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Improvement of Resource Utilisation Through Forecasting, Planning, and Information Flow: An Adoption of Lean Principles

Improvement of Resource Utilisation Through Forecasting, Planning, and Information Flow: An Adoption of Lean Principles

Guy Coulthard, Carl Baxter, Tu Van Binh
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 38
ISBN13: 9781799887096|ISBN10: 179988709X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799887102|EISBN13: 9781799887119
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8709-6.ch012
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Coulthard, Guy, et al. "Improvement of Resource Utilisation Through Forecasting, Planning, and Information Flow: An Adoption of Lean Principles." Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Globalized Business Era, edited by Lincoln C. Wood and Linh N.K. Duong, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 266-303. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8709-6.ch012

APA

Coulthard, G., Baxter, C., & Binh, T. V. (2022). Improvement of Resource Utilisation Through Forecasting, Planning, and Information Flow: An Adoption of Lean Principles. In L. Wood & L. Duong (Eds.), Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Globalized Business Era (pp. 266-303). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8709-6.ch012

Chicago

Coulthard, Guy, Carl Baxter, and Tu Van Binh. "Improvement of Resource Utilisation Through Forecasting, Planning, and Information Flow: An Adoption of Lean Principles." In Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Globalized Business Era, edited by Lincoln C. Wood and Linh N.K. Duong, 266-303. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8709-6.ch012

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Abstract

Demand forecasting and production planning are challenging issues when working to supply perishable goods to fulfil supermarket requirements as opposed to dry goods that can be manufactured and have a fixed storage life. The focus of this report is on the improvement of resource utilisation through better forecasting, planning, and information flow. There is a fluctuation for labour demand within the processing function; controlling the number of staff daily is vital to the efficient running of production and waste reduction. It is the belief for the management that left unchecked the production planners can tend to overorder staff as a contingency.

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