Fast Moving Company is a public transportation operator whose mission is to provide a reliable, safe and comfortable transportation service at an affordable price to the general public. According to the case, maintenance department is having difficulties with parts inventory and availability

1. Case Study #3
Fast moving parts
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2. Introduction
• Name of the case study : Fast Moving Parts
• Group : 122081, 122119, 122139, 122143, 122160, 122171
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3. Content
• Background
• Theories and literature
• Issues and problems
• Alternative solutions
• Optimal solution
• Recommendation and conclusion
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4. Background
• Fast Moving Company is a public transportation operator
whose mission is to provide a reliable, safe and comfortable
transportation service at an affordable price to the general
public
• At present, maintenance department is having difficulties with
parts inventory and availability
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5. Theories and Literature
• Belongs to operations management category
• Match production capacity and output to customer demand
• Techniques used,
• KANBAN
• MRP
• OPT
• JIT
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6. Issues and Problems
• Problems in the MMS
• Required manual updating
• Warehouse staff part is not completely implemented
• No records on material consumption
• Problems regarding staff
• Users of MMS not being fully aware of the system
• Users withdraw more material than the needed amount
• Unofficial mini – warehouses for own use
• Warehouse staff being reluctant to use the system
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7. Issues and Problems Cont.
• Problems regarding logistics
• For each of the four warehouses, users have to submit separate
material requisition forms
• Orders have to be collected personally from warehouses
• 70% of the maintenance cost are from materials
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8. Alternative solutions
• MMS
• Upgrade the system
• Assign a system administrator
• Make the system more user friendly
• Implement the complete system
• Staff
• Hold awareness programs and conduct training sessions
regarding MMS
• Re-schedule the flow of authority
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9. Alternative solutions Cont.
• Logistics
• Implement an integrated logistics management system
• Use effective and efficient material handling techniques
• MRP, JIT, KANBAN, etc.
• Proper management of information flow within the company
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10. Optimal solution
• Strengthen the flow of information, inbound logistics,
outbound logistics and operations within the company to
achieve their mission effectively and efficiently
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11. Recommendation and
conclusion
• FM has faced these problems because of the shortcomings in
the MMS, staff and the logistics
• Among them, the highest effect comes from the problems
regarding logistics
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13. THANK YOU
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