Improving the Consingment Warehousing Process in the Case Company
Luukonlahti, Olli (2016)
Luukonlahti, Olli
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605239301
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605239301
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This study explores consignment warehousing by focusing on improving the consignment warehousing process of the case company. The case company has consignment warehousing issues. A lot of capital is tied up to the consignment warehouses and due to the current consignment warehousing process the case company has large quantities of missing and scrapped hearing aid instruments.
This study starts by defining the objective and outcome for the study. The next step is the current state analysis of the case company. By addressing the challenges of the current consignment warehousing process of the case company, the study first concentrates on its most significant weaknesses. The key weaknesses of the case company are supply chain management, warehousing and service level agreements. In order to improve these weaknesses, the study searches for best practice in supply chain management, warehousing, consignment warehousing and service level agreements.
For this study, case study is selected as a research approach since the study has a unique context and it will be used to provide context-relevant solution based on a complex picture of what happens in the examined process and why.
The outcome of this study is the improved consignment warehousing process in the case company. The key improvements relate to supply chain management, warehousing and service level agreements. These improvements include, for example, the customer relationship management system, a consignment agreement and determining the current service level of the case company.
If the proposed improvements are applied, the case company will have, for example, code of conducts and contracts with their external customers and a new consignment warehousing process for their internal customer.
This study starts by defining the objective and outcome for the study. The next step is the current state analysis of the case company. By addressing the challenges of the current consignment warehousing process of the case company, the study first concentrates on its most significant weaknesses. The key weaknesses of the case company are supply chain management, warehousing and service level agreements. In order to improve these weaknesses, the study searches for best practice in supply chain management, warehousing, consignment warehousing and service level agreements.
For this study, case study is selected as a research approach since the study has a unique context and it will be used to provide context-relevant solution based on a complex picture of what happens in the examined process and why.
The outcome of this study is the improved consignment warehousing process in the case company. The key improvements relate to supply chain management, warehousing and service level agreements. These improvements include, for example, the customer relationship management system, a consignment agreement and determining the current service level of the case company.
If the proposed improvements are applied, the case company will have, for example, code of conducts and contracts with their external customers and a new consignment warehousing process for their internal customer.