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VOL. 11, ISSUE 6 (2024)
Examining the outcome of lean principles and its implementation in SUPPLY chain management of Ghana upstream oil and gas
Authors
Solomon Adjei Boateng
Abstract
The study examines the outcome of lean
principles and its implementation in supply chain management of Ghana upstream
oil and Gas industry. A survey was administered across Ghana upstream oil and
gas supply chain to individuals who are in a supervisory and management role
and work in supply chain, engineering, operations, and business development
department, and are familiar with lean concepts and techniques, performance,
and strategies for implementation in both IOC and Oilfield Service Companies.
The outcome of the studies indicate that lean tools and techniques are
implemented in supplier development and Ghana upstream oil and gas supply
chain, and improvements were found in the performance of health and safety,
quality, product development, customer expectation, delivery reliability,
innovation, cost reduction and problem-solving, as a result of implementing
lean tools and techniques in other of ranking from highest to lowest, such as
customer involvement, continuous improvement/kaizen and the rest are
5S/housekeeping, Standardization, Root cause Analysis (5Whys), Employee
Involvement, Supplier Involvement/Integration, Pull system/Kanban, Value Stream
Mapping (VSM), Visual Control/Management, and Just-In-Time (JIT). However, in
supplier development, 5S/housekeeping, pull system/Kanban, and Employee
Involvement obtained highest rating, and this is in variant with the literature
which observed customer and supplier integration, standardization, and
continuous improvement as the lean tool mostly used in upstream oil and gas
supply chain. Recommendations and direction for future studies are presented.
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Pages:25-35
How to cite this article:
Solomon Adjei Boateng "Examining the outcome of lean principles and its implementation in SUPPLY chain management of Ghana upstream oil and gas". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 11, Issue 6, 2024, Pages 25-35
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