Provide a Roadmap for Using Lean Manufacturing Tools to Improve Supplier Performance (Case Study: Sapco Supply Chain)

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

Saeed  Zeinalpour Ahrabi ¹ (Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Anzali International Branch, Iran)
Soroush  Avakh Darestani ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran,)
Kambiz  Shahroudi ³ (Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran)

Received: 2017-10-30 Accepted : 2018-01-28 Published : 2018-04-09

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Abstract :

Nowadays, supply chain performance plays an inevitable role in competitive environment of organizations, thus capable suppliers are key factors to gain objectives of organizations. In this regard, improving suppliers performances using lean production tools are known as a helpful approach to promote suppliers. This approach leads to improve performance in quality field, cost management and lead time reduction. In this paper, preference of various lean tools according to how well the objectives of lean production are achieved is studied and a case study is performed in supply chain of largest auto company in Iran. Different tools are introduced using background of research, these tools are applied in pairwise comparison process considering three major outcomes of lean production: quality improvement, cost reduction and lead time reduction. It is worth noting that cost reduction, lead time reduction and quality improvement have major preference among all objectives of lean production. Moreover, priorities for establishing lean tools consists of personnel (continuous improvement, performance management, organizing), Kaizen, value stream map, standard work, 5s, Jidoka, productive maintenance, single minute exchange of die, pull system, Heijunka, continuous flow.  

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