4.9 (JIT, MRP, ERP and Supply Chain Management)
4.9 (JIT, MRP, ERP and Supply Chain Management)
4.9 (JIT, MRP, ERP and Supply Chain Management)
Just-in-Time (JIT)
It is a philosophy of manufacturing based on planned elimination of all waste and continuous improvement of
productivity Or JIT is an approach that seeks to eliminate all sources of waste in production activities by
providing the right part at the right place at the right time. i.e. JIT means
Over production – the extra part or product may not be needed or may not be available when needed or
may not be available when needed, so it is waste.
Waiting time – the operator, the machine or the part will not be either working or worked upon.
Movement – any unnecessary movement is a waste of energy.
Process – some steps in the process may not be necessary to arrive at the required stage.
Inventory – excess procurement or production build up stock of material which are not immediately
used.
Efforts and movement – the people who work do not make a study as to how these are utilised in
realising the purposes for which they are made.
Defect product – these are produced using the same equipment, workman and the the time that would be
used to make good product .This defective product result to losses.
Material Management
Material planning is the scientific way of determine the requirement of raw material, components, spares and
other items that go into meeting the production needs within economic investment policy.
Materials are the most important resources for any company, since no goods can be produced without them.
Maintenance of record
Consistency of quality
Preservation of material
Purchasing
Inventory control
Store keeping
Transportation
Store accounting
Material economics
Waste management
Material planning
Cost involved in material management
Cost of material
Government taxes
Ordering cost
Carrying cost
Packaging cost
Material handling
Shipping cost
insurance
Bills of Material
A list indicating the quantities of all material, parts, components, subassemblies’ and major assembles that go
into end product. It gives details of the buildup of a product.
Order planning and order – when to release order and for what quantities of material / componenets
Priority planning and control – how to expected date of availability. Compare to the need data for each
components.
Provision of a basis of planning capacity requiremnent and developing a broad plans.
MRP is a tool to deal with these problems. It provides answers for several questions:
MRP can be applied both to items that are purchased from outside suppliers and to sub-assemblies, produced
internally, that are components of more complex items.
SCM is a systematic approach to managing the entire flow of information, materials and services from raw
materials supplies through factories and warehouse to the end customer.
Types of SCM
1. Upstream supply chain (inbound logistics) – Activities of manufacturing with its supplier
2. Internal Supply Chain – In house process for transformation of the input from the supplier into the
output.
3. Downstream Supply Chain (outbound logistics) – Activities involved in delivering the product to the
final customer.
Location Decision
Production Decision
Inventory Decision
Transportation Decision
Warehouse Decision
Insurance Decision
Outsourcing Decision
No of middle men Decision
Technologies used Decision
Bullwhip effect Decision
Purchase Decision
Objective of SCM
To control inventory by managing the flow of materials through the supply chain
To reduce the supply chain ---- to the minimum possible level.
Reduction of inventory
Enhancement of satisfaction level of customer and clients
Better utilization of resources-men, material, equipment and money
Enhancement of value of product, operations and services
To maximize the overall value generated
The Bullwhip effect is the uncertainty caused from distorted information flowing up and down the supply chain.
This has its affect on almost all the industries, poses a risk to firm that experienced large variation in demand
and also firm which are dependent on supplies, distributor and retailers.
Political reasons
Social reasons
Accident
Variation in lead time
Increased transportation cost
Dependence on many external sources
Solution/Optimal strategy
It is the integrated management of core business processes, often in real-time and mediated by software and
technology. These business activities can include:
ERP provides an integrated and continuously updated view of core business processes using
common databases maintained by a database management system. ERP systems track business resources—
cash, raw materials, production capacity—and the status of business commitments: orders, purchase orders,
and payroll The applications that make up the system share data across various departments (manufacturing,
purchasing, sales, accounting, etc.) that provide the data.ERP facilitates information flow between all business
functions and manages connections to outside stakeholders
Enterprise system software is a multibillion-dollar industry that produces components supporting a variety of
business functions. IT investments have become the largest category of capital expenditure in United States-
based businesses over the past decade. Though early ERP systems focused on large enterprises, smaller
enterprises increasingly use ERP systems.
The ERP system integrates varied organizational systems and facilitates error-free transactions and production,
thereby enhancing the organization's efficiency. However, developing an ERP system differs from traditional
system development.ERP systems run on a variety of computer hardware and network configurations, typically
using a database as an information repository