ASSESSMENT OF THE LOGISTICS PROCESS AND ITS GAPS THE CASE OF AMIBARA
Desta, Nebiyat (2013)
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013060613266
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013060613266
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This thesis is based on Amibara, a company of cotton growers and exporters. The aim of this thesis was to identify the logistics gaps and recommend appropriate technologies and practices that contribute to the improvement of the existing logistics operation at Amibara agricultural development PLC.
The main research method applied in this thesis was qualitative research, based on theoretical research, interviewing internal employees and a five- year company plan. The descriptions of the company profile, the ginning machinery, transportation system and also the warehouse process were based on the author’s three months of practical training. The literature review, country background and some part of the company profile were developed on the basis of the information from the Internet.
Brief introductions to transportation, warehousing, packaging, baling and ginning were given in the literature review. The case study presented a summary of the studied company regarding its logistics management. In the research findings, organizational gaps, knowledge and skill gaps, technology gaps and infrastructural gaps were described. A SWOT analysis followed and it described the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and limitations of the company.
The result and recommendation showed how the quality, time, and the good reputation of the company can easily be affected by ginning, the warehouse condition and transportation system. The study was assigned by an Ethiopian cotton grower association company. At the end of this thesis, some recommendations were proposed.
The main research method applied in this thesis was qualitative research, based on theoretical research, interviewing internal employees and a five- year company plan. The descriptions of the company profile, the ginning machinery, transportation system and also the warehouse process were based on the author’s three months of practical training. The literature review, country background and some part of the company profile were developed on the basis of the information from the Internet.
Brief introductions to transportation, warehousing, packaging, baling and ginning were given in the literature review. The case study presented a summary of the studied company regarding its logistics management. In the research findings, organizational gaps, knowledge and skill gaps, technology gaps and infrastructural gaps were described. A SWOT analysis followed and it described the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and limitations of the company.
The result and recommendation showed how the quality, time, and the good reputation of the company can easily be affected by ginning, the warehouse condition and transportation system. The study was assigned by an Ethiopian cotton grower association company. At the end of this thesis, some recommendations were proposed.