Six Sigma Approach to Enhance Concurrency of the Procurement Process for Raw Materials
This paper presents the improvement of the procurement process for raw materials in a real manufacturing company supported by the Lean Sig Sigma as structured approach to deliver the improvement. The manufacturing company that is a subject of this paper have received a significant amount of complain...
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| description | This paper presents the improvement of the procurement process for raw materials in a real manufacturing company supported by the Lean Sig Sigma as structured approach to deliver the improvement. The manufacturing company that is a subject of this paper have received a significant amount of complains regarding the internal purchase orders approval process and the overall procurement process of the company from both internal employees and external vendors and contractors. Considering that the company is procuring the raw goods from selected vendors, therefore the entire manufacturing plan depends on these materials, the company decided to improve this process trough Lean Six Sigma. The Lean Six Sigma approach was selected in order to obtain the improvement in a short time, based on indicators that were previously analyzed and prioritized. The paper focuses on simplifying of the process trough decreasing the number of mandatory steps. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc162e99b373416ebb6e2816ff57f45c2022-12-21T18:36:43ZengUniversity NorthTehnički Glasnik1846-61681848-55882021-01-01154510517Six Sigma Approach to Enhance Concurrency of the Procurement Process for Raw MaterialsAtanas Kochov0Aleksandar Argilovski1Faculty of Mechanical Engineering – Skopje, Karposh II bb, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North MacedoniaFaculty of Mechanical Engineering – Skopje, Karposh II bb, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North MacedoniaThis paper presents the improvement of the procurement process for raw materials in a real manufacturing company supported by the Lean Sig Sigma as structured approach to deliver the improvement. The manufacturing company that is a subject of this paper have received a significant amount of complains regarding the internal purchase orders approval process and the overall procurement process of the company from both internal employees and external vendors and contractors. Considering that the company is procuring the raw goods from selected vendors, therefore the entire manufacturing plan depends on these materials, the company decided to improve this process trough Lean Six Sigma. The Lean Six Sigma approach was selected in order to obtain the improvement in a short time, based on indicators that were previously analyzed and prioritized. The paper focuses on simplifying of the process trough decreasing the number of mandatory steps.https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/384694concurrent engineeringLeanmanufacturingprocurementraw materialsSix Sigma |
| spellingShingle | Atanas Kochov Aleksandar Argilovski Six Sigma Approach to Enhance Concurrency of the Procurement Process for Raw Materials Tehnički Glasnik concurrent engineering Lean manufacturing procurement raw materials Six Sigma |
| title | Six Sigma Approach to Enhance Concurrency of the Procurement Process for Raw Materials |
| title_full | Six Sigma Approach to Enhance Concurrency of the Procurement Process for Raw Materials |
| title_fullStr | Six Sigma Approach to Enhance Concurrency of the Procurement Process for Raw Materials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Six Sigma Approach to Enhance Concurrency of the Procurement Process for Raw Materials |
| title_short | Six Sigma Approach to Enhance Concurrency of the Procurement Process for Raw Materials |
| title_sort | six sigma approach to enhance concurrency of the procurement process for raw materials |
| topic | concurrent engineering Lean manufacturing procurement raw materials Six Sigma |
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