A STUDY ON MATERIAL HANDLING STORAGE AND PACKAGING CHALLENGES

IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN IN GREEN SEA GLASS MAKING INDIA LTD
AT CHENNAI

1. Name:

2. Gender Male Female

3. Age

18 - 25 Years 26 - 35 Years 36 - 45 Years 46 - 55 Years

55 - 65 Years above 65 Years

4.Education Qualification

Graduate Post graduate

5.kaizen continues improvement can be maintained with

Technology Employees Infrastructure

Health&Saftey

6.Estimation of different quality control methods adopted by the firm employee retention

Yes No

7.Implementation of organization rules procedures and polices quality control adopted by

the firm

Yes No

8.Do you feel lack of robust and professional relationship with suppliers?

Yes No

9.Would you change organization structure ?

Yes No
10.Whether trade unions are necessary for the firm

Yes No

11.Lean supply practices

Highl Sati Neut Diss Highly

y sfie ral atisf dissatisf
S.No Lean supply practices
Satisfi d ied ied
ed

Preventative maintenance-(Series of practices

and procedures that are undertaken in order to find
1 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
and fix problems before they arise.

Total productive maintenance (TPM) - (Giving

the employees basic maintenance tasks such as
2 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
inspection of the machines, cleaning, lubricating,
tightening, and calibration.)

Reduction in the preliminary finishing time -

( Aiming to reduce delays which occur due to tools
3 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
changing and machines preparation.)

Reduction in series -(Movement of material

through the factory in the smallest possible series.)
4 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Manufacturing plant layout - (Machines are

placed in the plant in a way that minimizes
5 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
transportation within the manufacturing plant.

Balance of working process in production-

(Aims to put the same amount of pressure on the
6 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
manufacturing system and to minimize the
accumulation of unfinished products.)

Take time -(Each working unit has to manufacture

a certain product at a speed that is neither too small
7 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
nor too great for the next unit in the process.)
 Overall equipment efficiency - (This is the
measure of utilization of each piece of equipment
8 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
in relation to the possible capacity.)

Demand driven supply chain - (use of pull

system.)
9 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Lean procurement – (Conversion of raw material

to finished product for distribution.)
10 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

12.Application of Applying less time spent on moving of material and parts In the output
End
Indicate in scale of 1-5, the extent to which the following reasons are why your firms
practice lean. supply chain (Where 5= major reason and 1= not a reason).

Firm practices 5 4 3 2 1

Reducing cost of production [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Eliminating defects of finished products [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Long term survival of firm With Competitors [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Reduce Inventory Cost of firm [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Trimming Supply Side Lead Times [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Reducing Material Consumption [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Reducing Dem and Side Lead Time [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Increasing Profitability Of Firm [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

To gain Competitive Advantage In Market [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Green Initiative Of Ecosystem (recycle, reuse, [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

refuse )

Unfair Trading Practices [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]