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ASSIGNMENT -2

Submission Date by students: Before the end of Week- 14^th

Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre

Weight: 10 Marks

Learning Outcome:

• Apply essential elements of core logistic and supply chain management principles.
• Analyze and identify challenges and issues pertaining to logistical processes.
• The capacity to write coherent project about actual logistic case studies.

Assignment Workload:

This assignment is an individual assignment.

Critical Thinking

Use Saudi digital Library (SDL) search engine

Search Title: THE BENEFITS OF LEAN MANUFACTURING what lean thinking offers the process Industries

Authors Name: Melton,T

Source: In 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Research and Design June 2005 83(6):662-673

Read out the research paper carefully and based on your understanding you should answer the following questions.

Questions:

• Define why Manufacturing Companies emphases on lean thinking? Justify your answer with suitable example. (3 Marks)
• What do you understand by the term overproduction? Why do you think overproduction waste described as the biggest waste while comparing to all other type of waste? (3 Marks)
• What are the benefits from Suppliers to end users by using lean thinking? (3 Marks)
• Use APA referencing style (1 Mark)

Note: You can assume any manufacturing company of your choice while answering questions.