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"Shaping the Factory of the Future” : Analyzing the impact of make or buy supply chain strategies on waste reduction in manufacturing organizations

Vossebeld, Chiel (2024) "Shaping the Factory of the Future” : Analyzing the impact of make or buy supply chain strategies on waste reduction in manufacturing organizations.

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Abstract:Improving the supply chain is not an easy task, which is why supply chain strategies can give manufacturers guidance in navigating through the complex supply chain. An indicator of how well a supply chain strategy is performing, is the identification of the total waste in the chain per strategy. This can be done by analyzing underlying supply chain KPIs of the supply chain strategies. This research aims to explore to which extent the supply chain strategies influence waste reduction from the lean perspective. To determine the connection between the supply chain strategies and waste reduction, a mixed-method analysis is conducted. For the qualitative part, six manufacturers were interviewed to gain information about their experiences/perceptions of different supply chain strategies, the underlying KPIs and external factors that are influencing the supply chain. This analysis showed that respondents consider mostly the “waiting”, “defect” and “inventory” waste as crucial for the total waste in the chain. For the quantitative part, the data analysis measured the waste among the strategies based on the KPIs that are mentioned before. The data analysis showed that the “SNOTD” and “purchasing costs” KPI are highly influential with weight scores of respectively 0.45 for both of the KPIs.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:85 business administration, organizational science
Programme:Business Administration MSc (60644)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/103758
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