The paradoxes of just-in-time system: an abductive analysis of a public food manufacturing and exporting company in Thailand

Purpose study aims to investigate the implementation and impact of a just-in-time (JIT) system in a food manufacturing and exporting company in Thailand. Design/methodology/approach At the company, the authors used an anomaly case study. The authors performed content analysis on the data collected through semi-structured interviews and direct observations to determine operational flows through customer order, production and delivery. The authors constructed a framework that helped in mapping current operations and subsequently assessing JIT’s impacts; the authors reported the best practices to the company’s owner. Based on the follow-up after a year, the authors used an abductive approach to refine the JIT theory using data from case organizations and relevant studies. Findings The company encountered errors and delays in international delivery owing to inadequate inputs resulting from uncertain agricultural production, delayed contact with freight forwarders, improper documentation and insufficient staffing. Besides the highly centralized system, the limitations of the JIT philosophy contributed to the issues, thereby increasing mental and physical health problems and turnover rate. Owing to these paradoxical effects, the authors extended the JIT theory. Of the study’s several recommendations, the company observed only the following: contacting the freight forwarder after the purchase order confirmation, not production completion. The authors observed increased customer satisfaction, despite the additional cost of booking containers early. Originality/value This research presents a balanced JIT that can minimize JIT’s impacts and resource shortage, owing to demand-supply uncertainties and sustain competitiveness.

FlexFashion: E-Commerce with Advance Features

The aim of this website is to enhance the shopping experience for customers using an advance feature of recommending matching outfits using the colorgram module. Flex Fashion is an interactive e-commerce solution providing users with an excellent fashion platform. The e - commerce platform displays an order cut-off time and a delivery window for the products selected by the consumer. The e - commerce platform does not settle with the user's credit supplier until the item chosen by the consumer is picked from inventory but before it is delivered. As a result, the buyer can make adjustments to the purchase online. There are different categories on the home page available to filter the products based on your style and needs. In addition to the apparels for both men and women one will find flexible variety of accessories and daily essential products. The e - commerce platform does not settle with the user's credit supplier until the item chosen by the consumer is picked from inventory but before it is delivered. As a result, the buyer can make adjustments to the purchase online. Once the customer decides to submit a purchase order, there is a track us page where just by adding ordered and email the user can track there order. This is to facilitate all people who are busy with their work and have no time to get their desired apparels. We are here to provide user with all the best and suitable clothing for sale. If once register into our site, then anyone can avail the benefit with our latest updates of the sale. Keywords: Colorgram, Tracker

Analisis Penyebab yang Mempengaruhi Terjadinya Keterlambatan Pengadaan Barang Pada PT. Petrojaya Boral Plasterboard Gresik

Penting adanya proses pengadaan barang untuk mempertahankan kelangsungan hidup perusahaan terutama dalam industri manufaktur. PT. Petrojaya Boral Plasterboard Gresik merupakan perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang manufaktur yang mana untuk proses produksi, sangat penting dalam memperhatikan proses pengadaan. Terjadinya keterlambatan dalam proses pengadaan dapat menyebabkan terganggunya kegiatan operasional perusahaan. Penelitian ini dilakukan bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis penyebab keterlambatan pengadaan barang. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan oleh peneliti adalah deskriptif kualitatif dengan subjek penelitian adalah karyawan yang berhubungan langsung dengan proses pengadaan barang di PT. Petrojaya Boral Plasterboard Gresik. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa faktor-faktor penyebab masalah keterlambatan pengadaan barang diantaranya adalah (1) Barang inden,(2) Pemberlakuan pembatasan kegiatan masyarakat (PPKM), (3) Menunggu jadwal pengiriman, (4) Banyak karyawan isolasi mandiri, (5) Barang fabrikasi, (6) Stock kosong, (7) Progress project, (8) Barang spesifik, (9) Tukar barang karena tidak sesuai, dan (10) Menunggu design. Bagian pengadaan perlu mengatasi permasalahan tersebut dengan membuat strategi yang baik dalam menjaga ketersediaan stock barang untuk proses produksi dalam periode tertentu dan juga meningkatkan komunikasi antara bagian pengadaan dan supplier agar purchase order yang diterbitkan dapat terkoordinasi dengan baik.

