B2B Inventory Management: A Lean Management Approach

Arnav Avi

Bachelor's thesis

Anotácia:

This Bachelor thesis aims to show inventory management methods and their improvements in a warehouse. It comes after the literature review of Lean management in a warehouse with a focus on business-to-business inventory management. The analysis is conducted using TIMWOODS waste classification and further research through the FMEA method, which is used to rate issues on three parameters severity, occurrence and detection, these will be used to assess inventory management and other issues faced by the warehouse and company in question. The aim and outcome of the bachelor thesis is to employ lean management in a business-to-business firm and provide possible solutions to improve the activities in a business- to-business warehouse based on the Lean Waste Analysis Number.

Abstract:

This Bachelor thesis aims to show inventory management methods and their improvements in a warehouse. It comes after the literature review of Lean management in a warehouse with a focus on business-to-business inventory management. The analysis is conducted using TIMWOODS waste classification and further research through the FMEA method, which is used to rate issues on three parameters severity, occurrence and detection, these will be used to assess inventory management and other issues faced by the warehouse and company in question. The aim and outcome of the bachelor thesis is to employ lean management in a business-to-business firm and provide possible solutions to improve the activities in a business- to-business warehouse based on the Lean Waste Analysis Number.

Kľúčové slová

Warehouse, Waste analysis number, Business to Business, Lean management, Inventory management

Keywords

Lean management, Business to Business, Inventory management, Warehouse, Waste analysis number

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 3. 5. 2024

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 17. 6. 2024
• Vedúci: Felipe Martínez
• Oponent: Petr Jirsák

Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze

Bachelor programme:
Bachelor of Business Administration