Warehouse Management Analysis and Optimization; Case Study: MECAB di Alessandro Boeris

The actual situation of the MECAB di Alessandro Boeris company is far from the best possible situation. Nowadays, it has many criticalities and problems that can be solved with the application of simple tools and employees’ commitment, they are mainly evidenced in the warehouse area and the cost analysis. The objective is to enhance the working environment and increase the productivity. The used methods are quality tool and methodologies of simple application such as 5S, quality circles or One-Point Lesson. They are applied in critical areas to prove their power and the achievable results. The results reached in the few months of this thesis are in accordance with the objectives concerning the working environment and productivity. However, it is just the start of the company enhancement regarding the countless possibilities. As a conclusion, it is possible to see the power of the methodologies and tools, and it is strongly suggested their spread over the entire company. In spite of the long application time required the reachable results can truly improve the nowadays situation. In addition, there are other areas with different problems to the object of this thesis that can bring huge results in terms of waste reductions that can be analysed in the future.