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the corresponding departments ranging from quality control schedule. In addition, preventative vehicle maintenance
and cold storage to purchase. Through the repetitive ‘why’ routines must be consistently conducted to prevent vehicle
inquiries, the root causes are identified, as shown in Figure 2. breakdown during transportation. The personnel in charge
In the root cause analysis of temperature abuse, the analytical must also constantly monitor the maintenance results and
process begins with the question of where the problem comes ensure that proper maintenance is carried out as per the
from. The issue can arise in three main phases: the product specified schedule.
loading process at the supplier’s facility, the transportation from The problems in the unloading process at the factory
the supplier to the manufacturing factory, and the unloading occur when the unloading process itself takes too much time
process during the reception at the manufacturer’s factory. due to an insufficient workforce. This issue is caused by
This finding indicates that temperature abuse can occur at any multiple SKU vehicles arriving simultaneously at the factory,
step. but the SKUs are subject to different inspection and reception
Thanks to the root cause analysis of the temperature conditions. Some items must immediately be inspected for
inadequacy issue through the Why-Why Principle, in which the quality at the delivery time, so other products must wait until
question of why such problem can occur is brought up, the real their turns arrive. The recommended solution is to assign a
causes are identified as follows. In the product loading process fixed delivery and unloading schedule per the limitations of
at supplier’s facility, since several SKUs need to be loaded, it each SKU.
may take longer to transfer all the units from the cold From the aforementioned analysis, the temperature
storage due to inadequate categorization and disorderly abuse of raw material can evidently occur in all processes.
organization of the products. To counter the issue, the 5S To facilitate real-time temperature monitoring via website or
principle and lean concept are recommended to suppliers for mobile phone application, the data logger with IoTs
more effective management of cold storage as well as for the technology should be adopted by suppliers so that the
optimized duration of product searching during the loading problem can be prevented in advance.
process.
Concerning the transportation from the supplier to the
factory, the delivery time is extended due to heavy traffic, which
is a problem that can be solved through a proper rescheduling
of routes. As a result, the routes can be effectively managed, More Information Service Info C006
and the delivery time can be fulfilled as per the original

ภาพที่่� 2 การวิิเคราะห์์ห์าสาเห์ตุุของปััญห์าที่่�แที่้จริงด้้วิยห์ลัักการที่ำาไม-ที่ำาไม (Why–Why Analysis)
Figure 2 The root cause of temperature abuse of raw chicken based on Why-Why Analysis

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