A framework for capacity planning and capacity relocation in the wine supply

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa is classified as a key player in the global wine industry. The wine industry however isunder threat as it is experiencing different challenges which it must overcome. These challenges areplacing the wine industry under great financial pressure. This leads to the following key researchquestion for this study:How can an approach be developed for supporting better long-term capacity planning decision makingin the wine supply chain?A Pragmatism research philosophy was used for this project which led to an inductive researchapproach being followed since the project was not based on a pre-existing theory, but a new theorywas developed by analysing data. The research method that was mainly used for the project is mixedmethod seeing that the required data was obtained by means of structured interviews and physicalobservations. A combination of case study and design science research strategy was used. Orange RiverCellars (Oranje Rivier Wyn kelders-OWK) was used as a case study which contributed to thedevelopment and testing of the framework.The focus of the literature study was on capacity planning decisions of wine cellars within a supplychain network. The aim was to get a clear understanding of the supply chain networks and currentresearch regarding capacity planning and supply network design in the wine industry. The maindatabases that were used consisted of Scopus and Google Scholar. It was found that limited researchhas been done on capacity planning, facility relocation and supply chain network design regarding thewine industry. Thus, the gap was identified as the lack of capacity planning of supply chain networksand facility relocation in the wine industry.Next the conceptual framework was developed to capture the considerations and the approach forfacility relocation planning and capacity planning in the wine industry. The framework aids in obtaininga good understanding of supply chain network seeing that with each stage a better understanding ofthe supply chain network is formed. For this framework the profitability of the cellars is firstdetermined. With that information the most economical allocation of capacity in the supply chain isthen determined as well as the relocation cost and capacity of the cellars that are no longer profitable.The framework was then applied to the OWK case study. This case study consisted of a winecorporation that is situated in the Northern Cape. OWK has 6 cellars that receive grapes to produceeither juice or wine. The amount of grapes received by the cellars are decreasing each year which causedOWK to ask the question of whether all the cellars are still profitable.The framework concluded, that for the OWK case study, Cellar5 is not profitable anymore. Theframework further recommends that Cellar5 be closed and the supply of grapes moved to Cellar4. Theyeast tanks should also be moved to Cellar4 seeing that all the cellars experience a peak in the supplyof grapes at approximately the same time during the harvest.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University