Ett steg närmare Just-in-Time
En studie av JIT-försörjning vid GGP Sweden AB
This study looks into the possibility, and profitability, of expanding a pilot project that has been put into action at GGP Sweden AB in Tranås, a manufacturing company that produces front mowers. The pilot project is meant to give GGP Sweden AB a more precise control of the flow of goods from their suppliers, and its essence has proven to be quite similar to the Japanese Just-in-Time philosophy.The study has been divided into four separate areas; mapping, supplier selection, supplier evaluation and cost analysis. These areas represent a holistic perspective on the expansion of the pilot project and cover topics varying from methods of finding suitable JIT-suppliers, constructing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to reviewing costs and assessing profitabilities.In this report, the reader will initially take part in the works of mapping GGP?s manufacturing unit, pilot project and supplier base, which results in a list containing the most suitable suppliers for a Just-in-Time based collaboration. Afterwards, the reader will be led into the area of supplier evaluation, where five KPI?s are created with the purpose of ensuring that GGP will be able to evaluate their suppliers and pilot project in an effective way. The recommended KPI?s areprecision in deliveriesprecision in quantitiesprecision in qualitytied up capitalturnover rate.When a number of suppliers have been identified as suitable for the expansion of the pilot project and GGP has been given the possibility of satisfying evaluation, a cost analysis will be performed on one of the JIT-suppliers. The results from the analysis shows that an expansion of the pilot project is not profitable from a cost perspective due to the increasing cost of transportation outweighing the savings made in reduced stock levels.The report ends with a number of recommendations being presented to GGP and suggestions for future research in areas similar to the ones that this study has concerned.