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标题：IMPROVEMENT IN EXTERNAL LOGISTICS OF AN AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY TOWARDSCOSTS REDUCTION
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作者：Ana Beatriz Machado ; Francisco J. G. Silva ; Alcinda Barreiras 等
期刊名称：International Journal for Quality Research
印刷版ISSN：1800-6450
电子版ISSN：1800-7473
出版年度：2020
卷号：14
期号：4
页码：1175-1190
DOI：10.24874/IJQR14.04-12
语种：English
出版社：Center for Quality, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
摘要：This work was developed in a company that produces components, such as, Bowden cables and comfort systems for the automobile industry. The company's external logistics department was the place where the work was carried out. The constant need of urgent shippings in the company in order to comply with the delivery scheduled with its customers, leads the organization to have an unnecessary cost. This case study is no exception, and this type of costs represents about 33% of total transport costs, revealing a major negative economic impact for the company. For the analysis of urgent transport some quality tools were used to determine the root causes of the identified problem (high cost with urgent transport). The use of these quality tools, namely brainstorming, Ishikawa's diagram and Five Whys, allowed for greater involvement by employees from different areas. Thus, it was possible to share knowledge and, consequently, a more reliable analysis and identification of possible root-causes of the problem, as well as, the implementation of actions to eliminate them. With the implementation of the improvement actions, the urgent shipping costs were reduced by about 68%.
关键词：Logistics;Quality Tools;Improvement;Brainstorming;Costs Reduction