Optimisation of process audit plan for minimizing vehicle launch risk using MILP

Bharatendra K. Rai, Bimal Nepal, Angappa Gunasekaran, Yuzhu Li

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Abstract

Suppliers play a critical role in the success of any organisation. A complex product such as an automobile often involves a large number of suppliers. The need for high supplier quality especially gets highlighted at the time when automobile manufacturers launch new vehicles. A new vehicle launch involves enormous coordination efforts among the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and suppliers distributed across the globe. In such situations, supplier audits are used for minimising associated launch risk. However, allocating limited qualified engineers to supplier plants for an audit becomes a challenging task. This research proposes a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model to allocate engineers to supplier plant locations and create an optimal audit schedule by incorporating the level of risk involved.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)379-393
Number of pages15
JournalInternational Journal of Procurement Management
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Business, Management and Accounting

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