thinking and agile thinking.
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Rodrigues, José Benjamim Moreira. "Avaliação dos modelos de Supply Chain : Lean, Agile e Leagile : uma abordagem empírica." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/3348.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Ciências Económicas e Empresariais.Num contexto de negócios em que a mudança surge como umas das características principais para a sobrevivência e o sucesso das organizações torna-se fundamental que estas sejam capazes de focar as suas abordagens na rentabilidade do negócio e nas necessidades dos consumidores de forma proactiva e flexível. Porém, as constantes alterações nos ambientes de negócios, devido às rápidas alterações das necessidades e expectativas dos consumidores, aumentam a complexidade e incerteza dos parâmetros da decisão. Neste contexto, a flexibilidade numa cadeia de abastecimento torna-se, cada vez mais, fundamental para combater essas variáveis de incerteza nos parâmetros de decisão. Cadeias de abastecimento que se adaptam de forma eficaz às mudanças são naturalmente ágeis e flexíveis. Neste sentido, o conceito de Supply Chain Management (SCM) começou e continua a ter uma maior atenção, quer no meio académico, quer no mundo da gestão empresarial, existindo ainda muitas lacunas que carecem de validação. Torna-se evidente para muitas organizações que implementar as melhores práticas de SCM é a chave para a construção de uma vantagem competitiva sustentável para os seus produtos e/ou serviços. Contudo, existem ainda muitas que não têm esta prática ou consciência plena das vantagens desta abordagem. Com este trabalho procura-se aferir os modelos existentes e as vantagens que lhe estão associadas, recorrendo à análise de um conjunto de empresas regionais neste domínio. Dada a natureza desta informação, o trabalho apresenta algumas limitações que poderão ser entendidas como futuros trilhos de investigação.
ABSTRACT: In a business context in which "change" appears as one of the main characteristics for the survival and the success of organizations, it becomes vital that they focus their approaches on the profitability of the business and the needs of consumers, proactively and flexibly. However, due to rapid and constant changes in the needs and expectations of consumers, the complexity and uncertainty of the decision parameters increase. In this context, flexibility in the supply chain becomes increasingly critical to combat these variables of uncertainty in decision-making parameters. Supply chains that adapt efficiently to changes are naturally agile and flexible. This is how the concept of Supply Chain Management (SCM) began, and it continues to attract attention, both in academia and in the world of corporate management. There are still many research gaps that require validation. It becomes apparent to many organizations that implementing SCM best practices is the key to building a sustainable competitive advantage for their products and or services. However, there are still many who do not have the mindfulness of the advantages of this approach. This work aims to evaluate the existing models and the advantages that are associated with the analysis of a set of regional companies in this field. Given the nature of this information, the paper presents some limitations that may be understood as future research paths.
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Lin, Hung-Ren, and 林鴻仁. "DfASC: a methodological framework for the concurrent development of product and agile supply chain." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11994572356206637508.
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碩士國立中央大學
工業管理研究所
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Facing the increasing volatility of customer demands, fast moving technology and fragmented market, enterprises for survival; have to develop such capability that can respond to demand change in a timely, cost effectively manner and introduce qualified products to satisfy customers. Such ability that can respond to customer needs quickly is termed agility. A supply chain that embraces agility will thus be termed as an agile supply chain. A new product design methodological framework which enables the concurrent design of product and agile supply chain is proposed in our research. To perform the analytical function of concurrent design the product and agile supply chain, BMO (Business Model Ontology) will be adapted first for the high-level planning of product and supply chain and their feasibility studies. QFD (Quality Function Deployment) is adapted next to do the product and design. Concurrently with product design, SCOR model (Supply Chain Operations Reference) and HLPN (High-Level Petri Nets) are adapted to do the supply chain process design for agility. Final results of our DfASC framework will be product specifications and supply chain process modeled by HLPN.
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Matos, Maria Beatriz. "Vendor-managed inventory for a more agile supply chain: an application in the industrial sector." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/24590.
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Over the last years, industrial companies are looking for solutions to innovate
their products and processes because of the high market demand. In the VUCA
world, characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity of the
market demand, having an agile and collaborative supply chain is crucial to
maximize customer satisfaction and achieve cost efficiency. In this context,
companies must build strong partnerships and synchronize their processes by
sharing information in real time.
