4. Supply chain operations with lean and RFID
4.1. Reengineering the supply chain
In order to conduct reengineering to the process to a continuous
flow with less congestion, waiting, and idleness, current waste on
labor and time need to be eliminated. Three policies are adopted.
First, HQ’s inspector has to arrange the receiving schedule and
delivery time according to the agreement with manufacturers.
Since the manufacturers deliver the goods in accordance, the
inspector can arrange the inspection schedule in advance and execute
inspection on schedule. Besides, the HQ’s executive can simplify
the inspection document format and the approval
procedure. After the inspector completes the inspection procedure
and records the inspection result, the document can be approved
and sent back to CDC on next day. Once the above operation processes
are amended, the time for goods acceptance and storage
to CDC can be shortened from 42 days to 2 days