A study on inventory planning and control : meeting order level and avoid shortages / Intan Fauziah Mohd Nazir

The main purpose of t h i s Graduation Exercise is to identify some of the main problems under the operational a c t i v i t i es in a manufacturing company. HICOM-Yamaha Manufacturing (M) Sdn. Bhd. is considered as one of the company that p r a c t i c e s dependent demand where their engines demand is d i r e c t l y depend on another company, i.e . Hang Leong Yamaha. Through observations, interviews and s t a t i s t i c a l analysis, there are several factors that influence on the overall performance of the company. This factors are discussed in further detail in Chapter 3 and 4. Even though the scope of the study only covers materials management that directly r e l a t e d to Operations Department, some of them also i n d i r e c t l y related to other department such as Quality Control Department and Engineering Department.