- Title
- A lean view on an Eastern Cape logistics service provider
- Creator
- Catterall, Kent James
- Subject
- Production management -- Eastern Cape -- South Africa
- Subject
- Manufacturing processes -- Eastern Cape -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2008
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- vital:8713
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/931
- Identifier
- Production management -- Eastern Cape -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Manufacturing processes -- Eastern Cape -- South Africa
- Description
- Global competition is forcing all organisations, both manufacturing and service or ientated, to review their facil ities and processes from a productivity and quality standpoint. The concept of lean manufacturing has evolved from mass production methodologies developed by Henry Ford. Lean methodology, as developed by the Toyota Motor Company of Japan, yields consistent product quality at a lower cost , while delivering greater variety to the customer. The purpose of this research was to identify lean methodology application to the service industr y and to evaluate its application to UTi South Africa (PTY) LTD. The research presented an empirical study of how a lean tool can be a ppl ied at UTi South Africa (PTY) LTD service operations and possible lean models for UTi Port Elizabeth. The research study found that lean methodology can be applied to the freight forwarding industry and that opportunities exist for lean to improve productivity.
- Format
- xiv, 129 leaves : col. ill., maps
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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