Measuring and comparing volume flexibility of small and large firms

In almost all supply chains, materials need to be stored or buffered, implying that manufacturing companies need effective replenishment methods. However, this is challenging, since companies must ...

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Visual replenishment methods in the manufacturing industry and suggestion for a decision tool

The study analyzes the telecom company Ericsson’s supply model, named Mobile Inventory by the author, focusing on the customer’s point of view. Mobile Inventory involves specially designed carts with electronic components required for production that circulate between a third-party logistics provider (3PLP) and Ericsson. The carts are transported by trucks and rolled out close to the assembly line at Ericsson, where they work as production storage sites. The inventory level inside the cart is kept at a certain maximum level, which covers the requirements until a new cart is delivered. The supply model works without a traditional purchase ordering process, operating instead as a variant of a periodic ordering system with fixed delivery days and where the 3PLP is responsible for the replenishment of the carts. The system runs to a large extent by itself. Mobile Inventory could be an uncomplicated supply model for manufacturing companies to manage some of their products like noncritical/standard and leverage parts, demanding only limited resources and providing a high level of customer service. This study intends to increase the knowledge of an alternative approach for materials supply that could be applied to manufacturing companies other than Ericsson.

Mobile Inventory : An analysis of a materials supply model at Ericsson corporation

This paper gives an account of and analyzes a concept for materials supply within Ericsson Corporation. The study is focused on the customer’s point of view. The concept, called by Ericsson In-House Delivery (IHD), could be identified as a manual form of the principle of Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI). In IHD the supplier has the responsibility for dimensioning the customer’s production store and also for physically replenishing the storeroom without any traditional purchase orders or transactions in IT systems regarding inventory control. This method contrasts with the more traditional Material Requirements Planning (MRP), which is more dependent on data than IHD is. IHD also differ to how VMI normally is implemented using IT-based solutions. IHD could be an uncomplicated method for manufacturing companies to manage non-critical purchased parts or standard parts with low economical importance, and its use could help the company achieve its logistics goals.

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In-House Delivery: An Analysis of a Materials Supply Model at Ericsson Corporation

Seeks to document a responsive strategy to manufacturing planning with Cussons (UK) Limited, a company operating in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. In the FMCG environment products are manufactured to a sales forecast, and customers demand 100 per cent service levels within lead‐times, sometimes in the order of hours rather than days. It is essential that a company′s stock replenishment procedures should reflect this situation rather than inhibit its ability to respond. Manufacturing resource planning (MRPII), the standard for planning and procurement used comprehensively within manufacturing industry, is a tool that has been generally accepted and used within the FMCG sector. It was not, however, either designed or developed to cope with the specific demands imposed by this type of business. Suggests that MRPII, rather than facilitating responsive planning, may actually form a barrier to change.

Flexibility and responsiveness in relation to the use of MRPII

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Flexibility and responsiveness in relation to the use of MRPII