On Time, In Full : Achieving Perfect Delivery with Lean Thinking in Purchasing, Supply Chain, and Production Planning

"On Time-In Full" is an important work. Tim McLean provides an easy to follow practical approach to building a highly performing supply chain"

-Drew Locher, Shingo Prize Winning Author and Lean Thinker

The most fundamental requirement for a manufacturing or distribution business is to deliver to customers what they want, in the quantity they want, when they want it. It doesn’t matter how good your product is, how much the customer likes your salesperson, how slick your marketing campaign is: If your customers can’t get what they want when they want it, they will get it elsewhere, and your business will be in serious trouble.

On Time, In Full : Achieving Perfect Delivery with Lean Thinking in Purchasing, Supply Chain and Production Planning is a step-by-step practical guide to designing a Lean Supply Chain that will deliver what your customers need, when they need it, every time.

Timothy McLean shares his three decades of Lean supply chain experience -- In simple straightforward language, he explores the reasons why supply chains fail to deliver and what you can do about it. On Time In Full includes practical guidance for tackling the big issues affecting supply chains including:

• How to understand your extended supply chain with a value stream map
• The role of forecasting in your supply chain and how to get a meaningful forecast
• Calculating the right level of inventory for your business
• Scheduling daily production to meet demand
• Managing suppliers and your supply chain at home and internationally
• Selecting and making the best use out of an ERP system
• Designing an efficient distribution network

The book is full of practical case studies and examples as well as references for further study. On Time, In Full is the complete guide to setting up a supply chain that works.

• On Time, In Full directly addresses the key purpose of every supply chain – how to deliver to the customer what they want, when they want it in the right quantity.
• On Time, In Full cuts through the theory and takes a pragmatic approach, looking for the best solutions for different supply chain challenges.
• On Time, In Full  looks beyond the software and the math and examines the human and organisational factors that cause supply chains to fail. inclulding managing supplier and customer relationships.
• The book is easy to read and talks in clear language about the problems that face supply chain professionals every day - and how to overcome them.
• The book is structured in clear self contained chapters enabling the reader to select the topics of most interest them.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
About This Book
Author

Chapter 1 : It Should Be So Simple - Why We Fail to Deliver
Chapter 2 : Understanding Your Supply Chain
Chapter 3 : Understanding the Future - The Mystery of Forecasting
Chapter 4 : Can We Do it? Effective Sales and Operations Planning
Chapter 5 : Managing Inventory - If You Do Not Have It, You Cannot Sell It
Chapter 6 : What Should We Make Next? The Keys to Production Scheduling
Chapter 7 : Managing Your Inbound Supply Chian
Chapter 8 : Making Your International Supply Chain Work
Chapter 9 : Working with Suppliers
Chapter 10 : Making the Best Use of Your ERP System
Chapter 11 : Managing a Distribution Network
Chapter 12 : Bringing It All Together

Index