LEAN INVENTORY IMPROVEMENT FOR CARGO WAREHOUSE AT JOHOR PORT BERHAD

Abstract

Lean manufacturing is almost involved in all industry around the world. It could be the achieving lean involves changes and continuous improvement. It is a concept of scientific and objective techniques that utilizes fewer inputs in order to create the same outputs than those created by traditional mass production system. In order to make changes and improvement, one must understand and recognize that the current state of the operation is not where one wants to be. The purpose of this project is to implement lean principle in cargo industry. For the research, the researcher has been used Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen and Kanban. Besides that, the researcher also has been used a few quality tools to find the cause and solution before used the lean tools. The objective is to identify the process of inventory management at Johor Port Container Freight Station. Then, to determine the value added and non-value-added activity at Johor Port Container Freight Station. Lastly, to improve inventory management at Johor Port Container Freight Terminal using Value Stream Mapping method. A new proposes layout for the company also had been suggested considering all the products involves. VSM was a magical tool that possibly wills reveals of all the data, problem, process, operation. This tool was developing a Lean thinking for the management for continuous improvement in time by time.