scholarly journals LEAN MANUFACTURING PRACTICES AND SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE OF SUGAR MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN WESTERN KENYA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Bob Ochieng
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Western Kenya ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Defect Prevention

Introduction: Western Kenya is the largest producer of sugar in Kenya, supporting about 170,000 smallholder farming households and contributing about 80 percent of the total sugar produced in Kenya. This contribution is however threatened given that the sugar firms in that region are producing sub optimally with obsolete technology. Comparing to related sector, other firms in Kenya such as the tea manufacturing firms have implemented energy efficiency practices so as to manage energy wastage and reduce production costs. Were they to employ effective production methods, they could increase their production significantly. While that is the case, scholars have suggested that adoption of lean manufacturing practices is a panacea to quality addition and waste minimization. Perhaps what these firms need are lean practices. Purpose: This study interrogated the extent to which the firms have adopted lean manufacturing practices, just-in-time and total quality control and if they have, its effect on supply chain performance. Methodology: The study targeted and conducted a census on the 11 sugar manufacturing firms in the Western Kenya belt where the procurement managers, line managers, finance managers, production managers, production engineers, quality assurance officers and operations managers of each of the 11 firms (total 87) were targeted. The study employed a descriptive research design to collect quantitative data. Quantitative primary data was collected through questionnaires and analyzed using statistical package for social sciences.  Findings: The findings of the study indicated that the just in time productionand total quality control are positively and significantly associated with supply chain performance of the sugar manufacturing firms. Unique Contribution to Practice and Policy: The study recommended adoption of just in time production practices such as availing labor on demand in order to manage labor costs, availing resources on demand in order to manage wastage, production on demand in order to manage inventory costs, ordering raw materials from the suppliers only when there is demand for production from customers, having a simplified production design to ensure timely production and having multiple skilled workers to ensure faster production. In addition, in order for the sugar manufacturing firms to increase supply chain performance, there is need to adopt total quality control practices such as having manageable defect prevention costs related to quality planning, putting in place manageable defect prevention costs related to investment in quality related information systems, having manageable appraisal costs related to test and inspection of purchased materials, having manageable appraisal costs related to quality audits, having controllable internal failure costs related to reworks and having manageable internal failure costs related to scrap.

Lean bundles and configurations: a fsQCA approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 513-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambra Galeazzo ◽  
Andrea Furlan
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether there are different configurations of lean bundles leading to successful (bad) financial performance and to explore how the complementarities and substitutions between lean bundles shape these configurations. Design/methodology/approach A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) was performed on 19 manufacturing firms. Data on financial performance (return-on-asset and growth rate) were retrieved from the AIDA database and data on the lean bundles of just-in-time, total quality management, total preventive maintenance and human resource management were collected via surveys conducted in all the plants belonging to the sampled firms. Findings None of the lean bundles is able to explain alone the firm’s successful financial performance. Lean bundles always have to be complemented by other lean bundles. There are different, equifinal configurations of lean bundles leading to successful (bad) financial performance. Configurations characterized by low implementation of lean bundles are related to bad financial performance. Practical implications By finding different configurations of lean bundles associated with successful and bad financial performance, this study informs operations managers on the most effective investments concerning the implementation of lean manufacturing. Originality/value This study extends literature on complementarities in lean manufacturing literature. It also bridges together apparently contradictory research on the relationship between lean manufacturing and financial performance. Finally, the study demonstrates that lean bundles have different roles in reaching successful and bad financial performance.

scholarly journals Herramientas de productividad en los inventarios: diferencias y similitudes

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Mayagoitia ◽  
J. Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Word Class ◽  
Production Plan ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Manufacturing Supply Chain

