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Procedia CIRP 40 (2016) 225 – 229
13th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing - Decoupling Growth from Resource Use
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School of Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, 0027, South Africa
Abstract
The research is an investigation into prospects of improving operational efficiency in a manufacturing system through enterprise resource
planning (ERP). This was done on a South African company which is into linen manufacturing and making uniforms for the hospitality
industry. This was achieved by improving effective communication among departments to meet delivery dates. ERP framework was designed
to reduce work in progress on the shop floor and inventory. Integration of firm’s activities, intra organizational communication and wider
collaboration were some of the pillar considered in the process to achieve a reduction in working capital. Wastage in the form of material or
energy, inventory, defects or wasted capacity, was eliminated for effectiveness. Reduction of product cycle times was done through minimizing
set-up and delays, coordinating machine maintenance with production operations and optimizing space in order to better utilize workers,
equipment and workstations.
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Peer-review under responsibility of the International Scientific Committee of the 13th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing
Keywords: ERP; operational efficiency; wastage reduction; resource effectiveness
2212-8271 © 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
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Peer-review under responsibility of the International Scientific Committee of the 13th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing
doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.01.108
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Master Scheduling will ensure the sequence of products on reduce lead times. The work was based on existing information
the production line. While Material Planning gives measures or and direct observation in the work study. The productivity over
specifics of materials into each of the product lines set to be a number of months was recorded for analysis. The clustered
produced. Capacity planning looks at both human and plant data was collected from archived records from January 2012 to
resources available to meet the set production targets. June 2014 to develop an observed trend, the actual records were
taken for November 2013 to April 2014.
Basic Computer Data like bill of materials, item parameters,
inventory status and routing are critical for product costing.
4. Case study operations
Execution of plans are responsible for purchasing of
material for implementation of plans, also shop scheduling to The case study was done at a company manufacturing linen
have an idea of product cycle time, as well as performance and uniform for hospitality industry based in Cape Town,
measurement for accountability for any suffering points which South Africa. The major departments in the organization were:
need urgent attention to be brought in line with the objectives. Design section, Pattern making section, Cutting section,
production, and Technical Services section as given in Fig 2.
2.4 ERP implementation The organization was facing challenges of meeting the delivery
times, and traditional methods have been tried to solve these
Implementing an ERP system will require significant operational challenges with particular focus on the
changes on staff and work practices [4, 10]. Hence for cost Manufacturing Department. ERP system was recommended to
effectiveness, it is recommended to use an external consultant address this persistent problem at the organization.
with specific training in ERP implementation. The consultants
are responsible for the initial stages, training of employees,
workflow study, customized interfaces, trouble shooting and
assistance with ERP issues. As so many changes take place that
affect almost everyone in the organization, it is important to
involve them in the project to make and use the ERP system as
a success.
Scheduled 4 462.5 5 355 5 355 6 247.5 6 287.5 6 Table 6 Uniform section capacity data
available 300.5
hours Nov’13 Dec’13 Jan’14 Feb’14 Mar’14 Apr’1
Scheduled 3 037.5 4 725 4 725 5 512.5 5 512.5 5
hours 565.5 Efficiency 89.5 82.5 76.0 80.9 74.9 82.5
earned
Actual 4 412.5 5 310.5 5 6 225.2 6 238.3 6 Utilization 79.7 85.0 91.5 91.0 86.9 90.7
hours 226.3 268.5
earned Capacity 1 400.6 1 657.4 1 570.6 1698.0 1 696.5 1
Load 4 455.8 5 340.7 5 6 240.5 6 240.5 6 950.4
330.7 285.7 Load % 117.5 121.9 127.7 120.1 122.1 112.0
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7. Conclusion