Terminalisering hos JM AB

Sammanfattning

During the last decade, the construction industry has focused on improving

and optimising its production process. The construction industry is now

facing larger changes regarding efficiency in their supply chain for the

next decade. Many companies are now trying to optimise its supply chain

together with its supplier. JM AB, which is one of the biggest construction

companies in Sweden, is looking at different options to improve its own

logistics together with their suppliers. One option is to use a terminal

between JM and the suppliers to solve problems such as quality, custom

service and inventory for the in production.

This final thesis project aims to study which of JM¡¦s products that are

most suitable to go through a terminal. Interviews and literature studies

have been done to fulfil the aim of this project. The project has been

performed by doing a case study over the order process on JM. The case study

aimed to find the factors that caused inefficiency in the process and later

be able to examine the products that are the cause of critical factors. This

resulted in following critical factors:

?« Inventory time at the construction area

?« Low custom service

?« Low quality

?« Poor filled transports

?« The delivery is planned long before actual demand

These critical factors have then identified as performance indicators and

examined on a large amounts of constructions. This survey together with

theories resulted in following products.

?« Plasterboard

?« Plywood board

?« Kitchen

?« Isolating

?« Window bench

?« Bathroom

?« Cellplast

This study did not examine the whole product portfolio of JM and because of

that criteria for two product groups where created. The author recommends

splitting the terminal in these two types of relations. Where products for

relation group 1 should be terminalized because of their distribution

structure and products from relation group 2 should be terminalized to

increase its delivery precision.