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Improved Warehouse For Smt Material Management Using Modern Technology Retrieval System And Better Traceability, Ferdinand Mabeya Jan 2022

Improved Warehouse For Smt Material Management Using Modern Technology Retrieval System And Better Traceability, Ferdinand Mabeya

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Warehouse plays a vital role in the manufacturing and distributing goods from raw material to manufacturer and finally to the end-user. Optimizing warehouse material management will make an impact on productivity, quality, and on-time delivery. My thesis focuses on material management of surface mount (SMT) from suppliers, receiving and inspection, and warehouse to maximize efficiency. With SMT line costing over 2 million, the warehouse material management is improved. Things like cycle count and picking material are much faster. It makes the overall equipment efficiency (OEE) very low. To make this material management process possible, manufacturers must embrace Six Sigma and …


An Empirical Study On Quality Management Practices, Organization Performance And Suppliers' Selection In Southern Minnesota Manufacturing Firms, Rachel Yetunde-Abiodun Awoku Jan 2012

An Empirical Study On Quality Management Practices, Organization Performance And Suppliers' Selection In Southern Minnesota Manufacturing Firms, Rachel Yetunde-Abiodun Awoku

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Quality management systems (QMS) have been widely applied successfully by many manufacturing companies to improve their process, increase profits and organizational performance. The most applied of the quality programs are ISO 9001, Total Quality Management (TQM), Just-In-time (JIT), Lean Management and Six Sigma. Although past studies on quality management have identified and studied the implementation of quality management practices, there is little or no research on quality management practices and business performance in Southern Minnesota manufacturing companies. Many researchers have concluded that the implementation of quality management practices has led to significant improvements in companies' business performance while others have …