Supply Chain Management Issues in Petal Engineering Private Limited

Abstract

Lead time started getting businesses attention and becoming crucial to heat ventilation and air conditioning industry. Due to high customization, low volume operations and make to order production approach it is problematic to manage the lead time in heat ventilation and air conditioning. Factors like repitation of process and shortage of skilled labor effects the lead time that directly affects the implementation of lean manufacturing. Research has been conducted with case study method to identify how the factors like import lead time, shortage of skilled labor and repitation of processes effect the implementation of lean manufacturing is petal engineering company and the findings from research helped to identify the reasons of these problems are classical supply chain management systems, unexpected returns of defected imported components like compressors etc., and due to lack of communication of company with clients. So, it is concluded these problems can be minimize by implementing enterprise resource planning system which will be helping in increasing the communication with clients and it will also help to resolve the supply chain problems. Also, the human resource should be hiring the employees with the relevant skillset.