Lean Thinking in Supply Chain Management with an Insight into Warehouse Safety

Lean Thinking in Supply Chain Management with an Insight into Warehouse Safety refers to the process of evaluating the importance of lean thinking in supply chain management (SCM). Lean thinking refers to the practice of taking every possible cost out of the system, cost cutting in lay man’s terms. The decision of incorporating the warehouse safety was included on the recommendation of our industry guide. Warehouse safety is one of the most important aspect that not only helps in protecting the warehouse but also contributes at a large in lean management. Keeping the goods safe will reduce the cost that otherwise would have incurred in case the goods were damaged. The objectives of this project are to evaluate how cost cutting can be done in the present scenario of the SCM systems being followed by the Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. The costs incurred in housekeeping, logistics and day to functioning and how can be controlled. The paper throws light the various aspects of the company and how they conduct their works. This report is based on the methodology of personally interviewing the people involved in the SCM process either directly or by the means of logistics. Since there are not many people who know about the processing of a supply chain, personal interviews were conducted with the officials working in the company and the visiting people such as the proprietor of the logistics company etc.