The Improvement of Agricultural Product Procurement and Delivery Process of Coconut Siam Export Company Limited by LEAN

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to improve the procurement and delivery process of agricultural products of Coconutsiam Export Company Limited. Because the procurement of the products in the fresh market is unstable due to various factors such as quality, quantity, price, and unpunctuality. The standard procurement could not still be applied in the fresh market. The researcher used experimental research starting from collecting the procurement data from Coconutsiam Export Company Limited every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for 3 months, then analyzed the data by using 5W1H and Fishbone diagram. After that, the procurement was improved by using ECRS and some logistic theories. After improving procurement, the researcher started to collect the data for 15 days every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. After the collection of the data and comparison of the data with the procurement process before and after the improvement, the result revealed that when the procurement process has been improved using Lean Thinking, there appeared to be an ability to purchase Agricultural Products in the required quantity and a decrease of 68 percent in the duration of the procurement process.