The Study On Improving The Effectiveness Of Warehouse Operation: A Case Study On Lcm Utara (M) Sdn. Bhd.
Loading...
Date
2015
Authors
Mohmad Shukri, Shalyzam
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the principles related in between the supply
chan management with warehouse operation system in order to produce a set of advantages
which can be benefited to the organization involved in the plastic industry. The research
conducted is based on the information gathered from both primary and secondary sources,
namely direct observation, interview sessions towards the team of management and the
employees in LCM Utara (M) Sdn Bhd. More to the point, the use of secondary is also being
referred in completing this research. The secondary sources are derived from reputable
articles and annual report produced by the related organization involved in plastic industry.
LCM Utara (M) Sdn Bhd is a company supplying plastic basis product which their
customers are coming from all over Malaysia. The company is categorized under SME
company with their products are highly demanded by their customers. Though they have been
operating since last 11 years before but the company still retains the conventional concept for
their business operation. The company has been provided with limited space in their
manufacturing site. The company has divided several compartmental sections in order to
differentiate between other departments and storage sections. The issues occurred when the
company received numerous product orders from their customers. On the other hand, the
company acquired limited space to allocate these finished products. Hence the products are
being allocated in the spaces it should not be and scattered all over the places around the
premises. Furthermore, the company need to limit their products order from their customers
due to the issues occurred. As the result, the profits of company is limited and the issue has
been a major obstacle from the company to expand their business operation.
From the finding of the research believes that poor storage management is the major
factor contributes to the problem. Hence the researcher proposed several recommendations on
warehouse management operation to be implemented in order to solve the issue. An effective
warehouse management system will enable the management team to improve their
production at the optimum level. Thus indirectly it will increase the profits gain by the
organization.
Description
Keywords
The Effectiveness Of Warehouse Operation , Plastic industry