Materialförsörjning från förråd till montering : Verktyg vid val av förråd för komponenter

Sammanfattning: To create a profitable and competitive business an important factor today is a well-functioning logistics. Through effective internal material flows effective logistics can be achieved. Unnecessary handling and movement of materials is a waste which affects the internal material flow. These wastes should be identified and eliminated as much as possible to improve the internal materials handling and through that achieve a more efficient business. At Fagerhults Belysning AB, where professional lighting systems are developed, manufactured and marketed, a new inventory has been built and changes in the assembly has been made during the past year. The impact of this is that the internal handlings of the materials is probably not the most effective. The purpose of this study is to improve the internal materials handling between inventory and assembly, by reducing unnecessary handling and movement of materials. To achieve the purpose, the current handlings of the materials between inventory and assembly has been identified, through observations and interviews at Fagerhults Belysning AB. The description of the current situation shows that both the new inventory (NF) and the old inventory (GF) are used to store components, whereof the old inventory is located downstairs. Since NF is located on the same floor as the assembly, the best had been to place all the components there, but when space is limited, GF also has to be exploited. In connection with the description of the current situation, literature studies have also been done, which together form the base of the analysis of the current situation. The analysis of the current situation includes suggestions for potential improvements, as well as their impact on the company. In the analysis chapter the authors have chosen to focus on which components that should be prioritized for location in NF, as this was considered as an important part in reducing the number of movements to and pallets on the storage area, in order to improve the materials handling. To determine which components that should be prioritized for location in NF, the authors have chosen to use the ABC-analysis based on the order frequency to the assembly. The analysis was only made on one product family since the project has a tight time limit. To perform the analysis on the entire product range, and by that avoiding sub-optimization, a tool is evolved to the company for future analysis.Finally, a discussion of the results and the method are conducted by the authors. The authors believe that the tool is helpful when performing an ABC-analysis in order to finally determine which components that should be prioritized for location in NF. However, there are more factors to consider in order to apply the tool in full, for instance fill rate in NF, purchase quantity etc.