Table of Contents
1. Introduction.............................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Company profile................................................................................................................................5
1.3 Mission statement.............................................................................................................................5
1.4 Vision statement................................................................................................................................5
2. Problem statement..................................................................................................................................5
Problem...............................................................................................................................................7
Statement............................................................................................................................................7
Increasing costs....................................................................................................................................7
New Products......................................................................................................................................7
Supply Chain Management..................................................................................................................7
Inventory management ......................................................................................................................8
Facilities Layout strategy......................................................................................................................8
Process and capacity design................................................................................................................8
Distribution and sales..............................................................................................................................8
3. Strategy adopted to solve the problem...................................................................................................9
3.1 Increasing costs..................................................................................................................................9
3.2 Competitive advantage......................................................................................................................9
3.3 Supply Chain solution........................................................................................................................9
Product..............................................................................................................................................10
a. Quality............................................................................................................................................10
b. Customers......................................................................................................................................10
c. Design.............................................................................................................................................10
d. Distribution and sales........................................................................................................................10
e. Capacity planning ..........................................................................................................................11
f. Processing.......................................................................................................................................11
g. Process and capacity design ..........................................................................................................11
h. Inventory.......................................................................................................................................11
i. Logistics...........................................................................................................................................12
j. Scheduling .....................................................................................................................................12
4. Forecasting............................................................................................................................................12
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5. Maintenance..........................................................................................................................................13
6. Process and capacity design ..................................................................................................................13
7. Location strategy...................................................................................................................................13
8. Facilities Layout strategy........................................................................................................................13
9. Quality and Strategy..............................................................................................................................14
9.1 Strategic planning structure of Almarai...........................................................................................14
9.2 International Quality Standards.......................................................................................................15
9.3 Quality product portfolio.................................................................................................................15
9.4 Food safety and quality....................................................................................................................15
10. Costs of Quality....................................................................................................................................16
11. Total Quality Management..................................................................................................................18
11.1 Continuous Improvement..............................................................................................................18
11.2 Six-sigma........................................................................................................................................19
11.3 DMAIC process...............................................................................................................................19
a. Define.............................................................................................................................................20
b. Measure.........................................................................................................................................20
c. Analyze...........................................................................................................................................22
d. Improve..........................................................................................................................................23
e. Control...........................................................................................................................................23
11.4 Six sigma levels..............................................................................................................................23
Competence Alignment with project scope and complexity of causes..............................................24
12. Situation analysis.................................................................................................................................24
9.1 SWOT analysis..................................................................................................................................25
9.2 PESTEL Analysis................................................................................................................................26
13. Conclusion and recommendations......................................................................................................27
10.1 Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................27
10.2 Recommendations.........................................................................................................................27