Homework: Logistics Management
Learning Outcome:
1) Apply essential elements of core logistic and supply chain management principles.
2) Analyze and identify challenges and issues pertaining to logistical processes.
3) The capacity to write coherent project about actual logistic case studies.
Workload:
Use Saudi digital Library (SDL) search engine
Search Title: THE BENEFITS OF LEAN MANUFACTURING what lean thinking offers the process Industries
Authors Name: Melton,T
Source: In 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research and Design June 2005 83(6):662-673
Read out the research paper carefully and based on your understanding you should answer the following questions.
Task:
1) Define why Manufacturing Companies emphases on lean thinking? Justify your answer with suitable example.
2) What do you understand by the term overproduction? Why do you think overproduction waste described as the biggest waste while comparing to all other type of waste?
3) What are the benefits from Suppliers to end users by using lean thinking?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.