Achieve Routing Leagility by Increasing Its Efficiency

This work describes a suggested strategy for a Mexican convenience store firm to simultaneously increase its level of agility, and reduce its transportation cost in its distribution network. This is based on the application of a scheme for increasing efficiency in its routing operations on a detailed level. The Operational Equipment Effectiveness index used in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is adapted to be used as the main performance measure. Availability, performance and quality wastes are identified using Value Stream Mapping of the routing operation. The implementation of the improvement initiatives is still in progress but the projected and available results are provided.