Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study

Purpose The purpose of this study is to apply value stream mapping (VSM) in Malaysian pharmaceutical production warehouse. A current and future state value stream map from the raw material receiving end to the production unit was developed to find out waste and unwanted lead time. It was very much...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Zainul, Abideen, Fazeeda, Mohamad
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Language:English
Published: Amerald 2019
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description Purpose The purpose of this study is to apply value stream mapping (VSM) in Malaysian pharmaceutical production warehouse. A current and future state value stream map from the raw material receiving end to the production unit was developed to find out waste and unwanted lead time. It was very much essential to cut down the supply chain lead time at the initial phase as the raw material unloading, sorting, temporary storage and dispatch to production were seen contributing to a huge lead time build-up.
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spelling ump-284372020-06-15T06:48:36Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28437/ Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study Ahmed Zainul, Abideen Fazeeda, Mohamad HD Industries. Land use. Labor Purpose The purpose of this study is to apply value stream mapping (VSM) in Malaysian pharmaceutical production warehouse. A current and future state value stream map from the raw material receiving end to the production unit was developed to find out waste and unwanted lead time. It was very much essential to cut down the supply chain lead time at the initial phase as the raw material unloading, sorting, temporary storage and dispatch to production were seen contributing to a huge lead time build-up. Amerald 2019 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28437/1/Supply%20chain%20lead%20time%20reduction%20in%20a%20pharmaceutical1.pdf Ahmed Zainul, Abideen and Fazeeda, Mohamad (2019) Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 14 (1). pp. 61-88. ISSN 1750-6123. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPHM-02-2019-0005 https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPHM-02-2019-0005
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Ahmed Zainul, Abideen
Fazeeda, Mohamad
Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study
title Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study
title_full Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study
title_fullStr Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study
title_full_unstemmed Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study
title_short Supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study
title_sort supply chain lead time reduction in a pharmaceutical production warehouse – a case study
topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28437/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/28437/1/Supply%20chain%20lead%20time%20reduction%20in%20a%20pharmaceutical1.pdf