Evolutionary Game Analysis of Capital-Constrained Supplier’s and Manufacturer’s Financing Schemes

Purchase order financing (POF) and buyer direct financing (BDF) are both innovative financing schemes aiming to help financial constrained suppliers secure financing for production. In this paper, we investigate the interaction mechanism between suppliers’ financing strategy selection and manufacturers’ loans offering strategy adoption under two innovative financing schemes. We developed an evolutionary game model to effectively investigate the interaction mechanism between suppliers and manufacturers and analyzed the evolutionary stable strategies of the game model. Then we used system dynamics to present the performance of the evolutionary game model and took a sensitivity analysis to verify the theoretical results. The main conclusions are as follows: in the supply chain, to deal with the noncooperation among suppliers and manufacturers on innovative financing schemes, the revenue of manufacturers, the rate of manufacturer loan, and the proper financial risk factor should be relatively high.

Surfactant Stock Optimization for Cost Minimization in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Surfactant deficiency in newborns is a result of a respiratory insufficiency condition, which is a major cause of illness and death. In terms of maintaining vital functions that require emergency intervention, it is crucial that surfactant is available for treatment upon request. The unknown times between patient arrivals and the patients’ stochastic weight changes in the hospital cause difficulties in determining the surfactant doses needed. The surfactant dose treatment for patients must be calculated according to the patient’s weight. In this study, a mathematical model that minimizes the purchase, order, holding, and waste costs of the surfactant has been developed while finding the optimum vial by considering random variables such as the time between a patient’s arrival and weight changes. With cost and demand affecting each other, the model uses a continuous inventory control policy, including calculating how much each preparation and vial should be used for, the reorder point, and the optimum order quantity. Also, the validity of the optimum values obtained with the mathematical model of a 66-bed neonatal intensive care unit in a hospital was tested with real data.

Blockchain Technology Adoption in Supply Chain Finance

Supply Chain Finance (SCF) faces the complex problem of implementing inventory, purchase order and accounts receivable financing automation in terms of transaction data trust and validation. This paper aims to explore how blockchain technology adoption solves the SCF problem using a multi-case method based on the Technological Acceptance Model (TAM). With purposive sampling, 30 cases were selected on the criteria of perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use in solving SCF problems. The results show that trust, validity and distributed ledger transaction data as perceived usefulness are the main drivers of blockchain adoption because it provides solutions to SCF automation problems such as Know Your Customer (KYC), accounting, and transaction settlement. Smart contracts offer easy and fast transactions such as in L/C export processing as perceived ease to use. Of the 30 blockchain projects, 21 offer the usefulness of automated accounts receivable financing, 15 offer easy-to-use purchase order financing and 8 offer easy-to-use inventory financing processes. This study provides the current state of blockchain technology adoption by exploring 30 real application cases in SCF globally. Blockchain advantages provide automation solutions in global supply SCF practices with smart contracts, transparency and security of distributed ledger data feature.

19. The unfairly prejudicial remedy and the minority shareholder

The most important minority shareholder remedy is the unfairly prejudicial petition under Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006), s 994. This chapter examines petitioning on the grounds of unfair prejudice; the boundaries to unfairly prejudicial conduct; the court’s power to grant relief; and petitioning for a winding-up order on the just and equitable ground under IA 1986, s 122(1)(g). The extensive case law on the section is considered in detail. The courts look to breaches of the terms on which the business should be conducted including breaches of the CA 2006, but also breaches of the agreements underlying the parties’ relationships. Such underlying commitments are most commonly found in quasi-partnerships. The chapter examines the quasi-partnership in detail. The remedy most commonly provided by the court is a purchase order and the chapter looks at the valuation issues around such orders. It also considers the alternative remedy of a winding up on the just and equitable ground.

Analisis Pengadaan Barang Kebutuhan Food and Beverage Department Oleh Purchasing di Pangeran Beach Hotel Padang

Penelitian ini berlatar belakang dari hasil pengamatan pengalaman lapangan industri tentang pengadaan barang oleh purchasing di Pangeran Beach Hotel Padang. Jenis penelitian ini yaitu deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Data diperoleh dari hasil wawancara dan dokumentasi yang kemudian di analisis dengan pola pikir deduktif. Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik purposive sampling yaitu 1 orang Cost Control, 1 orang Purchasing, 1 orang Admin F&B, dan 3 orang Supplier selanjutnya dilakukan reduksi data, penyajian data, dan pengambilan data. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, ditemukan hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan pengadaan barang oleh purchasing di Pangeran Beach Hotel Padang yaitu: a) Permintaan Pembelian, membuat form permintaan terlebih dahulu, seperti: Market List yaitu form permintaan barang kebutuhan sehari-hari, Purchase Request yaitu form permintaan barang dengan pemakaian dalam jangka panjang, dan Purchase Order yaitu form pembelian ke supplier. b) Pemilihan Pemasok ditinjau dari kriteria seperti kualitas barang, harga barang, kemampuan kredit dalam jangka panjang. c) Order Pembelian, menggunakan sistem harian atau bulanan dengan menggunakan komunikasi melalui telepon atau whatsapp.

