Title: Lean Supply Chain : Collected Practices and Cases Author: Productivity Press Development Team ISBN: 1563273306 / 9781563273308 Format: Soft Cover Pages: 144 Publisher: Productivity Press Year: 2005 Availability: 2 to 3 weeks
Description
Contents
Applying lean to the supply chain is a hot topic. While lean operations can produce significant benefits to an organization, the greatest benefits will not be realized unless lean is extended beyond the organization to involve both suppliers and customers. Lean Supply Chain: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in Lean Manufacturing Advisor -- the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press.
Highlights Include: · Practical, in-depth descriptions of lean supply chain issues - including supply chain strategy -- most of which have not been described in other publications, written in a conversational, easy-to-read style. · A large quantity of case studies unavailable from any other single source. · Real-world information about the practical issues of managing the lean supply chain and working with supply chain partners. · Articles are categorized in three areas -- Supply Chain Strategies, Building Partnerships, and Improving Distribution - for easy reference.
Introduction
Part I : Supply Chain Strategies Chapter 1 : Extending an Initiative Beyond Your Enterprise Chapter 2 : Reducing Supply Chain Complexity Chapter 3 : In a Race Against Time, Adidas Leaps Forward Chapter 4 : A New Paradigm Supports U.S. Troops Chapter 5 : Report: Lean Afghan Logistics Were Better Than Desert Storm
Part II : Building Partnerships Chapter 6 : Customers - and Suppliers - Offer Tips for Working with Suppliers Chapter 7 : 4 Steps for Deploying Lean "Blueprint" Through the Supply Chain Chapter 8 : A New Metric Measures Suppliers Chapter 9 : Lean Supply Chain Effort is Built on Research, Planning & Structure Chapter 10 : Varied Approaches Help Make Supply Chain Initiatives Work Chapter 11 : Tattoos and Attitude Figure in Supply Chain Conversion Chapter 12 : Challenge for Supplier Program is Sustaining Lean Improvements Chapter 13 : Improving Customers Creates Partners Chapter 14 : Coping With Variability is Key to Improving Retail Processes
Part III : Improving Distribution Chapter 15 : Continuous Flow in the Warehouse Chapter 16 : At GM, Parts Distribution Centers Can Be Lean, Too Chapter 17 : To Build a Better Warehouse, Know How to Set the Pace Chapter 18 : Error-Proofing Warehouse Picking Chapter 19 : Lean Leads to Returnable Containers Chapter 20 : Lean Philosophy Drives Trucking Company Chapter 21 : For a Trucking Company, It's Not About Trucks Anymore