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LeonelAguilar352
Hi!
I'm currently trying to improve the process that we have to request material from warehouse; the company I work for makes electronic switches, so we have very small components and production have a tendency to destroy them or mess up, so we find ourselves with many material requisitions per day (like a 100).
The current process is the following:
- Operator notice that he will need more material to complete the order.
- He notifies the Group Leader and starts to fill a requisition form.
- He takes the requisition to the Production Supervisor for him to sign it.
- Then he takes it to the Planner so he may sign it or advise that we don't have any more material.
- If we do have material, then he takes the requisition to Warehouse so they can provide the operator with the pieces he needs to complete the order.
In my opinion they have to travel A LOT to get the signatures and get approved the request. That process is the same every day except when:
- The request is for more than 20dlls worth of material. If this happens then the Engineer has to sign the request and make sure there isn't a problem with the machine.
- The request is for more than 50dlls worth of material. If this happens then the Plant Manager has to sign it and get involved on why this is happening.
But according to my research, that engineer gets requisitions to sign roughly 2 times a month; and so far in our history the manager has never needed to be involved.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to improve this?... I was thinking about making the process electronic, having the operator fill a document on the computer that the planner can see in real time; then the operator will just go back to his place while the planner approves the request and sends the order to warehouse to comply with that requisition.... but the main stop on that plan is that the warehouse people cannot be standing by the computer to see if a requisition has been added to the system.
Any idea would help!
Thanks a lot!
I'm currently trying to improve the process that we have to request material from warehouse; the company I work for makes electronic switches, so we have very small components and production have a tendency to destroy them or mess up, so we find ourselves with many material requisitions per day (like a 100).
The current process is the following:
- Operator notice that he will need more material to complete the order.
- He notifies the Group Leader and starts to fill a requisition form.
- He takes the requisition to the Production Supervisor for him to sign it.
- Then he takes it to the Planner so he may sign it or advise that we don't have any more material.
- If we do have material, then he takes the requisition to Warehouse so they can provide the operator with the pieces he needs to complete the order.
In my opinion they have to travel A LOT to get the signatures and get approved the request. That process is the same every day except when:
- The request is for more than 20dlls worth of material. If this happens then the Engineer has to sign the request and make sure there isn't a problem with the machine.
- The request is for more than 50dlls worth of material. If this happens then the Plant Manager has to sign it and get involved on why this is happening.
But according to my research, that engineer gets requisitions to sign roughly 2 times a month; and so far in our history the manager has never needed to be involved.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to improve this?... I was thinking about making the process electronic, having the operator fill a document on the computer that the planner can see in real time; then the operator will just go back to his place while the planner approves the request and sends the order to warehouse to comply with that requisition.... but the main stop on that plan is that the warehouse people cannot be standing by the computer to see if a requisition has been added to the system.
Any idea would help!
Thanks a lot!