Sistem Informasi Pembelian Bahan Baku Sockliner pada PT Sinar Utama Jaya Abadi

Intisari— Proses pembelian bahan baku memiliki peranan penting dalam proses produksi. Karena pembelian bahan baku merupakan sebuah awal kegiatan perusahaan dalam menghasilkan pendapatan. Tidak mungkin dalam suatu perusahaan dapat menyediakan sendiri kebutuhan untuk menjalankan roda perusahaan. Permasalahan yang ada pada saat ini proses pembelian bahan baku prosesnya masih dilakukan secara konvensional, Purchase Order (PO) di buat dengan menggunakan Microsoft Excel lalu dicetak dan dikirim kepada supplier via email/fax, hal ini sering terjadi kesalahan pada proses input data dan penyimpanan data belum terintegrasi oleh sistem sehingga kesulitan pada saat pencarian data selain itu dalam pembuatan laporan penerimaan barang, laporan permintaan barang dan laporan pembelian memerlukan waktu yang cukup lama untuk mengolah dan menggabungkan banyak data dalam Microsoft Excel. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah agar mempermudah, mempercepat dan mengurangi kesalahan dalam sistem pembelian bahan baku sockliner pada PT Sinar Utama Jaya Abadi untuk membantu mengolah data pembelian serta laporan perusahaan dengan mudah, cepat dan akurat. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah model SDLC air terjun (waterfall) dan dalam pembuatan sistem ini, menggunakan Visual Studio dan MySQL. Hasil dari sistem yang telah dibuat adalah berupa sistem informasi pembelian bahan baku sockliner yang dapat mengelola informasi data. Kata Kunci— Sistem Informasi, Permintaan Barang, Pembelian Barang, Penerimaan Barang, Waterfall Referensi : [1] A. A. Andryadi, “Perancangan Sistem Informasi Purchase Orderinternal Non Related Product Berbasis Web (Studi Kasus PT Shafco Multi Trading) MEDIA Inform., vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 57–69, 2017. [2] A. Sauki, Warsino, and Y. M. Ardi, “Perancangan Sistem Informasi Pembelian Bahan Baku Pada Pt Nani Wahyuni Industries Bekasi,” J. Ilm. SANTIKA, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 865–872, 2019. [3] V. M. M. Siregar, “Sistem Informasi Pembelian dan Penjualan Pakaian pada Galoenk Distro Pematang Siantar,” J. Chem. Inf. Model., vol. 53, no. 49, pp. 13–26, 2017. [4] D. Uswara and H. Patrie, “Perancangan sistem informasi pembelian dan penjualan toko elisa rizki dengan metodologi berorientasi obyek,” IDEALIS, vol. 2, pp. 297–301, 2019. 5] A. Kristanto, Perancangan Sistem Informasi Dan Aplikasinya. Klaten: Gava Media, 2018. [6] J. Enterprise, Otodidak Visual Basic. PT Elex Media Komputindo, 2017. [7] Hardiyanto, Abdussomad, E. Haryadi, R. Sopandi, and Asep, “Penerapan Model Waterfall dan UML Dalam Rancang Bangun Program Pembelian Barang Berorientasi Objek pada PT Fujita Indonesia,” INTERKOM, vol. 13, pp. 1–12, 2019. [8] Raharjo, Belajar Otodidak MySQL. Informatika Bandung, 2018. [9] R. A. Sukamto and M. Shalahuddin, Rekayasa Perangkat Lunak Terstruktur dan Berorientasi Objek. Bandung: Informatika Bandung, 2018. [10] E. R. Yunita and N. Safitri, “Sistem Informasi Pengadaan Bahan Baku Berbasis Desktop Pada PT Inti Technik Sejahtera Bekasi,” Inf. Syst. Educ. Prof., vol. 4 No.1, no. 1, pp. 85–94, 2019. [11] Munawar, Analisa Perancangan Sistem Berorientasi Objek Dengan UML. Informatika Bandung, 2018.