Hi dear
Here under is my paper presented in SENTA FTK-ITS on 2012... I hope my simple and small research can give you a inspiration.
Please feel free to contact me if you interest with this research theme. Until now I'm still working on it and looking for a partner to develop a better Decision Support System. Cheerrss and happy researching.
SPREADSHEET
BASED – DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR
INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT AND SHIP SCHEDULING
Gede
Wahyu Yoga Dana
PT
Holcim Indonesia Tbk, Logistics Directorate
*Email:
gede.wahyu@holcim.com
Abstract
Currently ship
scheduling in Holcim Indonesia has been done manually using spreadsheet based
on the planner knowledge and experience. This makes the planning time become
long and exhausting. Besides that, the costs incurred is not evaluated well,
thus the distribution costs become high. Along with the business growth, the
number of ships, supply port, and demand port will increase more and more. It
will be impossible to be handled optimally by manual calculation and experience
only.
The purpose of this
research is to make an Decision Support
System which integrating between inventory management and ship
scheduling system.
The inventory and forecast data at each warehouse is updated daily, then
the planner can arrange the planning base on this inventory
and forecast data. The result of using this DSS on August is the time spent on
schedule planning has been cut significantly, up to 75 minutes, decrease time
spent to adjust the planning about 50 minutes/adjustment. Thus freeing the planner for other creative tasks. Deduct
bunker request about 82
KL HSD and savings IDR 103.5
million by allocate bunker at Java area instead of Riau area
which is requested by ship Master.
Here link to get full paper of this research... Happy researching :D
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fiatbbnvbdmrtbc/SPREADSHEET%20BASED%20%E2%80%93%20DECISION%20SUPPORT%20SYSTEM.pdf