Abstract
During the course of BA in business management (final year), we had to work in a foreign country. To improve my level of English, I took up an internship in Nu-Lec Industries, a company of Schneider Electric located in Brisbane in Australia. Schneider Electric is a worldwide company known to the entire world. The company is one of the best global specialists in energy management. This company owns more than 200 manufacturing units in more than 100 countries. I worked in logistic department where my job was to understand the different logistics methods. The objective was to analyze and suggest improvement solutions about the logistic and manufacture processes. The global management processes are powerful and are based on modern technologies. This experience was a successful stint and enabled me to gain practical exposure on a larger scale.
Extract
[...] You saw also the different actions that I did in the operation department. It was the objective of my internship: “to understand and review the different logistics methods”, while working in some jobs. Most of the time, in Nu-Lec, the global processes are very good; there are only a few bad points or points to be improved. This is the result of the Schneider Production System which improves continuously management processes. The few bad points should be solved with the installation of new ERP software. [...]
[...] This is a big calculation, which includes a lot of parameter like lead-time, standard deviation of the last 52 weeks average, the ABC classification and the service level. It gives safety stock proposal. The last step consists of checking proposed calculation, and readjusting manually some data, which were eventually not appropriate. 1 Dollar Volume = this is the Annual Production Volume x Cost per Item. Dollar Volume is also known as “Extended Cost” 2. Pull Production & Kanban Nu-Lec Industries use push production and pull production to manage manufacture. Push system allows anticipating sale, while supplying standard components to make product. [...]
[...] Schneider Electric Companies is working constantly to use the best techniques and tools to control this part. Indeed, the different quality tools that Schneider are uses makes product process engineering simple (refer part II Î lean manufacturing), reliable (refer part II Î six sigma) and flexible (refer part II Î SMED). It is the best quality tools using by some others big companies. Furthermore, with the involvement of all the contributors and partners (suppliers, customers, and employees), the company can conceive the best practice to control product and process engineering. [...]
[...] Assessment of management about manufacturing-logistical processes Pages 27 - 29 2. Influence of process engineering on logistical processes Pages 30 - 32 3. Conclusion of the part Page 32 Conclusion Page 33 Cultural Astonishment Pages 34 - 35 General Conclusion Page 36 Webography Page 37 Appendices Pages 38 - 49 Glossary Page 50 French Summary Au cours de la licence Economie & Gestion parcours Management et Gestion des Entreprises, nous devons réaliser un stage dans un pays étranger, afin d'améliorer notre niveau d'anglais. [...]
[...] It is normally mounted low on the pole for easy access by maintenance personnel. For more information refer to appendix A entitled “The company products” Recloser: Reclosers are used to protect, monitor, automate and control medium voltage power distribution networks. Capable of interrupting fault currents of up to 16kA, the reclosers use vacuum interrupters to protect the network during fault conditions. It also combines the sophisticated protection features with analytical tools, remote control, demand and event history logging, and automation features Sectionalisers: Sectionalisers are used downstream from reclosers to detect faults and to automatically isolate the faulty segment of the line. [...]
