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The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco.

Dissertation (B.Eng. (Industrial and Systems Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2014.

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Main Author: Harris, T. J.
Other Authors: Brett, Eric
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Published: 2014
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/33384 The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco. Harris, T. J. Brett, Eric Computerised Business System Storage System Inventory System Doorco Storage Layout Planning EOQ MRP Sage Pastel Storage Bins Space utilisation Bill of materials Parts Program Inventory Program Dissertation (B.Eng. (Industrial and Systems Engineering))--University of Pretoria, 2014. Doorco, a company that is part of the cupboard manufacturing industry, was chosen for this project because of the industry’s local significance and its growth determined by the growth of housing needs in South Africa. Doorco’s market consists of 95 percent housing development projects, which include supplying some of the larger construction companies with kitchen and built-in cupboards. In recent years, Doorco experienced rapid company growth together with facing other industry unique challenges that created a decrease in productivity. The manual business system currently used at Doorco is inefficient and wastes a lot of time. The storage system is inefficient and the control of inventory is ineffective. The aim of this project is to increase productivity at Doorco by improving the business system, storage system and inventory operations. A computerised business system had to be designed, which would decrease the time taken to complete important business functions. A new storage system also had to be designed, including an improved layout of the storeroom, which should specify the exact locations of all SKUs (Stock-Keeping Units). Such a system would improve productivity by reducing the time spent searching for parts. An inventory system also had to be designed which would specify the amount and re-supply intervals of all SKUs and such a system would improve productivity by reducing the probability of shortages or oversupply, while also saving space in the storage area. Inventory cost will also be minimized by such a system. Literature was gathered to aid in the understanding of the problems and relevant techniques that could aid in the problem solving process. Solutions to these problems were developed and presented to the owner of Doorco. The storage system and inventory system were implemented, but the decision of implementation of the computerised business system solution was left to the owner. Industrial and Systems Engineering unrestricted 2014-02-11T09:26:22Z 2014-02-11T09:26:22Z 2014-04-08 2014 Mini Dissertation Harris, TJ 2014, The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco. BEng dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33384> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33384 © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf
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Storage System
Inventory System
Doorco
Storage Layout Planning
EOQ
MRP
Sage Pastel
Storage Bins
Space utilisation
Bill of materials
Parts Program
Inventory Program
Harris, T. J.
The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco.
title The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco.
title_full The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco.
title_fullStr The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco.
title_full_unstemmed The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco.
title_short The Design of a Computerised Business System, Storage System and Inventory System at Doorco.
title_sort design of a computerised business system storage system and inventory system at doorco
topic Computerised Business System
Storage System
Inventory System
Doorco
Storage Layout Planning
EOQ
MRP
Sage Pastel
Storage Bins
Space utilisation
Bill of materials
Parts Program
Inventory Program
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/33384
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