Key words: Competitiveness, inventory, just in time, kan ban, lean manufacturing, supply chain management, word class manufacturingAbstract. The domestic, national, or international markets join with the customers demand to the companies, products or services, with excellent design, maximum quality, delivered on time and quantity, to the lowest cost; plus the feasibility to change the production plan and react to newrequirements almost immediately. The paper desire is to present an action plan to those that want to use productivity methods focus in the most important element of a global economy, the Inventory. The paper is composing for 2 primary elements: 1) review of the current literature of productivitymethods and 2) provide an analysis of those tools about their focus.Palabras claves: Manufactura de Clase Mundial, Manufactura Esbelta, Administración de la Cadena de Suministros, Justo a Tiempo, Kan Ban, Inventarios, CompetitividadResumen. En la actualidad los mercados nacionales o internacionales y los clientes exigen de las empresas, productos y/o servicios con excelente diseño, de la más alta calidad, entregados en tiempo y forma, a los más bajos costos, con la factibilidad de cualquier cambio en el plan de producción y agilidad para reaccionar de manera casi inmediata a las tendencias del mercado.El artículo pretende presentar una guía de acción a empresarios que deseen utilizar las diferentes herramientas de productividad, hacia el elemento que permitirá alcanzar las exigencias de una economía global cada vez más demandante, el Inventario. El artículo está compuesto de dos elementos principales: 1) Una revisión de la literatura existente de las herramientas de productividad enfocadas a los diferentes inventarios existentes en las organizaciones, y 2) Un análisis de las herramientas de productividad que nos permita vislumbra las áreas de afectación (diferencias) y los beneficios obtenidos (similitudes)

SCCS - A Supply Chian Collaboration Service

2011 ◽  
Vol 48-49 ◽  
pp. 1002-1005
Author(s):  
Hui Ping Lin ◽  
Xu Wei Zhu ◽  
Wei Ping Li ◽  
Li Liu ◽  
Zhao Hui Xie
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Service Oriented Architecture ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Supply Chain Collaboration ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Flexible Support ◽  
Business Application ◽  
Service Oriented

This paper presents a supply chain collaboration service (SCCS) in SaaS paradigm to support inter-organization interaction between business partners. SaaS is very attractive to enterprises because it offers low cost and flexible on-demand IT solution. The paper presents an extensible service oriented architecture that can integrate business application as a service into SCCS. In order to improve the supply chain performance, it provides flexible support for information sharing between business partners. The SCCS prototype has been developed.

Manufacturing Excellence Approach to Business Performance Model

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus Cruz Alvarez ◽  
Carlos Monge Perry
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Six Sigma ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Performance Model ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Management Quality

Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, total quality management, quality control, and quality function deployment are the fundamental set of tools to enhance productivity in organizations. There is some research that outlines the benefit of each tool into a particular context of firm´s productivity, but not into a broader context of firm´s competitiveness that is achieved thru business performance. The aim of this theoretical research paper is to contribute to this mean and propose a manufacturing excellence approach that links productivity tools into a broader context of business performance.

Effect of Logistics Management Practices on Supply Chain Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Mercy Mwende Muema ◽  
Dr. John Achuora
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Distribution Center ◽  
Logistics Management ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Stock Control ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of logistics management on success of supply chain among Kenyan manufacturing companies.Methodology: A descriptive research design was adopted. The objective populace of the investigation was all the 708 assembling firms in Kenya authorized under Kenya Association of Manufacturers the year 2017. An equation was utilized to choose 96 firms out of the complete 708 firms. The head of acquirement from each firm was focused as the unit of perception. Quantitative essential information was gathered by the examination. The investigation utilized both enlightening and inferential measurements for examination. A relapse model was utilized to set up the connection between the factors. SPSS adaptation 21 was utilized for information examination. Information discoveries was exhibited through tables and figures.Results and conclusion: The study found that warehousing management positively and significantly affects supply chain performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya. The results further showed that inventory management practices positively affect the supply chain performance of manufacturing firms. Consequently, order processing management was found to positively affects the supply chain performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya. The study finally established that transportation management positively affects the supply chain performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The study prescribes that the administration of assembling firms should consolidate the practices into their framework so as to improve their presentation and competitiveness. Strategic administrators of different assembling firms should lead every one of these pieces of training to guarantee that there is slicing of expenses through co-ordinations rehearses. The examination suggests for the upgrade stock control and the workforce needs outer direction concerning stock control. There is requirement for more opportunity to be taken in the procedures inside the distribution center. The association ought to have satisfactory stock control measures set up. The investigation additionally prescribes that it is important to designate stockroom assets proficiently and successfully to upgrade the efficiency and decrease the activity expenses of the distribution center. All assembling organizations and different associations ought to be encouraged to grasp the idea with the goal that they can probably receive the rewards of embracing these practices.

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