This project resulted from the need of improving the Vendor-Managed
Inventory (VMI) system, an online platform of electronic data interchange for
inventory management, at Bosch Thermotechnology in Aveiro. Although Bosch
Aveiro has been working with the VMI tool for 3 years, no guide is available
about the operation of the tool, which means that the VMI tool is parameterized
according to the know-how of the VMI users: material planners and suppliers.
Furthermore, VMI users are aware of the possibility of excess or stock out of
components in this type of planning.
Working closer to VMI users, a problem-solving activity was done through an
Ishikawa Diagram where the root causes of failure were identified. Then, those
causes were prioritized and it was decided to analyse in detail VMI parameters
(lead-time, period, minimum and maximum limits) since they were considered
the main cause of failure. After several experiences and studies to improve the
inventory management in the VMI tool, a new approach was developed. The
proposed model for defining VMI parameters considers not only the annual
value of consumption and the replenishment time (as done in the current
model), but also the fluctuation in demand of those components.
As a result of this work, the components were divided into four categories
(runners, repeaters, low-cost items, and exotics) according to their behaviour
(annual consumption value versus fluctuation) and, for each group, the
coverage limits of stock were calculated. This study provided transparency
about the importance of each component for the organization which enables
quicker decisions.
For Bosch Aveiro, this project results in a standard to parameterize the VMI tool
and five best practices. In addition, it is expected that the implementation of the
proposed model will reduce the risk of stock out and the time spend on
managing components in the VMI tool as well as control the components with
an excess of stock. In addition, this study highlighted the importance of
clustering the components in inventory management, so the next step will be
the analysis of components managed by the other two material planning
systems (push and pull) according to the four categories (runners, repeaters,
low-cost items, and exotics).Ao longo dos últimos anos, as empresas procuram soluções para inovar os seus produtos e serviços para responder à elevada exigência do mercado. No mundo VUCA, caracterizado pela volatilidade, incerteza, complexidade e ambiguidade da procura, ter uma cadeia de abastecimento ágil e colaborativa é essencial para maximizar a satisfação do cliente e reduzir os custos. Neste contexto, as empresas devem criar parcerias fortes e sincronizar os seus processos através da partilha de informação em tempo real. Este projeto resulta da necessidade de melhorar a ferramenta de inventário gerido pelo fornecedor (VMI), uma plataforma online de troca de informação para gestão de inventário, na Bosch Termotecnologia em Aveiro. Embora a Bosch Aveiro tenha implementado a ferramenta de VMI há 3 anos, não existe nenhum guia para a parametrização da ferramenta. Assim, a ferramenta é reflexo do conhecimento técnico e prático dos seus utilizadores: planeadores e fornecedores. É de frisar que tanto os planeadores como os fornecedores estão conscientes do risco de excesso ou rutura de stock dos componentes neste tipo de planeamento. Em conjunto com os utilizadores da ferramenta de VMI, foi feita uma atividade de resolução de problemas com recurso ao Diagrama de Ishikawa onde foram identificadas as principais causas de rutura e excesso de stock. Em seguida, estas foram priorizadas e foi decidido analisar em detalhe os parâmetros de VMI (o lead-time, o período e os limites mínimo e máximo) uma vez que foi considerada a principal causa de falha. Depois de várias experiências e estudos para melhorar a ferramenta de VMI, uma nova abordagem foi desenvolvida. O modelo proposto para a definição dos parâmetros de VMI considera, não só o consumo e o tempo de reabastecimento (à semelhança do modelo atual), mas também a flutuação da procura desses componentes. No modelo proposto, os componentes foram divididos em quatro categorias (runners, repeaters, low cost items e exotics) de acordo com o seu comportamento e, para cada grupo, foram calculados os limites de cobertura ótimos. O projeto clarificou a importância de cada componente para a empresa o que permitirá uma tomada de decisão mais rápida e assertiva. Para a Bosch Aveiro, este projeto resultou num standard para a parametrização das peças em VMI e cinco best pratices. Espera-se que a implementação do modelo proposto reduza o risco de rutura de stock, assim como o tempo de análise das peças em VMI, e também ajude a controlar o excesso de stock. Para além disso, este estudo evidenciou a importância da definição de clusters na gestão do inventário; portanto o próximo passo será analisar os componentes geridos nos outros dois tipos de planeamento (push e pull) de acordo com as quatro categorias definidas (runners, repeaters, low cost items e exotics). keywords Vendor-
Mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial